Participating Insurance List
The following is a list of the major insurance plans or networks in which our office presently participates. For up to date participating insurance information, please contact our office (email@nyurological.com; Tel: 212-570-6800).
Aetna US Healthcare (HMO, PPO)
The HMO part of AETNA normally requires electronic referrals from your Primary Care Physician (PCP).Empire HealthChoice [Blue Cross & Blue Shield(PPO, HMO)]
The HMO part of Empire Health Choice Requires paper or electronic referrals from your PCP. Please note that our office has no contract with out of state BCBS insurance. None the less the Blue Card PPO program (displayed on the card with a suitcase and the "PPO" inside of it) will link those policies to our Empire BCBS PPO program.Medicare Part B
Does not require referrals, but you must disclose who is your referring doctor. Medicare patients that are being cared for at a Nursing Home (Skilled Nursing Facility) need to advise our staff. This will help provide services that are in accord with your healthcare status at the time of service.HealthNet (excluding SmartChoice)
Normally does not require referrals.HIP (excluding Medicaid policies)
Requires paper or electronic referrals. There are a few new policy types that do not need referrals. Note that you should advice our staff of who your referring doctor or center is before we can setup your appointment.Oxford Fredom Plans, HMO and Liberty Plan (Dr Reckler is not a participant)
HMO policies require referrals, Freedom policies use referrals if the patient does not want to be liable for deductibles and coinsurance. Freedom Select does not need referrals.Oxford Medicare Advantage
Always requires referrals since it has no out of network benefitsUnited Health Care (Excluding Medicare Complete and Medicaid policies)
HMO requires the patient to have a United Health Care PCP assigned. This PCP information needs to be disclosed to our staff at the time of service.32 B-J (currently through Empire BCBS)
Currently follows the guidelines of Empire Health Choice PPO, this could change depending on 32 B-J
Please note that to enjoy the maximum of your insurance benefits, you must abide by all your insurance requirements (referrals or pre-authorizations as required by your policy).