Medicare any Dr upstate Ny

My friend is on SSD and has medicare and medicade Arnot in horseheads was were he was supposed to us but No longer doing Gastric bypass...he gonna die with out surgery..his Dr asked me for help to see if anyone knows of any I know Dr T in Binghamton but he still waiting on NYS for approval before he can accept Medicare Im willing to even take him downstate..so if anyone knows of anyone please let me know asap...list above is very out dated...Thanks:)

What about Dr. Graber in Utica area?  My DH is going thru him for his surgery.

I USED HIM AWESOME GUYS THERE:) bUT THE WOULD DO MEDICARE DUE TO I WAS HIS PT SO THEY WOULD TAKE HIM..BUT HE WOULD BE RESPONSIABLE FOR WHATS LEFT ON BILL HE HAS MEDICADE BUT THEY MAY NOT COVER IT

Check out Upstate Medical in Syracuse as well...don't know for sure, but worth a shot...

I'm almost positive that Syracuse will take medicare. I have It and that is where Arnot was going to send me . Instead I chose to go with Dr. T I just really loved him and his staff. They were willing to take me in right where I was at with the process. Couldnt ask for a better Dr. or staff as far as I'm concern. Your friend could always set aup a payment plan on what wasnt covered by his insurance.

at this time Dr T doesnt take medicare waiting on becoming center of excellence

Bassett Healthcare (1800 bassett) has an awesome team of specialists. Dr Heneghan is mine, and I love him. Seriously a caring competant dr. There 2 other great ones Dr.Strauss (female) and Dr Longhi. They are my angels!

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Here are a few excellent surgeons that definitely take Medicare - I am also on SSD.  The only thing is that I don't know if they take medicaid, I also have a medicare supplemental plan as well as medicaid, so I didn't need to use medicaid since between Medicare and my supplemental everything was paid for 100%.  Just know that he should be aware that medicare doesn't preapprove, so he has to prepared to pay out of pocket if denied after the fact.  They generally will approve you if you meet there requirements but there is always the chance.  It is also an advantage to have a surgeons office with a good insurance department that knows how and what to submit.  These surgeons that I am listing all have good insurance departements.  The only thing is they will all involve you to travel - one is in Westchester county and 2 are in New York City.

Dr Marc Bessler at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NYC - 212-305-4000 - this was my surgeon

Dr. Daniel Herron at Mt Sinai = don't know the phone but you can find it on the internet.  The only thing I didn't like about him was that he required most testing to be done at Mt Sinai.  I found that to be too far for me to travel for tests that I felt could be done locally.  My surgeon let me do everything locally except pre-op testing and the nutritional/NursePractioner consultation other than his appointments.

Dr. Cerabona at Westchester Medical Center - dont know the phone number but can get online