Complexities of Insurance Carrier Underutilization

Health care fraud is complex, wide ranging and likely to occur at any level of the healthcare market. The California Department of Insurance defines fraud as occurring "when someone knowingly lies to obtain some benefit or advantage to which they are not otherwise entitled or someone knowingly denies some benefit that is due and to which someone is entitled." According to National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, the U.S. spends more than 2 trillion dollars annually on health care, with more than 3 percent or 68 billion dollars, lost to fraud.


Quality Providers in California

Medical Director Alexander Zaks M.D., a dedicated health care provider you can trust, located in Beverly Hills CA. Dr. Alex Zaks has established a reputation for operating an outpatient surgical facility where highly trained physicians provide needed surgeries for patients suffering from all manners of chronic spine conditions found frequently among workers in California. 

After procedures in Dr. Zaks surgery center where medically-dictated treatment to ensure that the worker is made whole as soon as possible usually results in speedy recovery.

Alexander Zaks interventional pain management Surgeon

Though one may hope it will never be necessary, there may come a time when a chronic pain disorder becomes so severe that the services of an interventional pain management surgeon will be required. For over a decade, Alexander Zaks has been a trusted surgeon, anesthesiologist, and pain management specialist to Southern Californians seeking relief from chronic or work-related pain and suffering. In fact, Dr. Zaks and his expert team of nearly 100 work diligently from the Comprehensive Outpatient Surgery Center located in Beverly Hills to treat thousands of patients who suffer from chronic and acute pain, as well as work related accidents.
 

Alexander Zaks Is A Pain Management Specialist

Whether an individual is suffering from back pain, seeking remedies and treatment for severe arthritis, or needs expert relief from a specialist who accepts California worker’s compensation insurance, Alexander Zaks has the licenses, training, and experience to take care of it.

A Georgetown University School of Medicine graduate, Alex Zaks’s area of expertise is in pain management and treatment solutions. With no history of malpractice or sanctions, Dr Alexander Zaks MD is a name that can be trusted for proper pain management remedies.
 

Alexeander  Zaks Is An Interventional Pain Management Surgeon

When other treatments fail, surgery may be necessary in order to treat chronic pain or pan that is associated with work related injuries. Dr. Alexander Zaks is a licensed interventional pain management surgeon and has the expertise and wisdom to know when a surgical remedy is required for relief, and what type of procedure will be best. It is critical that patients are referred to pain management surgeons like Alex Zaks who will make every effort to treat pain and suffering carefully and responsibly through various methods before resorting to a surgical procedure. Dr. Zaks is sure to always explain possible outcomes of any surgical processes, walks patients through the process of what they should expect, answers any questions, and ensures that his patients are comfortable with the procedure that may be recommended to them.


Alexander Zaks may recommend pain management procedures such as:

• Epidurals

• Facet blocks

• Trigger point injections

• Disc decompression

• Laminectomies

• Disc decompressions

• Radiculopathy

• Chronic pain issue operations

• Acute spinal pain issue operations

 

Alexander Zaks MD is an Anesthesiologist

Anesthesiology Board Certified and a DABA Diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology , Alex Zaks is fully qualified to care for the thousands of patients who are seeking solutions for their problems due to a variety of acute and chronic pain disorders. These certifications are a prestigious honor which took Dr. Alexander Zaks years of hard work and dedication to obtain. After earning a MD degree, Dr. A. Zaks spent another four years in residence before passing a rigorous oral and written examination process. Paired with his experience and concern for patients, Alexander Zaks is a pain specialist in southern California.

Whether referring a patient to an interventional pain management surgeon or seeking one out for yourself, it is critical that the specialist selected is as highly qualified and skilled as Dr. Alexander Zaks MD.

DR. ALEXANDER ZAKS WORKERS COMP

Though all employers in the state of California are required to carry a worker’s compensation insurance policy, it is hoped that it will simply remain unnecessary or as nothing more than a precaution. Unfortunately, however, cases arise where an accident at work occurs and that is where Dr. Alexander Zaks is happy to step in and help. Situated in the Comprehensive Outpatient Surgery Center in Beverly Hills, Dr. Alexander Zaks and his highly skilled team have worked to help thousands of southern Californians suffering from chronic and acute pain to find relief. When all has been said and done, Dr. Alexander Zaks is a pain management specialist and surgeon that can be trusted and relied upon by all parties affected by a worker’s compensation claim.

