Dentists

Great dentist

Great service and staff. Definitely recommend

Treats my whole family as his own!

He is a great dentist, done great work with my teeth.

As an individual with plenty of dental issues, I recently had a crown come loose .... my regular dentist was out of town, so I gave Dr. Nicklas a try..... All I can say , is I was impressed, a few notes Pricing : Reasonable, considering the quality of his facility Staff : Professional Facility : Its a nice office on a side street in downtown Kankakee Equipment : This guy has it all, massage chairs, TVs in chair, low volume drills, he also has the ability to make crowns in house My overall impression was VERY favorable

Our health insurance is Medicare. Providers are typically paid a fraction of the charges they submit to Medicare. That's not the case with Westwood. They use a very ingenious way to stick you with the bill. First they have you sign a form that, if you take the time to read it up front, you will find that you have agreed to pay an $82 charge not covered by Medicare. That charge is for what they call Preventive Services 65 or Older. Sixty five, that's the age you go on Medicare. What is this preventive care? If you ask, you'll learn that it's not something like a flu shot or some medical exam to prevent some disease. No, it's a charge by the doctor to review your health records and medications; something that other medical providers include in their billing for their medical services. So, of course, Medicare doesn't pay for this separate charge so you get stuck with it. Whereas other medical providers get a fraction of their billed services from Medicare you are only responsible for 20% of the amount that Medicare Allows for that service. In our case our second insurance pays the 20% and we then owe nothing. Westwood charges exactly what Medicare will allow but then add a separate charge for what they know Medicare won't pay and you have to pay that. Any charge that Medicare denies your secondary insurance does not cover. Consequently you get stuck with that charge. Very ingenious way to soak their clients. You know it's difficult to know if you are getting good medical care but if their billing practices are this predatory I'm not sure I'd trust their medical skills. It took us two visits and two billings not covered by Medicare to finally conclude we will no longer use their services.

I can't thank the staff enough from the administrators to Alice and Cookie who help brother Mike on a constant basis.