Does insurance cover visits to the Hoffman Center?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. That is to say, many patients obtain substantial or partial reimbursement of the fees they pay to the Hoffman Center, depending on their insurance policies. However, we do not accept insurance “assignment”, and we do not file Medicare claims. There are several reasons we no longer participate in medical insurance programs. First of all, they drive up costs for patients who are not insured. Many doctors who play the insurance game knowingly hike their fees, so that steeply discounted reimbursement by insurance companies will still cover their costs. In the backrooms of doctors’ offices, expensive ancillary administrative staff then pores over codebooks and negotiates painstakingly over the phone with insurance company personnel to secure often-meager reimbursement for patients. This adds substantial hidden costs to your medical care which don’t translate to improvements in the actual quality of your treatment. Secondly, keying medical practice to insurance p