Dr. Alexander Zaks is Qualified to Handle Worker’s Compensation Claims

Dr. Alexander Zaks has the credentials, qualifications, and experience to find pain management solutions and remedies for all of his patients. Dr. Alexander Zaks graduated in 1993 from the University Of Georgetown School Of Medicine with a specialization focused on pain management. After receiving his degree, he spent four years in residency at the University of Southern California Hospital Medical Center before going through the rigorous testing process of becoming a licensed anesthesiologist. Today, Dr. Alexander Zaks is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology, a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and a member of the American Medical Association, amongst other affiliations. As both a licensed and practicing surgeon and anesthesiology MD, Dr. Alexander Zaks is more than capable of handling pain intervention procedures for worker’s compensation patients.

Dr. Alexander Zaks is Thorough When Dealing with Workman’s Compensation Cases

Unlike some doctors who work with worker’s compensation patients, Dr. Alexander Zaks does not try to rush through these individuals or try to give them the “brush off”. Dr. Alexander Zaks carefully considers what each patient has been through and strives to get to the bottom of the pain that they are experiencing. Dr. Alexander Zaks is determined to find the best course of action for each individual to improve their quality of life. He is also not one to arbitrarily decide that a patient must go under the knife in order to bill more money to the worker’s compensation insurer, thereby raising employer premiums. Instead, Dr. Alexander Zaks strives to exercise all other possible options before surgical procedures are recommended to patients. He carefully reviews what each individual’s surgical options are, what they can expect, and what all possible outcomes will be so that patient’s and insurers are able to make good decisions with regards to treatment.

Dr. Alexander Zaks is fair throughout the Worker’s Compensation Process

First and foremost, Dr. Alexander Zaks is upfront with his patients with regards to what is going on with their bodies, and finding the best remedies for their pain.

Secondly, Dr. Alexander Zaks is fair to the employers and insurers who are involved in a California worker’s compensation claim.

Dr. Alexander Zaks DABA Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology

Dr.Alexander Zaks is an American trained M.D., Anesthesiologist and surgeon with a sub specialty in Pain Management. Dr. Alexander Zaks is a Board Certified Anesthesiologist who has practiced medicine in California for nearing twenty years. He is a respected member of the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the California Society of Anesthesiologists. Dr. Alexander Zaks also serves as the Medical Director of the ComprehensiveOutpatient Surgery Center in Beverly Hills California.

What Does It Mean to Be A Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology?

Dr. Alexander Zaks has a steadfast commitment to high quality care with a Board Certification in Anesthesiology. Board certification goes beyond the M.D. licensure to help further qualify a doctor's knowledge, experience and expertise to provide high quality care within his or her specific specialty. As a DABA Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology, Dr. Alexander Zaks provides medical management and consultation during the perioperative period, in pain medicine and in critical care medicine. A diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology must have a solid command of the clinical skills, technical acumen, knowledge, judgment, adaptability and personal characteristics in order to achieve excellence in the entire scope of an anesthesiology practice.

A diplomate of the Board is capable of serving as an expert in issues related to anesthesiology, evaluate situations with other medical professionals and provide advice in the many aspects of the specialty of anesthesiology. A Board certified anesthesiologist, like Dr. Alexander Zaks, is likewise capable as heading an anesthesiology care team.

Dr.Alexander Zaks is a Board Certified Anesthesiologist and a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. Due in part to the nature of anesthesiology, ABA diplomates like Dr. Alexander Zaks, must be ready to manage developing life-threatening situations in independently and quickly. The ability to independently procure and evaluate information quickly is critical to ensure individual responsibility for all aspects of anesthesiology care. An ABA diplomate must possess the ability to organize and clearly present rational diagnoses and appropriate treatment protocols to their peers, patients, patient's families and others medical team members.

Dr. Alexander Zaks Has a Solid Reputation for Clinical Excellence

Among the many things that set Dr. Alexander Zaks apart, his commitment to regularly achieving superior clinical outcomes in a responsive, patient-focused setting are paramount. Choosing your medical doctor or Board CertifiedAnesthesiologist is one of the most important health care decisions you can make. There is nothing more important than safeguarding your health or the health of a family member.

Your physician will be your partner in health care, there to help you understand your options and guide you to the most effective treatments, which is why it is so fundamental to choose carefully. Dr. Alexander Zaks has a proven track record and solid reputation as a first-class practitioner who delivers consistently positive outcomes with proven methods, technologically advanced treatments and exceptional patient care. 

