Dr. Joy Louise Barnes, MD

I've only ever seen Dr. Barnes' associates, but if you have concerns regarding how services are coded and billed to insurance, steer clear. Routine work--for example, blood tests, etc.--which should be covered as in-office, diagnostic services--are actually billed as *outpatient* services because they send the work to Wood County Hospital. So you're actually being billed for being in an outpatient setting. I spent a long time disputing a bill/coding error, only to be told (after my insurance and the folks in Wood Co. hospital billing recommended the doctor re-code it as "in an office setting") "we're not reprocessing the claim." I never would have visited this office had I known the misleading and unethical way they do business.

She took the time to listen to me and act as if she cared truly for me.