In order for us to be able to continue to deliver high quality of
                                                    care, it is necessary to provide a financial policy.PLEASE READ
                                                        ALL
                                                        INFORMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGE BY SIGNING BELOW.
                                                Please present your insurance card(s) at each visit. It is your
                                                    responsibility to provide us with the correct information so
                                                    that we may submit to your insurance
                                                We will collect your deductible, co-payment, or for non-covered
                                                    services along with any balance due after insurance on
                                                    your account at the time of your visit. We accept cash, checks,
                                                    Visa, Mastercard, and Discover.
                                                If we do not participate with your insurance, we will file your claim
                                                    as a courtesy and ask that you follow up to make sure
                                                    payment is made to us in a timely manner. If we do not receive
                                                    payment from them within 45 days, you will be billed for
                                                    any unpaid balance. Balances are expected to be paid in full within
                                                    30 days. If payment on your account is not received in
                                                    the alloted time, your account may be referred to a collection
                                                    agency and reported to the credit bureau. We will assess a
                                                    1% monthly interest charge on unpaid balances over 60 days
                                                    old.
COLLECTION AGENCIES- In the event your account
                                                    becomes delinquent and is turned over to a collection agency
                                                    and/or attorney you will be financially responsible for all
                                                    associated collection fees and legal fees that West Orlando
                                                    Internal Medicine, LLC incurs through the process utilized to
                                                    collect the delinquent balance. Please be advised if your
                                                    account is turned over to a collection agency you can be discharged
                                                    from the practice.
RETURNED CHECKS- Check returned to West
                                                    Orlando Internal Medicine by the bank will be assessed a returned
                                                    check
                                                    fee, in addition to the original amount of the check. You have ten
                                                    days (10) to clear up the outstanding check. If you do not
                                                    pay the check plus the returned check fee in the specified time, the
                                                    check will be sent to the State Attorney's office for
                                                    further collection.
                                                MEDICARE PATIENTS- We are participating providers with
                                                    Medicare and we will submit to Medicare for all your covered
                                                    services. If you have supplemental insurance, we will also submit
                                                    that for you. If payment is not received within 30 days of
                                                    being submitted, we will ask you for the balance due. If you do not
                                                    have a supplemental insurance, your portion (20% of
                                                    amount allowed by Medicare) will be collected at each time of
                                                    service. Each yea you will be expected to pay the allowed
                                                    amount of your charges until your Medicare deductible is met
                                                MEDICAID PATIENTS- We are not participating providers with
                                                    straight Medicaid. We ask that you pay for your services at
                                                    the time of each visit. We are participating with Wellcare-Medicaid
                                                
                                                HMO-PPO PATIENTS- If we participate with your plan, we will
                                                    submit your services to the insurance for you. Your
                                                    co-payment will be collected at the time of service- no exceptions-
                                                    If your plan requires you to choose a primary care
                                                    physician, it is your responsibility to make sure you contact your
                                                    insurance carrier and assign Dr. Osama Ansari as your
                                                    PCP. If your plan requires you to have an authorization to see a
                                                    specialist, you will need to obtain that from our office prior
                                                    to seeing the specialist. We cannot obtain retroactive referrals. If
                                                    we do not participate with your plan, we will verify your
                                                    out of network benefits, file your services, and we expect payment
                                                    of your portion of the services at the time they are
                                                    rendered.
                                                SELF-PAY PATIENTS- Patients without insurance coverage will be
                                                    expected to pay at the time of services, If you are
                                                    unable to pay in full, you must contact our credit manager prior to
                                                    seeing the doctor to make a payment arrangement
                                                NO SHOWS / MISSED APPOINTMENTS/ LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION OR
                                                        RESCHEDULE- Providers and staff of
                                                    West Orlando Internal Medicine, LLC rely on the pre-scheduled
                                                    appointments and plan their day to day activities. Last
                                                    minute reschedules or cancellations and no-shows disrupt the daily
                                                    activities and also curtall the ability to schedule
                                                    another patient in your pre-scheduled slot. If you have to cancel or
                                                    reschedule your appointment, please provide us with at
                                                    least 48 hour notice. Therefore any appointments cancelled without
                                                    proper notice or any missed appointment will result in
                                                    a fee of $25.00.
                                                Remember, whether you have insurance or not, you are ultimately
                                                    financially responsible for payment of your services. If you have
                                                    any questions regarding our financial policy please contact our
                                                    office manager at 407.338.3939.
                                             
                                            
                                                I have read and acknowledge the financial policy at West Orlando
                                                    Internal Medicine.
                                                I hereby authorize my insurance carrier, attorney or any third-party
                                                    to pay directly to West Orlando Internal Medicine (WOIM) all charges
                                                    submitted for services incurred by me. I understand I will be
                                                    responsible for any and charges not paid for by my insurance
                                                    company. I authorize West Orlando Internal Medicine to release
                                                    information concerning my medical condition to my insurance company,
                                                    employer, hospital, physician or attorney for the purpose of
                                                    processing a claim. I assign payment directly to the providers at
                                                    WOIM which may be due for me from the Medicare program or any other
                                                    insurance company, including supplemental insurance, which may cover
                                                    in whole or in part medical services which I have received. This
                                                    authorization and assignment shall be valid until I notify West
                                                    Orlando Internal Medicine in writing of the cancellation. A
                                                    photocopy of this authorization shall be valid as the original
                                                    copy.