• American trained M.D.
• Member of the American Medical Association
• Board Certified Anesthesiologist
• Fellowship in Pain Management
• Practicing Surgeon
• Member of the California Society of Anesthesiologists
• DABA Diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology
• Interventional Pain Management Specialist
• Member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists

Dr. Alexander Zaks Specialist in Pain Management

Dr. Alexander Zaks, specialist in pain management, has devoted his entire career to helping people ease their painful symptoms. As a pain management dr, with admitting privileges at 2 hospitals, Dr. Alexander Zaks understand how debilitating and even crippling pain can become. That’s why Dr. Alexander Zaks decided to make it his life’s work to provide medical care that reduces or alleviates pain. For example Dr. Zaks has overseen treatment procedures on patients ranging from minor to major like:

• Epidurals
• Disc decompression
• Discectomy
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Osteotomy
• Intrathecal pump implant
• Trigger point injections
• Fusion

Dr. Alexander Zaks Believes Pain Isn’t Part of the Healing Process

Dr. Alexander Zak’s interest in pain management began early in life. He’s always focused on figuring out how to help patients with severe pain. He doesn’t believe patients should just grin and bear the pain. His undergraduate degree focused on psychology and biology. These majors aided his knowledge of the human body and how pain affects people. Dr Alexander Zaks continued his education at the Georgetown University School of Medicine.

It was during his post-graduate training, where Dr. A Zaks acquired additional understanding of pain management. During his medical and anesthesiology residencies, he treated patients in pain from chronic and acute medical conditions.

However, Alexander wasn’t satisfied with his medical knowledge he gained from those residencies. To help patients he knew he had to learn more about relieving and reducing painful symptoms. So, he completed a pain management fellowship at the University of Southern California Hospital Medical Center.

Dr. Alexander Zaks still wasn’t satisfied with his pain treatment knowledge or medical understanding.

Throughout his career, he’s continued to earn certifications and licensure like:

• Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology, 1998
• State of California License # A54137, issued April 1995
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support 2008

Of course, Dr. Alexander Zaks knew to fully help his patients he must continue his medical education and lifelong learning through these memberships:

• California Society of Anesthesiologists
• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• American Medical Association

Patients Trust Dr. Alexander Zaks

As a pain management specialist, Dr. Alex Zaks believes patients are more than a name on a medical chart. Patients are the only one who can feel their pain.

Dr. Alexander Zaks MD is the type of pain management Doctor who listens to his patients as they describe their pain symptoms.

This helps him to determine the best pain management treatment for each patient. Whether a patient has back pain, arthritis relief or spinal pain, Dr. Alexander Zaks always works to determine the best course of pain treatment. This is why patients, whether they have workers’ comp or health insurance trust Dr. Zaks. He doesn’t treat insurance companies… Dr. Alexander Zaks MD treats patients in pain.

Patients Receive Only the Best from Dr. Alexander Zaks

Dr. Alexander Zaks is a medical director of a medical facility which employs 80 to 100 employees that treat thousands of patients with pain symptoms. In addition, he’s a practicing specialist in pain management, anesthesiologist and surgeon. He has no malpractice history and no sanction history. Dr. Alexander Zaks is board certified and specializes in treating worker’s comp patients and anyone in chronic or acute pain.

Physician Profile Dr. Alexander Zaks, MD, Anesthesiologist, Fellowship in Pain Management

About Dr. Alexander Zaks

Dr. Alexander Zaks M.D., is a Board Certified Anesthesiologist, practicing surgeon, pain management specialist and Medical Director of the Comprehensive Outpatient Surgery Center. With a career spanning nearly twenty years, Dr. Alexander Zaks is a respected member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the California Society of Anesthesiologists, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Alexander Zaks is American-trained and graduated from Georgetown University’s Medical School in 1993 after completing his undergraduate degree at UCLA. 

Dr. Alexander Zaks & the Comprehensive Outpatient Surgery Center

As Medical Director of the Comprehensive Outpatient Surgery Center in Beverly Hills, Dr. Alexander Zaks manages and works alongside nearly one hundred employees dedicated to helping treat thousands of patients. His broad range of professional experience in anesthesiology, surgery and pain management makes him uniquely qualified to head the Beverly Hills surgical center. In his work at the Comprehensive Outpatient Surgery Center in Beverly Hills, Dr. Alexander Zaks is responsible for overseeing the work of the distinguished medical professionals who provide expert care to individuals from all over the globe. Dr. Alexander Zaks works alongside other physicians, surgeons, Anesthesiologists, Board Certified Plastic Surgeons, Intensive Care Trained Registered Nurses, Chiropractors and other surgical specialists delivering cutting edge treatments and first-class care.

