Insurance
The following is a list of insurance with which we participate. This will be updated from time to time as needed:
Aetna
Aetna Medicaid Product Better Health MD
Amerigroup MD
Anthem
Anthem Healthkeepers Plus Medicaid
Apostrophe
BCBS FEP
Carefirst BCBS
Cigna
ClaimDoc
Flume Health
Humana
Humana Military Tricare
Maryland Medicaid
Maryland Physicians Care Medicaid
Medicare MDPCP DC
Medicare - Novitas -DC
Multiplan/PHCS
United Healthcare
United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid MD
WebTPA Custom Ink
Note: You should always check with your insurance provider to verify plan and product coverage as this is not an exhaustive list, and plans change frequently.
Fees
No Show and Late Cancellations
Fee
No Show/Missed Appointment
$75
Late Cancellation <24 hours notice
$75
Missed Stimulation Procedure
$100
Non-Covered Services Fees
Services
Fee
Patient Letters/ Clearance/ Advocacy, & Prior Authorization Including Appeals.
$50/year/child
Each individual child will have an annual fee for forms/letters/prior authorization completion to cover the cost of the administrative burden to complete these for your child.
Each time your child requires a prior authorization to be completed it can take 30 - 60 minutes of the providers time to complete. Insurance denials can take more than 60 minutes to complete at each level of the appeal process.
These are non-covered entities by your insurance and will be billed directly to the patient/family annually per child.
While other local practices charge $50 - 100 per form/individual prior authorization/appeal Dr. De Souza understands the financial burden of these fees and is trying to limit the overall costs for families.
Payment Options
We accept cash, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express.
Card-on-File
We encourage patients to keep a credit card on file to make the checkout process easier, faster, and more efficient. You will no longer receive statements from us, but you will continue to receive your Explanation of Benefits (EOB) from your insurance carrier once your claim has been processed, detailing the charges and payments made on your behalf.
At check-in we will:
Scan the credit card of your choice, including your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA) card
After your insurance has paid their portion, we will:
Notify you via email of the balance owed
Charge the balance owed to your card on file
Email a receipt for the charge
Your credit card information will always be fully protected by our off-site, card-processing partner Elavon, and not on our computers, as required by industry standards (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard – PCI-DSS).