Office
Policy
We do
our best to see people on time. To help us keep our – and your -
costs down,
please let us know at least 24 hours in advance if you are not
going to be able to keep an appointment. We charge
current patients $25 and new patients $35 for not keeping their appointment. We
accept checks, cash, and credit cards.
Refills
Generally
if you need refills it is because you are due for an office visit.
Refills are generally authorized 24 hours after being reviewed.
New
Patients
While
Dr. Spitz has a busy practice she realizes that she is unique in her
offering of both alternative
healing methods and traditional treatments. These two approaches are
complementary, and sometimes one works better, and sometimes the
other. Therefore she is limiting new patients for general family
practice to those who are willing to also accept alternative
treatment such as acupuncture, electrical treatment with the
Alpha-Stim, and vitamins and supplements. In addition, she would be
happy to see patients who have another primary care doctor in
consultation to see
if the alternative methods will be beneficial.
Insurance
The
practice accepts some insurance
plans, including Medicare, though not all. Some plans do not allow her
to practice medicine the way she believes it should be practiced. She no
longer accepts these, although no plans have been dropped in the last
three years. You should check with the desk to determine if
your insurance plan is accepted. Generally, if you come for
treatment, a non-accepted plan will reimburse you
for some of the cost, and the desk will be glad to provide receipts so
that you can
process a claim. We also provide a discount for cash paying patients
for which we do not file insurance.
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