CHARLES E. BURDA, M.D. & ADVANCED BEHAVIORAL CENTERS OF DUPAGE Terrace Executive Center 1 S. 376 Summit Ave., Court D, Unit 5B Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 Dr. Burda: (630) 629-2700 Physicians: (630) 629-6550 FAX: (630) 629-6558 Hinsdale Professional Office Center 501 W. Ogden Ave., Suite 1 Hinsdale, IL 60521 Therapists: (630) 986-0599 Fax: (630) 986-1477 OFFICE AND FINANCIAL POLICIES Thank you for choosing Charles E. Burda, M.D. & Advanced Behavioral Centers of Dupage, LLC for your treatment needs. The following is a statement of our Financial & Office policies that we require you to read and sign prior to any treatment. PATIENT CHECK IN/CHECK OUT All patients, whether you are new to the practice or an established patient, must check in with the receptionist at the time of an appointment with one of our providers. You may be asked if any of your demographic information has changed and you may be asked to show your insurance card at every visit. You will be asked to pay your co-insurance and any balance on your account at the time of checking in. If you do not have your copayment available at the time of service, a $10.00 processing fee will be charged to your account for us to send you a statement in the mail. After your appointment, please check-out with the receptionist. You will schedule your follow-up visit with your physician at this time. Non-physician providers may schedule their own follow-up visits with clients. INSURANCE PLANS ACCEPTED Most members covered under POS (point of service) or PPO (preferred provider organization) plans are required to make some type of payment for services rendered. This may be in the form of a co-payment, deductible, or coinsurance. If your plan has a co-payment, you will be expected to pay this amount prior to being seen by the clinician. If your provider participates in your insurance plan, he/she is required under their contract to collect co-payments, deductibles, and coinsurance payments from you. FOR PATIENTS NOT UTILIZING ANY INSURANCE OR FOR PATIENTS SEEING AN OUT OF NETWORK PROVIDER You will need to pay the entire charge at the time of service. We will be happy to provide you with a receipt that you may submit to your insurance company for reimbursement. A discounted rate will ONLY be given to those patients WHO WILL NOT be requesting a statement to send to their insurance company. BALANCES ON ACCOUNT All previous balances are to be paid in full prior to additional services being rendered. We request that you keep a current credit card on file with us so that your balance can be paid at each time of service. Once we submit a claim to the insurance company on your behalf, they will determine what your financial responsibility for a particular service will be. Often, this process takes several weeks. We request your permission to charge your credit card for your portion of the bill once your insurance company has determined your financial obligation. Any outstanding balance will need to be paid in full in order for a client to continue seeing their doctor or therapist. If payment cannot be paid in full at one time, then you will need to contract our billing office to arrange a payment plan. NON-COVERED SERVICES Returned Checks Checks returned for nonsufficient funds will incur a $40.00 service fee to be added to your account balance. If you should have a check returned to us for non-sufficient funds, we will require you to pay for services by cash or credit card for subsequent services. Cancellation/no-shows You must notify our office at least 24 hours prior to your scheduled appointment if you intend to cancel. Patients who fail to notify us of their intent to cancel or who fail to keep a scheduled appointment will be charged $60 if no notification is given and $30 if notification is given less than 24 hours before the appointment. Phone calls to providers/Phone calls on behalf of patients In general, the physicians are available to speak to patients outside of business hours if a patient is having a side effect of a medication and needs to talk with a physician urgently. However, there are times when a client is in distress and just wants support. We strongly suggest that if you are experiencing psychological distress that is not related to an imminent medication reaction or health risk, that you schedule an appointment with your physician or therapist to be seen as soon as possible. Your concerns can be better addressed in the context of a professional session with your behavioral health provider. For this reason, we discourage any phone calls in excess of 15 minute and have therefore implemented the following fee schedule for any calls that exceed 15 minutes below: Any phone call to a provider which lasts 15 minutes or longer will be charged at the following rates: Masters’ level therapist (e.g., LCPC, LCSW): $40 per 15 min. increment Psychologist (e.g., Ph.D., Psy.D.): $50 per 15 min. increment Physician (e.g., M.D., D.O.): $60 per 15 min. increment Sometimes phone calls may be made on your behalf or on behalf of your child (e.g. to a school representative, to a health care provider, to an attorney) regarding your treatment or the treatment of your child. Treatment coordination with these collateral sources are usually not reimbursable by insurance and will be billed to the patient or patient’s guarantor at the rate indicated above. GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION OF SERVICES If you fail to give us 24 hours’ notice of cancellation or miss an appointment on three separate occasions, we reserve the right to discontinue your treatment with your doctor or clinician. If you fail to stay current on any outstanding balances, we also reserve the right to discontinue your treatment at our Centers. We will provide you with referrals to other providers in your area if you should wish to continue services. AFTER HOURS AND EMERGENCY ACCESS If you have a life-threatening medical emergency, please call 911 immediately or go to the nearest emergency room. All non-urgent issues should be addressed by calling 630-986-0599 during regular business hours. The expectation is that your provider will be able to respond to these non-urgent messages within one business day. PRESCRIPTION REFILL POLICY Please allow us 48 hours to fill your prescription refill request should you call to have your prescription renewed. Prescriptions will be filled Monday through Friday ONLY. Ideally, you should call when you have approximately one week left of medication. You may have your pharmacy fax us a prescription refill request or you may call us to request a hard copy prescription. ALL PATIENTS MUST PICK UP THEIR HARD COPY PRESCRIPTIONS AT OUR OAK BROOK TERRACE LOCATION: Terrace Executive Center 1 S. 376 Summit Avenue Court D, Unit 5B Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 We do not mail prescriptions. Please plan the timing of your prescription requests accordingly. NARCOTICS/CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES Prescriptions for controlled substances (e.g.,stimulants) must be picked up in person by the patient or by the patient’s legal guardian (if patient is a minor). You will have to show proof of identification to pick up a prescription for a controlled substance as well as signing a form indicating receipt of the drug. We are required by law to verify the patient’s identity before releasing a prescription for narcotics or controlled substances. EMAIL POLICY Email is a convenient and efficient way to communicate non-urgent questions, requests and messages that you may have for our office staff or providers. Patients need to understand that the confidentiality of email or text message exchanges cannot be guaranteed. If you wish to communicate with your specific behavioral health provider, we strongly encourage each patient to inform your provider of your request. Your provider will then discuss with you how the two of you will communicate in a way that utilizes encryption of messages and will come up with a unique password that you will use in order to decrypt messages sent to you by our providers. Please note that any messages that you send to us will not be encrypted unless you utilize your own encryption program. Our providers will make every effort to send you messages using encryption technology that will require you to use a unique password in order to read the message that will be sent to you. PRIVACY POLICY Please download and print our privacy policy from our website (www.abcdupage.com) if you wish to keep a copy for your records. You may also request a copy at our office during your next visit. Thank you for reviewing our Financial and Office Policies. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. I have read the Financial & Office Policies and understand and agree to adhere to these policies. Signature Last revised 03/17/15 Date
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