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Pediatrician in Oakland who accepts Healthy Families
Sept 2012
It's been awhile since someone asked for recommendations for pediatricians who
accept Healthy Families.
Right now my infant has Kaiser and none of the Oakland Kaiser peds who come
highly recommended on
BPN are currently accepting new patients. I chose one who is and didn't really
like her.
So, does anyone have a recommendation for a good pediatrician in Oakland
(either Kaiser or not)? I'd be particularly
happy to find someone to advise me about sleep issues.
thanks!
I love my pediatrician, Dr. Janet Perlman at Bayside Pediatrics. They accept
MediCal so I'm assuming that includes Healthy Families. She helped me with sleep
issues with my 5 month old as well. L
We are very happy with Kiwi Pediatrics.
My son has been going there since
infancy, and we have actually turned down Kaiser insurance for him so we can
continue there! All the docs are good and the nurses are very helpful too. We go
to their location that is on Alcatraz, not sure if it's south Berkeley of north
Oakland.
Like Kiwis
I like the doctors at Bayside Medical
in Berkeley. Janet Perlman accepts Healthy
Families; you could call their offices to find out what other pediatricians
there also accept Healthy Families. There is also an office in Oakland, though I
am not sure if the same doctors practice out of that office. My son has been
seen by several doctors at the Berkeley Office and I have been happy with all of
their care.
anon
May 2003
Hi, I am in need of switching my high cost insurance as I'm
having another baby and my husband is also going to provide
insurance for his other 2 children...this makes insuring 4
children very very expensive but....I love my pediatrician at
East BAy PEdiatrics and will need to switch if I utilize the
Healthy Families program...can someone reccomend an office in
Oakland/Berkeley area that accepts this program? Other
feedbac/expereince welcome too...thanks, Angela
My daughter is with Healthy Families, on their Blue Cross HMO (
I think) program - she's goes to Berkeley Pediatrics on Walnut -
as far as I understand it's often not that docs do or do not
take Healthy Families at all - it is that there are certain
insurers who have contracted with Healthy families and the docs
then contract to take those specific plans- so my daughter could
not choose HealthNet within the Healthy Families program and be
covered at Berkeley Pediatrics, but if we went with Blue Cross
she was fine. - The best thing is to ask in detail at your docs'
office and find out specifically which Healthy Family plans (if
any) they accept - good luck!
Gabriela
Bayside Pediatrics (offices in Berkeley, Oakland, Walnut Creek,
Pinole, Alameda, San Ramon, Livermore, Pleasanton) accepts all
insurance including Healthy families.
anon
Recommendations received:
Eileen Benway Concord
Robert Nicholson Oakland
Philip Rush Pleasant Hill
Pediatrician for Student Family with Healthy Families
1999
We're attempting to survive on a GSI-ship with two kids; our CaliforniaCare
insurance just increased to $468/mo. for me and the two kids (husband is
covered through SHIP). This and the rent in UC Village just about equals the
monthly GSI-ship.
Up until now, we've bit the bullet and paid for the insurance because of the
absolute faith I have in the kids' pediatrician, Richard Oken of East Bay
Pediatrics. I HATE to think of changing, but we'll be faced with taking out
yet another student loan just to cover about $5,000 worth of insurance for
the next 10 months.
I've checked the web page, and there are wonderful recommendations for many
of the pediatricians participating in the Healthy Families program -- but
many of them are over 2 years old. Does anyone have any experience with the
Healthy Families program in general, or comments (positive or negative) about
the following MDs?
Bean, Enz, Granberg, Kittams and Winokur?
This is a wrenching decision -- thanks for any input you can give.
Replies: see the following recommendations
Gary Bean
Jose Enz
Patricia Granberg
Robin Winokur, David Kittams
We were in the same situation as you: living on one GSI and
paying for SHIP for 2 kids, not wanting to give
up our current pediatrician. When I applied for Healthy
Families we were given No-cost Medi-Cal instead. Our
pediatrician accepts Medi-Cal for continuing patients (I
think they all do) and we now pay nothing.
Are you sure you don't qualify for Medi-Cal? If your income
is less than around $1940/month for a family of 4 and your
children are under 6 yrs old, you do. I don't know about
other situations. It takes a couple of months to get
into the system and you need to mail in proof of income every
3 months, but I believe it's worth the trouble.
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