COURIER SERVICE

• Tucson Pathology Associates courier service (Rapid Couriers) is available for specimen pickup daily or as needed. Supplies can be delivered directly to referring offices via our courier. Reports can be delivered daily, via courier, on request. Stat pickups and frozen sections are handled by Tucson Pathology Associates staff and are coordinated directly with our office and laboratory personnel.
  
• Use the numbers listed below to contact the courier service.
  
  (520) 400-1179
  (520) 975-8271
  (888) 532-2223 Toll Free Outside of Tucson
  

INSURANCE CLAIMS SUBMISSION

• Tucson Pathology Associates handles all insurance claim submissions and patient billing with its staff of medical office professionals. We believe it is important to provide our physician clients and their patients with comprehensive and coordinated services. We want to minimize the hassles often experienced by clients and their patients in getting their bills paid fairly and on time.

PAYMENTS

• Payment, including any co-pays, are due upon receiving the first statement from us. Payment arrangements can be made with our business office.
  

  We accept most insurance plans, including Medicare, Health Net, United HealthCare, PacifiCare, Cigna, TriCare, BC/BS. See our full list of contracted insurances.
  
  

  For your convenience, we accept VISA, MasterCard, cash, checks and money orders.
  

PARTICIPATING INSURANCES:

• ACCOUNTABLE
• AETNA
• AMERICAN MEDICAL SECURITY

• APIPA - (AHCCCS) Contracted for In-patient only (Other services require prior-authorization)

• ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE
• ARIZONA MEDICAL NETWORK (AMN)
• BC/BS
• BEECH STREET (CAPPCARE)
• CCN
• CHOICE CARE (HUMANA)
• CIGNA
• FIRST HEALTH
• GHI – HMO/PPO • GREAT WEST - HMO/PPO • HEALTH CHOICE (AHCCCS) - Contracted for In-patient only (Other services require prior-authorization)
• HEALTHNET
• HUMANA (CHOICE CARE)
• INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
• LIFEWISE • MAYO HEALTH PLAN OF ARIZONA - In-patient/Out-patient only
• MEDICARE
• MEDICARE (RAILROAD)
• MERCYCARE - Contracted for In-patient only (Other services require prior-authorization)
• MULTI-PLAN (BCE EMERGIS)
• PACIFICARE
• PACIFICARE KINO NETWORK - Authorzation must be obtained • PIMA HEALTH (AHCCCS)
• PHCS (Private Healthcare Systems)
• PPN (Premier Provider Network, Inc.)
• TRPN - THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK
• TRICARE
• UNITED HEALTHCARE
• UNIVERSITY FAMILY CARE (AHCCCS) - Contracted for In-patient only (Other services require prior-authorization)


 

**AHCCCS: When requesting prior-authorization for FNA's (Fine Needle Aspiration's - you need to request them under Dr. Vinayak and Dr. Abdelatif - not St. Joseph's Hospital.

 

UPDATED: June 28, 2005