I couldn't agree more with the horrible wait times. Yet this is about another problem I had with Dr. Ostrowsky's office.
Last year, I saw him for a diabetes screening recommended by my primary care doctor. At the time of the visit, I paid my insurance's specialist co-pay of $75.
About a month later, I received a letter from Dr. Ostrowsky's office saying that he no longer accepted my insurance, and that this decision was retroactive to before my visit. I then received the bill for $228.01 in the mail from Dr. Ostrowsky.
The agreement I was forced to sign in the office, before I could see Dr. Ostrowsky, indicated only that I agreed to pay any amount not covered by my insurance. However, my bill was never presented to my insurance company to approve or reject.
It was Dr. Ostrowsky's responsibility to inform me that he no longer accepted my insurance and, therefore, could not see me. His problems with my insurance company at the time were not my problems, and could not be made mine by proxy.
Yet Dr. Ostrowsky sold my illegitimate debt, for pennies the dollar, to a collection agency that is threatening to report it to the credit bureaus.
DO NOT -- whatever you do -- consider seeing this doctor unless you would like to regret it for the rest of your life.