Dr. Alexander Zaks & Specialized Pain Management Treatments

As a highly rated interventional pain management surgeon, Dr. Alexander Zaks counsels patients and other medical professionals to find the best procedures, treatments and surgeries for individuals suffering from chronic pain. Working with all types of individuals to find relief, including worker’s compensation patients, he is committed to helping chronic pain sufferers find lasting solutions. Dr. Alexander Zaks performs or oversees the performing of procedures like epidural steroid injections, Facet blocks, pulsed radiofrequency treatments, Disc decompressions, Laminoplasty, percutaneous disc nucleopathy, Discectomy and many other valuable treatment options. As Dr. Alexander Zaks himself relates, “Chronic pain is not something you must be resigned to live with, there are many treatment options available to help you feel better and enhance the quality of your life.” 

Dr. Alexander Zaks, in his work as an advanced pain management specialist, attends to patients with chronic back pain, spinal pain, ongoing arthritis pain and other chronic pain issues. With a fellowship in Pain Management, Dr. Alexander Zaks has dedicated a large part of his practice to helping patients suffering with chronic pain find relief. In his practice, Dr. Zaks sees many workers’ compensation patients and is well informed on the particular issues inherent to California worker’s compensation cases and employee rights under worker’s compensation.

Dr. Alexander Zaks Core Specialties

• Board Certified Anesthesiologist
• Practicing Surgeon
• Pain Management Specialist
• Medical Director of Comprehensive Outpatient Surgery Center

With an almost twenty year commitment to medicine, high standards of care, cutting edge pain management treatment, expert anesthesiology and exceptional surgical care, Dr. Alexander Zaks is one of the most respected health care professionals in California.

Dr. Alexander Zaks comprehensive health care

Dr. Alexander Zaks understands a patient in pain caused by an accident at work needs a comprehensive health care provider, not just a specialist. For this reason, Dr. Alexander Zaks is Board Certified in Anesthesiology with a fellowship specialty in pain management. However, Dr. Alexander Zaks MD isn’t just a pain management specialist. He is an American trained:

• Practicing Surgeon
• Specialist in Pain Management
• Practicing Anesthesiologist
Dr. Alexander Zaks Is More than a Specialist

Working as a practicing comprehensive health care provider is one important part of his life work. Besides his goal of providing medical treatment to people with pain, he also operates a comprehensive outpatient surgery center in Beverly Hills. As the medical director of the medical facility, Dr. Alexander Zaks oversees the work of 80 to 100 medical professionals and employees. Theseindividuals help to provide surgical treatments and relief to thousands of patients with chronic pain problems.
Dr. Alexander Zaks Takes California Workman’s Comp and Employee Compensation Seriously

Other medical specialists may not understand California workers comp or the medical needs of a patient hurt while on the job. Dr. Alexander Zaks does. As a comprehensive health care provider, he treats the patients’ medical problems. Dr. Alexander Zaks also understands employee rights under workers compensation and California workers comp.

In fact, Dr. Alexander Zaks has no sanctions history and no malpractice history. His focus is on providing medical assistance to patients and following medical, worker’s compensation and insurance guidelines. Patients and other physicians trust Dr. Alexander Zaks. he provides the best comprehensive health care, medical help, assistance and/ or medical service for all parties involved.

Providing comprehensive health care means Dr. Alexander Zaks understands a patient’s medical history, presenting symptoms and accident at work to figure out the most effective course of treatment.

Quite often treatments/procedures and surgeries are part of the solution for workers compensation patients. For example,

A patient with acute spinal pain issues pain may receive treatment such as:
• Fusion
• Anterior lumbar interbody fusion
• Posterior lumbar interbody fusion
• Facetectomy
• Foraminotomy
• Laminectomy
• Laminoplasty
• Laminotomy
• Micro-discectomy
• Osteotomy

A patient with other problems may benefit from:
• Facet blocks
• Trigger point injections
• Disc decompression
• Laminectomies
• Disc decompressions
• Radiculopathy
Dr. Alexander Zaks Medical Background Proves How Valuable He is to Patients andWorkers Comp Cases

He began his medical career at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He continued his residencies—yes two residencies—at the University of Southern California’s Hospital Medical Center. In addition, he completed his fellowship at the same Medical Center. His focus was pain management.

His licensure and certifications prove how well-rounded he is as a comprehensive health care professional. He has a certification or licensure in the following:
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support 2008
• State of California License # A54137, issued April 1995
• Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology, 1998

In addition, he is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologist, American Medical Association and California Society of Anesthesiologist.

Dr. Alexander Zaks isn’t someone who is saying that he is a comprehensive health care professional. He proves every day how much he is an asset to thehealth care community.