Avoid - Since my wife has a chronic condition, the clinic refuses to code her first colonscopy after age 45 to give her a screening colonoscoopy covered under insurance. Mine was free. That means that the Vamcouver Clinic charges people with chronic conditions for procedures which healthy people do not have to pay for.
Their billing processes are a nightmare and vancouver clinic is a maximize profit medical provider. They will charge you for things which are free under federal law.
My wife has a chronic condition. When she went in for her first olonoscopy after age 45, we ended up with a copay. The affordable care act says that all people ages 45 or higher get a free colonoscopy screening.
I asked them to review it and they said "it was coded correctly".
That means that anyone with a chronic condition has to pay for a colonoscopy that is free for healthy people. I think this is illegal under the Americans with...
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