Guest guest Posted July 28, 2002 Report Share Posted July 28, 2002 Dear listmates, I know some of you are not traveling to see Dr. G because you don't understand how things work. After your initial visit, you only occasionally have to travel to see him. In thirteen years, my son has seen Dr. G three times. You can plan your family vacations to Disney around these visits. All follow-up appointments (about every six weeks in our case) can be done by fax and phone. I pay for the phone time and my insurance company Blue Cross Blue Shield pays for the phone consult. On the phone appointments we do the same thing that would happen in an office visit. We discuss current bloodwork which is the scientific means Dr. G uses to make health decisions for your child. We also discuss the changes I have observed in behavior and functioning. The only thing that is different from a regular doctor's visit is your child is not in the room. Think about it, when you go to the regular doc, how much treatment is based on bloodwork and parent observation? You still need to have bloodwork done about every six weeks, but I have that done by a local lab. Dr. G writes the paperwork, and I don't even go through my local doctor. I take the labwork orders directly to a lab that is covered by insurance. The lab then faxes the results to both Dr. G and my local doc. If I wanted to I could get all my medications for my son filled by Dr. G. The local Target Pharmacy call Dr. G's office for refills. If you are financially unable to pay for your airfare contact: Sharon Layeski E-mail Address: Aut2BMiracles@... She works hard to make this happen for all families. Now get that paperwork into Laurie at Dr. G's office. And make sure you have her put you on the cancellation list so you get seen sooner. The Office Phone and Address are: Dr. Goldberg Phone: 818-343-1010 Avalar Medical Group 5620 Wilbur Ave. #318 Tarzana, Ca. 91356 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2002 Report Share Posted July 29, 2002 dear frank, how many years have you done this with your son? is it pretty standard that labwork be drawn and evaluated this often? i realize this is all individualized but i am just trying to figure out what could be happening. barb --- Hinds <Hindssite@...> wrote: > Dear listmates, > I know some of you are not traveling to see Dr. G > because you don't understand how things work. After > your initial visit, you only occasionally have to > travel to see him. In thirteen years, my son has > seen Dr. G three times. You can plan your family > vacations to Disney around these visits. > > All follow-up appointments (about every six weeks in > our case) can be done by fax and phone. I pay for > the phone time and my insurance company Blue Cross > Blue Shield pays for the phone consult. On the > phone appointments we do the same thing that would > happen in an office visit. We discuss current > bloodwork which is the scientific means Dr. G uses > to make health decisions for your child. We also > discuss the changes I have observed in behavior and > functioning. The only thing that is different from > a regular doctor's visit is your child is not in the > room. Think about it, when you go to the regular > doc, how much treatment is based on bloodwork and > parent observation? > > You still need to have bloodwork done about every > six weeks, but I have that done by a local lab. Dr. > G writes the paperwork, and I don't even go through > my local doctor. I take the labwork orders directly > to a lab that is covered by insurance. The lab then > faxes the results to both Dr. G and my local doc. > If I wanted to I could get all my medications for my > son filled by Dr. G. The local Target Pharmacy call > Dr. G's office for refills. > > If you are financially unable to pay for your > airfare contact: > Sharon Layeski > E-mail Address: Aut2BMiracles@... > She works hard to make this happen for all families. > > Now get that paperwork into Laurie at Dr. G's > office. And make sure you have her put you on the > cancellation list so you get seen sooner. The > Office Phone and Address are: > > Dr. Goldberg Phone: > 818-343-1010 > Avalar Medical Group > 5620 Wilbur Ave. #318 > Tarzana, Ca. 91356 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > ===== Barb Katsaros barbkatsaros@... __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2002 Report Share Posted July 30, 2002 Hi Marcia, How do you make our BCBS pay for phome consultation? Thanks Regina --- Hinds <Hindssite@...