June 2000
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June 2000
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The
Women’s Group Continues to Evolve… Several
big changes have occurred in the practice.
The first of these was to become more selective in the managed care plans
that we accept. For the past ten years we were being paid less for doing more.
To continue to remain strong, we can no longer accept insurance plans that pay
less than our expenses, or that refuse to pay at all. We formed a partnership
with most of the other OBGYN groups in the South Metro area. We will contract
with those insurance plans that would be willing to reimburse us at market
rates. We refuse to be penalized for giving what we feel is necessary medical
care. As a result of sticking to our guns, we are no longer “in network” or
“participating” providers for certain companies (PacifiCare and Community
Health Plan of the Rockies). We are available to provide care as out of network
providers if you so chose. We are happy to provide
“in network” services for patients who have Cigna, Sloan’s Lake, Private
Health Care Systems, Aetna, United Healthcare, One Health Plan, The Alliance,
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, and many other managed care companies.
We apologize for any problems that may have occurred due to our position
in these matters.
Due to our higher volume of deliveries and our goal to be available for
both labor support and optimum care, we will no longer deliver at PorterCare
Hospital as of August 1. We will continue to deliver at HealthOne Swedish
and PorterCare Littleton Hospitals.
We are pleased to welcome Dr. James Delaney to the practice.
Dr. Delaney has been in private practice for a long number of years in
the Denver area and his accomplishments include assisting with approximately
8,000 deliveries, starting the first licensed birthing center and delivering the
first set of quadruplets in Colorado. Among
his varied interests are quilting, restoring horse drawn vehicles, raising yaks,
biking, hiking, and “computing”. Dr. Delaney is winding down his
professional medical career, and we feel fortunate to have this distinguished
physician working with us during that process. If you are receiving your
prenatal care here, please schedule at least one of your visits with him as he
will be on call for the group and doing deliveries regularly through the summer.
The Women’s Group has also been graced with the addition of Barbara
Ferris, MSN, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner.
Ms. Ferris has had extensive experience in the OBGYN field, having worked
in the Planned Parenthood prenatal program and prior to that as an office nurse
in a high risk Obstetrics practice. You
are sure to enjoy her!
June, 2000 |
