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[quote=Anonymous]I used GWMFM for NT screen and biweekly ultrasound cervix checks (Rockville office) as well as the 20 week anatomy scan (silver spring).  Here is the good and the bad.

The good: Supposedly they have better machines that make it easier to see things/problems.  Easy to make appointments.  Easy to park at all locations.  Ultrasound techs - which is who I spent the most time with - were very nice / friendly and seemed very competent.  Docs I saw (for grand total of three minutes despite having tons of appointments there) were very nice, too.

The bad:  They run REALLY late.  I sat in the waiting room for over an hour (once even for two hours - I should have got up and left) on multiple occasions waiting to be seen.  Always get the first appt in the morning.  Also, they billed me for stuff I specifically told them I did not need or want (e.g., genetic counseling to go along with the NT scan, which I did not make an appt for and which I told both the front desk and the genetic counselor I did not need or want before they did the NT scan and the blood draw) and then they tried to get me to "split" the $250 cost with them after they billed my insurance company, who refused to pay for it.   Oh, and the $250 fee they wanted me to split is not even the negotiated rate (that was $97)! Another example - I went in for the standard 20 week scan and they billed my insurance company for an additional $1000 for fetal echo cardiogram / umbilical cord doppler that a) was not ordered and be) was not even conducted.  Cost to me for that was $330, and if I had not been paying attention I might have just paid it without questioning it. It's taken at least four phone calls (so far) to try to get this resolved.  Ridiculous - I have better things to do with my time.

Be careful if you use them.  I'm now going to my regular OB for the rest of this pregnancy, but if I need to see a specialist like this again I'll likely use another practice.[/quote]

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