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Welcome to Digestive Associates of Houston, P.A. and thank you for choosing us! We appreciate your confidence and goodwill. To ensure that we have financial stability and can continue to provide medical services to the community and region, the following policies shall be enforced:

All charges are due and payable at time of service. We accept cash, checks, and major credit cards. We
may reschedule the appointment if payment is not made prior to the services rendered.

  • The physicians will bill insurance plans as a courtesy to their patients if the patient provides the required insurance information before the filing deadline and signs an assignment of benefits statement. All information given regarding the ability to pay, third party insurance, employment, etc., will be subject to verification.
  • It is the patient's responsibility to determine whether a referral is required and referral can be requested from your primary care physician. If we have not received an authorization prior toyour arrival at the office, we have a telephone available for you to call your primary care physician to obtain it. If you are unable to obtain the referral at that time, you will be rescheduled.
  • If the patient's insurance rejects, denies or covers only a portion of treatment, the patient shall be responsible for immediate payment for the medical service provided. This payment may be requested and is due at the time of service. A pre-treatment deposit may be required.
If the patient fails to cancel his/her procedure/test appointment at least 72 hours in advance, the patient is responsible for a $50 fee which will not be applied to any copay, deductible or coinsurance.

  • Prior to providing services, payment of prior outstanding accounts will be requested and should be received. Patients with unpaid delinquent accounts or accounts which have been written off to bad debt may be denied treatment if not medically urgent.
  • Accounts which cannot be collected by the physician after normal in-house collection procedures may be referred to a collection agency, magistrate, or attorney for further collection action in accordance with the physician's established guidelines. Changes shown by statements are agreed to be correct and reasonable unless protested in writing within (30) thirty days of billing.
Overpayments will be refunded to the appropriate party, normally the insurance company or guarantor. Patients' refunds will not be processed until all active or past due accounts are paid in full.

Our physician will not become involved in disputes arising from third party claims (i.e. automobile accidents, liability claims, etc.) with the exception of verified Workers' Compensation claims.

There will be a $25 handling fee to cover the administrative fee for writing a letter or filling out claims forms, such as insurance forms and disability forms (except Medicare patients). The fee is due once the form is completed, and the patient will be directly responsible for this fee.

Checks returned to Digestive Associates of Houston, P.A. for insufficient funds, closed account, stopped payment, or for any other reason will be subject to $50.00 fee.

A reasonable fee of $25.00 shall be charged for the first twenty pages and $0.15 per page for every copy thereafter. Requests will be completed within ten (10) business days.

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