Are you here for a Screening Colonoscopy? Or have your physician ...
Vipin Gupta, MD Mayuri Gupta, MD Linoj Panicker, DO Claire Jeanty, ARNP Donna Rodriguez, PA-C Rebecca Green, PA-C Danile Mijares, PA-C
Board Certified in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
SCREENING COLONOSCOPY versus DIAGNOSTIC COLONOSCOPY
Are you here for a Screening Colonoscopy? Or have your physician recommended a colonoscopy? If your answer is yes, please read this form entirely.
Per CMS guidelines, Screening Colonoscopy is:
"A colonoscopy being performed on a patient who does not have any signs or symptoms in the lower GI anatomy prior to the schedule test. "
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force suggests a person over the age of 50 (or younger for a patient with a higher risk) should receive a Colonoscopy to screen for possible colorectal cancer. The Affordable Care Act mandates that insurance plans cover a colorectal screening without patient cost sharing (i.e. co-pays, coinsurance or deductibles, etc.).
Please note: that any symptom such as a change in bowel habits, diarrhea, constipation, rectal bleeding or abdominal pain noted prior to the procedure and recorded as a symptom by the physician in your medical record could likely change your benefit from a screening to a diagnostic colonoscopy and cost sharing will likely occur. The physician must report any symptom or diagnosis and cannot alter medical records.
Patients are NOT eligible for a Preventative Screening Benefit if they have had a colonoscopy within the last 10 years and the results indicated that they have colon polyps.
Patients under the age of 50 may not be eligible for Preventative Screening Benefits.
Please review your insurance benefits to understand what your coverage will be if the procedure is considered a diagnostic colonoscopy rather than a screening colonoscopy. It is the patient responsibility to know their insurance policy.
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Vipin Gupta, MD Mayuri Gupta, MD Linoj Panicker, DO Claire Jeanty, ARNP Donna Rodriguez, PA-C Rebecca Green, PA-C Danile Mijares, PA-C
Board Certified in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Patients who are eligible for Screening Colonoscopy please beware: During colonoscopy if the physician finds a polyp or tissue that must be removed for pathological testing. This is not covered by the preventative screening benefit and will be applied toward your deductible or coinsurance.
Here is a list of bills for your procedure: physician fee, anesthesia, pathology, facility fee.
Thank you for choosing Specialty Gastro Center, LLC!
5340 N Federal Hwy, Suite 110 Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 Phone: 954-428-2480 Fax: 954-428-2904
1500 N University Drive Ste 100 Coral Springs, Florida 33071 Phone: 954-428-2480 Fax: 954-757-4003
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