I copied this letter a friend received from Dr. Sclafani's office:
Dear Person Who Has Expressed Interest In Dr. Sclafani’s Waiting List for CCSVI Testing & Treatment,
I am very happy to announce, for those of you who haven’t heard the good news, that Dr. Sclafani is resuming CCSVI testing
and treatment in a private clinic in Brooklyn. Even if you are already on
his waiting list, I’m asking everyone who is still interested in
scheduling CCSVI testing and treatment with Dr. Sclafani to complete the
attached application form and send it back to me as soon as possible.
(This is the most efficient way I can assemble a current list with the somewhat
different information I now need.)
I anticipate an avalanche of response to this email, so please follow the instructions below exactly when you return your completed
form:
Please put the following information only in the subject line of the email you use to return your completed application form, in the
exact same format as the following three examples:
2011-01 Smith, John - British Columbia, Canada - self-pay
(This would indicate that patient John Smith, who lives in the province of British Columbia, would prefer to come for the approximate week
surrounding his treatment date in January 2011. Since he will be paying
our discounted self-pay price of 10,000 USD for testing and treatment we can
move ahead with scheduling him right away.)
2011-03 Jones, Sally - Michigan, USA - Medicare/GHI
(This would indicate that patient Sally Jones, who lives in the state of Michigan, would prefer to come for the approximate week
surrounding her treatment date in March 2011. Her primary insurance is
Medicare; her secondary is GHI. Since she is choosing to forego our
discounted self-pay price in favor of an insurance submission which could
result in her being responsible for amounts not covered, we will need to
pre-certify her insurance coverage prior to scheduling.)
2012-06 Brown, George - Staten Island, New York, USA - self-pay
(Please only include city when close enough to Brooklyn that you’re okay with coming for multiple, separate visits for the
pre-procedure ultrasound, consultation and the treatment itself. In this
example the patient could be choosing self-pay because he thinks it’ll
cost less than the portion his insurance won’t cover or because he
doesn’t at present have any insurance. For whatever reasons, he
doesn’t wish to be scheduled for even the first appointment until June
2012.)
Please be sure that you correctly attach your completed application form and that it is complete. I understand that not everyone
is comfortable with computers or Microsoft Excel (the software for the form),
but almost everyone has a friend or family member who can help out.
Please note that there may be considerable delay in processing incomplete application
forms or being able to address questions about them.
Please do not include any questions or anything I need to respond to in the email itself. When I confirm receipt of your completed
form I’ll attach an information sheet that should answer most of your
questions. (Further questions can probably be delayed till we’re
scheduling you.)
It’s liable to take me awhile to get to your completed application form and confirm it but if it’s really complete then
I’ll use the date you sent it to me to determine your place on the
waiting list. (I will also factor in people’s places on the
“old” list to a degree, but must largely rely on a fresh
confirmation of interest at this point.)
I’m assuming that since I originally came into contact with you because you expressed interest in CCSVI testing and treatment with Dr.
Sclafani in Brooklyn that Dr. Sclafani in Brooklyn is your first choice and
have indicated that on the form for you. However Dr. Sclafani and I are
both now working for a network of private clinics nationwide where Dr. Sclafani
will be training other physicians to treat CCSVI. If, for instance,
you’d prefer to wait for treatment to be available closer to you because
of mobility issues, or for any other reason, please change my “Brooklyn/Sclafani”
to reflect the American Access Care location of your choice (and physician, if
known). A list of American Access Care locations should be available on
our website. Alternatively you can type “closest, I’ll
wait” (which I’ll take to mean you’ll wait till the American
Access Care Center closest to you is doing CCSVI treatments, or “closest,
currently operational” (which I’ll take to mean that you’d
like to be scheduled soon and you’re willing to travel if necessary, but don’t
wish to travel any further than is absolutely necessary).
Finally, if you are not currently interested in CCSVI testing and treatment with Dr.
Sclafani and American Access Care, and don’t wish to receive any more
information from us, please reply to this email with only the single word
REMOVE in the subject line. If for any reason it’s completely
inappropriate that you were sent this email because you’ve already been
treated and aren’t in need of follow-up treatment, or indicated to me
previously that you’re not interested in being treated, or have received
duplicate copies of this notice, please accept my apology for not having had
the time to take out all the names that really should have been taken out of
this email list. Please, however, feel free to forward this email and the
attached application form to anyone you know of who might be interested.
Thank you for your patience with me at a time when I’m unable to give you the more personalized attention I’d much prefer.
Very best wishes,
Holly
Holly Barr
CCSVI Service Line Manager
American Access Care, LLC
Accredited by The Joint Commission
"We know you have choices... Thank you for choosing
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