Saturday, February 04, 2012

Medical Insurance

Watson Clinic accepts Medicare assignment of benefits for standard Medicare & supplemental Medicare. The clinic is also contracted with most medical insurance plans including many managed HMO’s and PPO’s. Contact your insurance carrier to verify our participation with your plan or see below the list of contracted and accepted insurance plans. Watson Clinic files most insurance claims on behalf of the patient for both primary and secondary insurance. If your plan requires a co-pay, we will collect it at the time of service. We accept cash, personal checks, and credit cards.
  • If you have insurance with a plan that is contracted with Watson Clinic, you will be responsible for all applicable co-pays, co-insurance annual deductibles and any non-covered services. Please understand that we cannot waive any patient balances. All co-pays are due at the time of service.
  • In the event you have an insurance plan that Watson Clinic does not contract with, you will be responsible for payment of all charges not paid by your plan. Most insurance plans refer to this as going “out-of-network.”
  • In the event you do not have any medical insurance coverage, you will be expected to make payment on the day of service. Our financial counselors are available to assist you in making alternative payment arrangements, if necessary.

Contracted & Accepted Insurance Plans: 

   Commercial  

  • Aetna – all plans
  • AvMed – all plans
  • Beechstreet – all except Medical Discount plans
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida – all plans except BlueSelect, FamilyBlue, Miami-Dade Blue and Medical Discount plans
  • Cigna – all except Medical Discount plans
  • Evolutions Healthcare System – all except Medical Discount plans
  • Coventry Network (First Health and Southcare) – all except Medical Discount plans, Workers Compensation, Coventry of Florida and all Medicare plans
  • First Service Administrators
  • Great-West Healthcare – all except Medical Discount plans
  • Heritage Summit
  • Humana – all plans
  • Multiplan – all except Medical Discount plans
  • Private Healthcare Systems – all except Medical Discount plans
  • Tricare Standard 
  • United Healthcare  – all plans including Golden Rule

      ** Podiatry Services are not available for Humana HMO members at Watson Clinic. 
      ** Tricare Prime requires authorization otherwise members will have to access their POS Benefits.

   Medicare  Advantage Plans  

  • Aetna – all plans 
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida – all plans 
  • Humana Choice PPO
  • United Healthcare Medicare Solutions 
    • United Healthcare AARP
    • Secure Horizons
    • Evercare
  • Universal Health Care – As of January 2012 we are no longer accepting new patients for PCP or Specialty Care.
      ** Out-of-State SecureHorizons members please remember to activate your Passport before leaving home. 
      ** The Clinic also accepts Standard Medicare and Medicare Supplemental Plans