> wrote: > Dear listmates, > I know some of you are not traveling to see Dr. G > because you don't understand how things work. After > your initial visit, you only occasionally have to > travel to see him. In thirteen years, my son has > seen Dr. G three times. You can plan your family > vacations to Disney around these visits. > > All follow-up appointments (about every six weeks in > our case) can be done by fax and phone. I pay for > the phone time and my insurance company Blue Cross > Blue Shield pays for the phone consult. On the > phone appointments we do the same thing that would > happen in an office visit. We discuss current > bloodwork which is the scientific means Dr. G uses > to make health decisions for your child. We also > discuss the changes I have observed in behavior and > functioning. The only thing that is different from > a regular doctor's visit is your child is not in the > room. Think about it, when you go to the regular > doc, how much treatment is based on bloodwork and > parent observation? > > You still need to have bloodwork done about every > six weeks, but I have that done by a local lab. Dr. > G writes the paperwork, and I don't even go through > my local doctor. I take the labwork orders directly > to a lab that is covered by insurance. The lab then > faxes the results to both Dr. G and my local doc. > If I wanted to I could get all my medications for my > son filled by Dr. G. The local Target Pharmacy call > Dr. G's office for refills. > > If you are financially unable to pay for your > airfare contact: > Sharon Layeski > E-mail Address: Aut2BMiracles@... > She works hard to make this happen for all families. > > Now get that paperwork into Laurie at Dr. G's > office. And make sure you have her put you on the > cancellation list so you get seen sooner. The > Office Phone and Address are: > > Dr. Goldberg Phone: > 818-343-1010 > Avalar Medical Group > 5620 Wilbur Ave. #318 > Tarzana, Ca. 91356 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 How do you get Blue Cross to pay for the phone consult? They have denied both of ours. Petaluma, CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 , I think it depends on your policy. We are self insured through Blue Cross. Our policy paid for phone consults until a year or two ago. Then they added them to their list of exclusions. Cheryl >From: ShMedeiros@... >Reply- > >Subject: Re: Seeing Dr. G >Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 00:39:02 EDT > >How do you get Blue Cross to pay for the phone consult? >They have denied both of ours. > >Petaluma, CA > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 Phone consults are not covered under most insurance plans. > How do you get Blue Cross to pay for the phone consult? > They have denied both of ours. > > Petaluma, CA > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 I has the one phone consult turned down. How do you get them padi for? I am very interested in knowing this. Thanks --- ShMedeiros@... wrote: > How do you get Blue Cross to pay for the phone > consult? > They have denied both of ours. > > Petaluma, CA > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > ===== Bell __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2002 Report Share Posted October 31, 2002 I am posting this again for the new kids on the block. This is how things work with appointments. After your initial visit, you only occasionally have to travel to see him. In eight years, my son has seen Dr. G four times. You can plan your family vacations to Disney around these visits. All follow-up appointments (about every six weeks in our case) can be done by fax and phone. On the phone appointments we do the same thing that would happen in an office visit. We discuss current bloodwork which is the scientific means Dr. G uses to make health decisions for your child. We also discuss the changes I have observed in behavior and functioning. The only thing that is different from a regular doctor's visit is your child is not in the room. Think about it, when you go to the regular doc, how much treatment is based on bloodwork and parent observation? You still need to have bloodwork done about every six weeks, but I have that done by a local lab. Dr. G writes the paperwork, and I don't even go through my local doctor. I take the labwork orders directly to a lab that is covered by insurance. The lab then faxes the results to both Dr. G and my local doc. If I wanted to I could get all my medications for my son filled by Dr. G. The local Target Pharmacy call Dr. G's office for refills. If you are financially unable to pay for your airfare contact: Sharon Layeski E-mail Address: Aut2BMiracles@... She works hard to make this happen for all families. Now get that paperwork into Laurie at Dr. G's office. And make sure you have her put you on the cancellation list so you get seen sooner. The Office Phone and Address are: Dr. Goldberg Phone: 818-343-1010 Avalar Medical Group 5620 Wilbur Ave. #318 Tarzana, Ca. 91356 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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