Registration Information
Notwithstanding any previous relationship with Dr. Stewart at either Pine Lake Family Medicine or at Swedish Physicians Pine Lake, all persons wishing to be seen at Sammamish Diabetes and Lipid Clinic, PLLC, will need to register as patients at the clinic, since this is a new clinic, with a new business license, a new Tax ID Number, and different insurance contracts. As of September, 2009, if you have not yet been seen as a patient at the Sammamish Diabetes and Lipid Clinic, then you will have to apply to be put on our waiting list, to establish status as a patient.Financial Policies
Patients who have health insurance with plans that we participate in are expected to pay any co-pays due at the time they are seen, and to pay any additional fees (such as deductibles or co-insurance) they might owe the first time they are billed for them. We are not in the business of extending credit to people, but we do accept payment by credit card.
For patients who do not have health insurance plans that we participate in, we offer a 35% discount off of our visit fees, and a 50% discount off of our in-house lab fees for payment at the time of service. We also offer a prepaid package of office visits for one year for $365.00 prepaid plus $10.00 for each visit, due at the time of service. In-house lab fees under this plan are offered at a 50% discount.
Yearly Subscription Fee
Secure internet messaging, and 24/7 web access to your chart are services that are not covered by insurance companies at this time. To cover the expense of implementing these additional services, all patients established as of September 2009 are expected to pay a yearly subscription fee of $50.00 for one patient or $75.00 for the patient and all family members living in the same household. New patients accepted to the practice after September 2009 will be charged at a higher rate, which will be determined at the time they are accepted into the practice. These fees will be due yearly on the first visit of each year. They will be renewed yearly. Patients who are not able to use these services or who choose not to use them should seriously consider whether this is the right practice for them. Patients who leave the practice are entitled to a pro-rated refund of the yearly fee as of the time I am notified of their departure, provided that all other financial obligations to the practice have been met.
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