I would like to respond for The Wellborn Clinic. Our policy is at our office regarding seeing other Lapband Patients is they must attend one of our seminars (free of charge) and attend one of our support groups (also free of charge) and pay 275.00 for the initial visit and then 200.00 for each visit after that. We work hard at our office and try to take good care of ALL of our patients. We have done over 1400 Lapband procedures and try our very best to take care of each and everyone of them. We do expect to get paid for our services. The doctor is always the last one that gets paid. I know, because I do the billing. It is hard to have to tell someone that they do have to pay, but when you go in the grocery store and get groceries you have to pay. So why would you go to a doctors office and not expect to do the same thing. The reason we do not file insurance for other patients is we usually don't get paid!! So, we set up a policy in the beginning that stated we would not file your insurance for you. We tell everyone this on the FRONT end. When Doctor Wellborn sees a patient, he doesn't just spend 5 minutes with them. You can usually bet on at least a 30 minute visit with him. He spends alot of time going over x-rays and trying to explain to his patients exactly what is going on. Yes, I am a little prejudice because I have been married to him for 25 years and he works hard and deserves to get a paycheck like everyone else in America when they do a job. So yes when you come to our office we do expect you to pay. Just like when you go to work you expect a paycheck. I'm sure everyone that has been a patient here in our office will vouch that we go over and beyond to take care of you.
Sincerely
Suzan
The Wellborn Clinic
