Financial & Cancellation Policy
Patient Financial Policy
Advanced Dermatology has contracts with many insurance plans. Please check with our reception staff to determine whether we participate with your specific insurance carrier.
If we contract with your plan, we will file a claim (for non-cosmetic dermatology services) to your insurance company. You will be responsible for any co-pays, deductibles, purchased products, and/or non-covered service. Our office will only bill your primary insurance. If you have a secondary insurance, we will provide you with an itemized statement so that you may bill directly. We do not submit to secondary Insurance.
If you do not have one of the plans with which the practice is contracted, the total cost of your visit is required at the time of service.
Should any blood work be done, a separate invoice will be sent to you from our contracted lab, which will be your responsibility to pay directly to them. This is in addition to our charges.
A separate charge for Pathology is submitted to your Insurance Co. in addition to the procedure itself. Any charges not covered by your Insurance Co. will be your responsibility.
Many plans, including HMO and POS plans, require referral authorization from your Primary Care Provider (PCP) in order for your visit with us to be covered. If you did not obtain a referral prior to your appointment, you will be asked to pay at the time of service.
All Laser and Cosmetic appointments rendered in our office require full payment at the time of service. We do not bill for these services, even if your plan is one with which we contract, as they are deemed “elective” and not medically necessary.
Cancellation Policy: -Medical Patients – please be advised that we require at least a 24 hr notice to cancel an appointment. A $20 fee will be assessed to your account after the 2nd cancellation appointment of less than 24 hrs notice. - Cosmetic Patients – please be advised we require at least a 72 hr notice to cancel a cosmetic appointment. Should you cancel less than 3 business days a non-refundable fee of $100 will be assessed to your account. * All Cosmetic Policies signed, will supercede this Cosmetic Policy.
For your convenience, we accept cash, checks, Visa®, MasterCard®, American Express® and Discover® as payment options. If you have any questions about coverage and/or payment, feel free to ask in advance of services being rendered.
The Patient Financial Policy is subject to change at any time with notification to patients.
