OT: Consult with Dr. Kartzinel/Dr. Bradstreet

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>Someone asked me about the cost of phone consults with

>Dr. K. I got too many posts today to weed through them

>again and find it, so I'll just expound on costs and how

>pulling our unknowledgeable pediatrician into it went.

>

>As I recall, they charge $250 for a full hour, and we

>went over the hour by a lot. Lab test costs vary depending

>on what he feels you need, but they do not tack on more

>for ordering labs like some offices do. Our follow-up

>call will be under $200 to evaluate the labs and decide

>where to go from here.

>

>Insurance did not pay for ours because we have a very

>big deductible. We have only met it one time in many

>years when one of our older daughters had emergency

>surgery for a bleeding ovarian cyst.

>

>Insurance will pay for a few of the labs, depending on how

>they are billed and what diagnostic code is used. A lot of

>it depends on your individual insurance policy.

>

>Also, I was asked whether it was worth it to involve our

>pediatrician. YES, YES, YES!!!! I have tried for YEARS

>to get this man to listen to me, with little result. I was just

>the quacky mom. Dr. K was so nice, so smooth, and so

>medical in his terminology and approach with our pediatrician

>that he accomplished 10 times more in that hour that I ever

>have in 8 yrs.

>

>If I had it to do over again, I would have asked our pediatrician

>to block our TWO Hours for Dr. K because he had to leave the

>conversation before we got into the really good stuff, but I am

>going to try to involve him in the follow-up on the testing.

>

>Dr. K convinced him with little effort that he, too, felt some of

>this stuff about autism and the vaccines, etc. was too " out

>there " on the edge, until he saw his own son go off the deep

>end with his own eyes, after his MMR, and has seen so many

>children improve with the biomedical approaches.

>

>I hope this answers your questions. If not, please email me

>directly, as I am about to unsubscribe again. I love this

>listserve, and the activity and banter, but I am compulsive about

>replying to too many posts and I just can't do it to my little

>family!!! I admire all you parents out there fighting

>for your little angels! Hang in there!

>

>God bless you.

>Marina