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Can't speak on this doc as a patient, but the tax and bankruptcy problems were caused by insurance companies failing to reimburse him. Lyme politics, in short. NJ is hell on lyme doctoring. He is just the latest victim. Plus, I think his doctoring skills exceed his business sense.
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I was a patient of this doctor. The tax evasion thing was caused by a poor/corrupt office manager that is no longer with the practice. I guess the dr. trusted him to manage the office too much!
He has had many problems with insurance reimbursement that almost caused bankruptcy. I think he is very knowledgable regarding lyme, but has some serious restrictions regarding treatment due to insurance hassles.
Not a big believer in oral meds. Must have positive PCR/western blots for any IV treatments. I think he could help alot of people if he didn't have to fight the insurance bureaucrats!
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The reason I am not a current patient is that the insurance company refused to payfor further treatment.
I still have Lyme with multiple problems. I had a known tick bite, an EM rash, positive elisa, 2 positive PCR's but a negative Western blot(only band 41).
I had one round of IV treatment (56 days), then the picc line was pulled. That is their IV protocol. I still had many symptoms when the IV was pulled, but was starting to feel better.
After 2 weeks, the symptoms all returned, The dr. wanted to put the picc line back in and do another round of IV's, but the insurance company said no.
They first claimed his treatment was too expensive, then they said there was no evidence of lyme disease. So now I am without treatment as things continue to get worse. By the way, for about 56 days of IV treatment/drsg changes......the bill was about 50,000 dollars. That included office visits and lab studies(which there were alot of).
I wish you luck in your search for a good LLMD. If my insurance company would pay, I would go back to that doctor. I think he is a good doctor and knowledgeable about Lyme. He is not a big believer in oral meds and his protocol is strict due to insurance reimbursement problems.
His staff was very nice and I had no problems while I was receiving treatment. Hopefully, you have a better insurance company than I do( and I THOUGHT mine was good).
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I saw this group in Marlton when Dr S was there. Excellent except that no one considered Rocky Moun. SF which isn't helped with IV rocephin.
This group knows how to file ALL the paperwork if you qualify for free drugs. No $$$ stress for me at all. I guess Dr L was taking it all on himself.
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