Question:
Has anyone had surgery from the Wish Center in AZ?

   — Keith H. (posted on January 22, 2003)

January 22, 2003
I live in AZ and I had a four month wait to see Dr. Juarez and I was really kinda bummed when I heard that my neighbor called the wish center and got in with them very quick. I was jealous of my neighbor because she was having all of her pre-op stuff done and I was still waiting for approval for my surgery. But then my neighbor started to get the bills from the WISH Center that were not being covered by her insurance. (This I was not jealous about) Turns out that the WISH center was not very up front with her when she went in to see them. She called the WISH Center and asked if they acepted her insurance, which they did. But turns out that the WISH Center does accept her insurance BUT they are not considered in network. This they never did tell her. Now she's been denied for the surgery and her insurance company is not paying for her pre-op work. So she's stuck with a 2000.00 bill. The same thing happened to one of my mom's clients. They never explained that they were out of network. Lucky she had out of network benefits and she went a head and had the surgery done through them. Another reason why I chose not to go to them is because their Dr.'s rotate from center to center. Who was going to take care of me if I had any problems? Best wishes~
   — Heather S.

January 22, 2003
I'm having surgery on Monday with the WISH Center in the Chicago area. They started here and then opened the AZ office. In fact, one of the doctors from AZ did the informational seminar I attended. They were very clear with me from the start that they accept all major insurances and the hospital is in network on all, but the surgeons are out-of-network. I have nothing but good things to say about them - they have been up front, encouraging but also strict about pre-op and qualifying, and very professional. And they have a fantastic reputation - my pcp said they are the best in the area. So, I don't know if it helps, but I'm very pleased.
   — barbdeane