How to Locate a Liver Specialist

Dealing with a medical condition can be a stressful and emotional time. Finding a specialist who is knowledgeable and who you feel comfortable with is important to ease your medical condition and your stress level. Liver specialists can deal with a wide range of medical conditions that affect the liver or can specialize in one specific condition, such as hepatitis. A gastroenterologist specializes with several internal organs, including the liver, while a hepatologist focuses only on the liver.

Instructions

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  Call your insurance company and ask for the names of liver specialists who are both in network and out of network. In network specialists normally are covered by the insurance while out of network specialists are either not covered or paid at a lower amount with a higher out-of-pocket cost to you. If you cannot afford to pay an additional cost, do not ask for out of network providers.

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  Ask your family care doctor for referrals to liver specialists in your area. Your doctor will know which liver specialists are best suited for your medical condition. The staff of your family care office can also help coordinate treatment if necessary.

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  Visit healthfinder.com. Click on the link under "Internet URL." Open the document and find liver specialists in your state.

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  Look in your local Yellow Pages phone book. Search under "Physicians" and then either "Gastroenterology" or "Liver."