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QUESTION:

Do you take Medicare?

P**** via Submit Form

ANSWER:

Dear P****,

I have opted out of Medicare so am unable to submit claims for payment. However, as you have qualified for a no-cost consultation your initial visit with me would be covered by that promotion. My fee for testing (visual fields, optic nerve scans, etc.) is $77 per test. If you have had glaucoma testing done elsewhere within the last six months then I can often use that outside testing to assist in my assessment of your eye condition.

I have copied my nurse, Ana, on this email. She will be back in the office tomorrow or Wednesday at which time she will contact you to schedule your no-cost initial consultation with me.

Warm regards,
David Richardson, MD
Patient-Focused Ophthalmologist

San Marino Eye
2020 Huntington Drive
San Marino, CA 91108
626.289.7856

Patient-Focused Websites:
New-Glaucoma-Treatments.com
About-Eyes.com

March 8, 2018

QUESTION:

My daughter was diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma when she was 19 years old.

She is 35 and has received poor care over the years and until recently no care at all due to lack of health insurance.

Her vision suffered until she met a wonderful and decent optometrist that began the process of saving her vision and informing her of new techniques that may enhance her quality of life.

We continue to see Dr. Richardson in our desperate search for an experienced surgeon in canaloplasty. We are in the Illinois area, but willing to do everything in our power to consult with him. She currently has Molina insurance. Would this be acceptable?

via Email

ANSWER:

I do not participate with insurance, I can recommend two excellent canaloplasty surgeons near Illinois that may be in-network: Dr. Thierry Wilbrandt in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Dr. Frank Burns in Louisville, Kentucky.

Warm regards,
David Richardson, MD
Patient-Focused Ophthalmologist

San Marino Eye
2020 Huntington Drive
San Marino, CA 91108
626.289.7856

Patient-Focused Websites:
New-Glaucoma-Treatments.com
About-Eyes.com