Welcome
to our practice
We
are a team of health care practitioners from several countries,
all licensed in Italy and most with international training,
who have been working together in Rome for as long as 25 years.
| Visits: By
appointment. Normally visits are scheduled when a slot is
available, but in an emergency any patient we already know
will be squeezed in on the same day. This can mean other patients
with appointments have to wait at times, but we think that's
a necessary tradeoff. Please try to give 24 hours notice when
cancelling, so another patient can be given your slot. |
| Cross-coverage:
When one of us is out of town or unavailable, the secretaries
will always be able to arrange for a substitute, either within
our practice or not. We will also gladly help you find an
outside physician in specialties not included in our group,
when necessary. |
| Telephone
calls: When with a patient, we ordinarily have the secretaries
take messages and then we call back later. Please don't ask
them to interrupt an examination unless it's really necessary.
In an emergency you can call us at home, or enlist the secretaries'
help. For non-emergency calls to the office, try to avoid
the peak telephone hours of 9-11 am and 2-5:30 pm. |
| Payment: We follow a policy
of moderate fees, and will scale down even those if you are
really strapped. In return, we'd appreciate your paying on
the spot when possible, since we have no fancy billing system.
We hope to be able to accept credit or debit cards in the
future. Our office is not part of the National Health Service. |
| Insurance
forms: Please try to remember to bring them at the time
of your appointment, when they're easiest to fill out. |
Patients
insured by Van Breda International: Under a direct
payment agreement involving FAO, WFP, ICCROM, IPGRI (Bioversity
International), and IFAD, Van Breda will pay 80% of the
cost of covered patient visits directly to the Aventino
Medical Group (for IPGRI, 90%). Everyone insured by Van
Breda through other employers must pay in full and request
reimbursement. The direct payment agreement only covers
Drs. Buntin, D'Agata, d'Arcangelo, De Arcangelis, Duval,
Glazenburg, Levenstein, Stainier, and Trouvé, and
it covers only medical examinations, not any other service
(immunizations, injections, ECGs, Pap smears, spirometry,
casts, cryotherapy, etc.).
Example: Dr. Buntin examines your broken arm and applies a cast.
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His charges are € 80 for the examination + € 50 for the cast.
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You must pay us 20% x €80 (€16) + 100% x €50 (€50) = € 66
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Van Breda will pay us directly the other 80% of the € 80 (€ 64)
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We issue an invoice for the whole amount: € 80 + € 50 = € 130
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We give you a photocopy of the invoice so that you can request reimbursement of 80% of the € 50 you paid for the cast.
Please have your Van Breda card ready when it's time to pay.
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Welcome to
Rome - and to our practice!
You can download
and print our brochure
(using Adobe Acrobat).
And if you want to make your first visit even easier,
print and fill out our New
Patient Intake Form, and bring it along when you come.
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Via della Fonte di Fauno 22 - 00153 Rome, Italy
tel./fax (+39) 06 578-0738 - 06 5728-8349
hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM - 7:30 PM
email: info@aventinomedicalgroup.com
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