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Pediatrician that takes Cigna insurance?
April 2015
RE: Pediatrician that takes Cigna insurance?
I would highly recommend Dr. Karin Schiffman in Berkeley, behind Alta Bates. She is accepting new patients and takes Cigna. She has a solo practice, so you aren't shuffled among various doctors in a practice, especially helpful in my opinion for kids with a chronic medical condition. I can't speak to her experience with ADHD, but she's the type of person who wouldn't hesitate to tell you if she didn't think she was the right fit for your son. Good luck!
May 2003
We recently switched from Kaiser to Cigna PPO for health coverage. Can anyone recommend a pediatrician who is participating in the Cigna plan? We live in Oakland, near the Berkeley border, and would prefer someone close by, but our main concerns are that we want someone who is thorough, caring, experienced and practical. To explain, I was very turned off by one doctor who seemed most concerned about whether our baby was waking up at night rather than whether she was healthy and well. We would rather find a new doctor who is more concerned about her health and wellbeing as a whole. If that makes sense and you can recommend anyone, we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks a lot. Hope
Recommendation received:
We're very happy with Sutter on Milvia in Berkeley (but they have other locations). We really love Dr. Anna Kaplan. She's practical, shares a lot of info, very knowledgeable and incredibly sweet. We highly recommend.
Cigna is probably my favorite insurer of the ~4 I've had over the past ten years. Sadly I have something else now, but can definitely recommend Margery Lackman through Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation (who took my Cigna PPO). There are other pediatricians in that practice - I've seen most of them for sick visits, and I like them all. Dr. Lackman is only at Albany now, but they also have a presence at Milvia.
Fellow Cigna subscriber here. We've been going to Berkeley Pediatrics since my daughter was born last September and have had a really positive experience. We chose them based on many consistent recommendations from others at BPN and similar fora, and have been seeing Dr. Nikki Learned. We really like her and have had a great experience with the other doctors we've met with periodically.
We love Dr. Elizabeth Salsburg at Kiwi Pediatrics!