WITH BLUE CROSS BILLING CHANGES, SOME PATIENTS COULD BE FOOTING E.R. BILLS IN FULL Texas’ largest healthcare insurer recently said that HMO subscribers may have to pay the whole bill for out-of-network emergency room visits if the health problem isn’t deemed serious enough. Read More @ Texas … [Read more...]

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas announced that they will start implementing a new policy to deny patients coverage for their emergency room visit unless THEY deem the condition was an emergency... after the fact. This dangerous policy has already been implemented in 7 other states, but in all cases … [Read more...]

UPDATE:  TENTATIVE REOPENING DATE - SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 We were forced to temporarily close due to extensive flood damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. Since the storm, we have been working tirelessly to get our facility back open to the public. We are undergoing very extensive but expedited … [Read more...]

Have you ever wondered why your insurance premiums keep going up while your network shrinks and your insurance company reports BILLION$ in record profits? It's simple, they have perfected the art of UNDERPAYING. We PAY our health insurance premiums… EVERY MONTH — ON TIME — & IN FULL. These … [Read more...]

If you are or know a State of Texas employee, you should know about a new Texas Senate budget rider that would limit your options for care in the event of a medical emergency. On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee voted to add a rider to Senate Bill 1, the Senate budget bill, … [Read more...]

OOPS! To all of our patients who may have received a recent notice from a company called “Harvest” claiming to do collections for Greater Houston Emergency Physicians… this is an error. A retraction notice will be sent out soon. Please do NOT make any payment to this company. No payment is due … [Read more...]