Internist Associates of Central New York, P.C. was incorporated in 1979 and is a private physician group practice.  We understand that patients do not plan to be ill and health care costs may cause financial hardship for patients and their families.  We receive no financial support from any source other than fees for medical services paid by patients or their insurance.  While we will try to make it as easy as possible for patients to take care of their obligations to our practice, we cannot afford to stay open if patients do not pay their share for the services we render in good faith.

All patients are responsible for paying their co-pay at the time service is rendered and for paying any balance after insurance within 30 days of receiving their first statement.

For your convenience, we accept cash, check, or VISA, Mastercard, Discover and American Express credit cards.

Our practice will file insurance claims on behalf of patients and will balance bill patients after the insurer has either paid or denied the claim.  When an insurance claim is denied, we will make a reasonable effort to appeal those decisions when appropriate.

Except as limited by law (i.e. Medicare or Medicaid patients), or by contract (some HMO or PPO insurers), any service fee not paid by an insurer is the responsibility of the patient.

Patients who do not make reasonable progress toward retiring outstanding obligations to the practice may, at the sole discretion of the physician, be terminated from our practice.  Furthermore, the practice may give the account to a collection agency, may sell the debt to a third party, and may report the debt to credit agencies.

In some cases, at our sole discretion, patients may be allowed to stay patients of the practice, if they pay in advance for any non-emergency services provided.

A $5.00 statement fee will be added to any account with a past-due outstanding balance each thirty (30) days.

Patients terminated from the practice will be given thirty (30) days notice during which time they may request acute medical care services only.  Patients are still financially responsible for paying for any services rendered during this time.

Thank you for respecting this financial policy.