Review by
AK4dentist
Stars:
5.0
on
2008-02-19
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I searched for about a year for a good periodontist with a good office management who deals properly with insurance. He is a good doctor and his office manager for insurance and billing is pretty competent. I did one of the two gum recession surgeries I needed, successfully. Dr. Habekost uses a material called Aloderm to replace the gum (instead of taking it from top of your mouth). This means the procedure is less painful but here is the catch. He expects higher compensation for his method, but he is in the network (at least mine) and insurance pays him a negotiated amount. To get around this problem his office charges for the material separately and when insurance rejects they bill the patients. Of course, an in-the-network doctor can not do this, and after I brought it up they were nice enough to waive most of what they wanted me to pay in addition to standard copayment. However, they also refused service for my 2nd gum surgery as I didn't think it's fair to pay more than 4 times higher than my normal copayment and more than 2 times higher than the most expensive periodontist in this area.
In short, we have a good doctor with exprienced office manager, but a twisted confusing way of dealing with insurance.
out of 5 stars
