Patient Info


DAY OF YOUr PROCEDURE

  • Please arrange to arrive at the Center 45 minutes before your scheduled procedure time.  
  • You MUST present valid identification and your insurance cards in order for the Center to perform your procedure according to Federal Trade Commission rules.  Valid identification could be:  driver’s license or photo identification.
  • Your co-payment, co-insurance or deductible will be collected on the day of your procedure, if applicable.  You should check with your insurance company as to the amount of your patient responsibility for a procedure at an out-patient facility.  If you have any questions concerning billing or payment policies, please contact our billing department at (518) 280-8460.
  • You will be given sedation for your procedure and will not be allowed to drive yourself home.  When you check in, your drive information MUST be given to the receptionist (name and cell phone number).  A cab/bus driver cannot be your responsible adult we discharge you to.  You will NOT be able to have your procedure if you do not provide your driver contact information to the receptionist.
  • When your procedure is complete, you will be taken to recovery for additional monitoring for 30-45 minutes.  Your driver will be contacted so they care ensure they are at the Center when you are discharged. You will receive written discharge instructions, any prescriptions and educational handouts at this time. They will be reviewed with you before discharge.

Hours of Operation

Monday through Friday 6:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Some Saturday appointments are also available.

Questions

For your information and if you have any questions regarding:

  • Our Center or the information on this website, please call (518) 831-1550. 
  • Your prep or other aspects of your care, call Saratoga Schenectady Gastroenterology Associates at (518) 831-1500.
  • Pathology services, call Saratoga Schenectady Gastroenterology Associates at 518-831-1500.
  • Anesthesia billing services, call Anesthesia Group of Albany at (518) 465-0803 ext. 105.
  • Saratoga Schenectady Endoscopy Center maintains agreements with Saratoga Hospital and Ellis Hospital to accept transfers from our Center when needed for emergencies.

Important Insurance and Billing Information

  1. The Center participates with the following insurance plans:  
    1. Medicaid, Medicare, Railroad Medicare, Blue Shield, Community Blue, Empire Blue Cross, CDPHP, MVP, Cigna MVP, Empire Plan NYS, Unicare, Empire BC/BS, Healthy Living Partnership of Schenectady County,  UHC, Fidelis, Aetna, ASA Aetna Signature Administrators (must have ASA listed on the insurance card) Coresource, Fiserv Benefit Planners, Fiserv Harrington, Fiserv Harrington AVMA, Fiserv Health Employees, 1199 SEIU, Fiserv Wausau Benefit Service, Meridian Health, Principal Financial Group.
    2. If you are covered by a health insurance plan that is not listed above, we will be happy to submit a claim to your carrier as a courtesy to you.  However, you will be responsible for any balance remaining after your insurance has paid.  Please be sure that you have provided the correct mailing address and telephone number for your insurance carrier. 
    3. If you have any questions regarding this information, please call the Center and request to speak with the Billing Department.  Know that the Center will work with all patients to ensure payment is made.  If you need to set up a payment arrangement or want to seek information regarding our financial assistance program, the billing department will also assist with these requests.
  2. As part of your procedure in our Center, you may also receive bills for services rendered from the following in addition to the facility fee from our Center:
  • Anesthesia Group of Albany, P.C.
  • Saratoga Schenectady Gastroenterology Associates, P.C.
  • Dianon (a division of LabCorp)

As required by law, we make the following disclosures to you in advance of your procedure, along with our patient rights and patient responsibilities:

  1. Advanced Directives:  
    It is the policy of the Center that DNR orders be suspended while you are a patient at the Center. In the unlikely event of a life-threatening emergency, professional staff will initiate resuscitation or other stabilizing measures and transfer you to an acute care hospital for further evaluation, regardless of the contents of any advance directives, existing DNR orders or instructions from a health care agent. At the acute care hospital, further treatment or withdrawal of treatment measures already begun will be ordered in accordance with your wishes or advance directives. If a patient should provide his/her advance directive, a copy will be placed on the patient’s medical record and transferred with the patient should a hospital transfer be ordered by his/her physician. The Center provides information on advanced directives, such as: Health Care Proxy, Do-Not Resuscitate Orders, and Living Wills.  If you would like more information regarding advanced directives, please call 831-1550.  This will be reviewed again with you on the day of your procedure.
  2. Ownership Disclosure:
    This is to inform you that your physician might have a financial interest or ownership in this Center.  The following are physicians who have a direct ownership interest in our Center: George Boyar, M.D.; Howard Malamood, M.D.; John  DeFrancisco, M.D.; David  Goetz, M.D.; Natalya Belova, M.D.; William Gusten, M.D.; Mark Metwally, M.D.; Justin Provost, M.D.; Chad Cornish, M.D.; Vinay Sood, D.O.; and Zachary Feinberg, M.D.

As a patient in our Center, you have the following rights that you should be aware of:

Patient’s Bill of Rights

Additionally, as a patient in our Center you have the following responsibilities:

Patient  Responsibilities