If your child would be a new patient already with a diagnoses on the Spectrum they will not accept that Autistics IN-NETWORK insurance even if the Autism is Level 1 and very mild. Incredibly discriminatory. If your child is NEUROTYPICAL they will accept the same insurance and allow Dr. Dickerson to be their primary care Dr. - not the case for your child with any neurodiversity.
Additionally their policies online on their practice could have been written more clearer by my Level 1 Autistic child. The lack of clarity and how complicated they explain their policies on their website is unimpressive - same with how the front desk attempted to explain their policy which is essentially if you have a diagnoses you have to cash pay and sign up for their plan. It could be simply explained in a couple simple sentences - don't play games with us special need parents- we go through enough.
My very high functioning gifted Autistic child takes no more time with his pediatricians than my neurotypical children. If we needed extra time like many patients might, I could understand a different fee for additional time. Completely discriminatory to NOT accept insurance for a child simply due to a diagnoses, however mild it may be. Never had this issue with our other providers before our move and were always treated fairly, with respect, and if our PPO insurance was in-network with the provider our insurance was always accepted despite any diagnoses for any child or us as adults. read more
