Richard Stuckey, M.D.
Border Medical Clinic
15/122 Griffith St.
Coolangatta, QLD
4225
Australia
Telephone: 61 7 55 364396
Fax: 61 7 55 364045
Email: richardstuckey@bigpond.com
Website: ww.drstuckey.cum.au
Specialties: Clinical Back Pain, Nutritional Treatment of Mental Illness
1. What are the primary medical specialties in which you were originally trained (e.g., pediatrics, family medicine)?
Family Medicine (2 years Pediatric Training)
2. Approximately how many individuals with autism have you treated, and what is the age range?
140; 3 to 33 years
3. Do you usually have a waiting list?
About 4 weeks
4. On the average, how long do you spend face-to-face with a new patient for an initial consultation?
1 hour
5. After the first consultation, what is the average length of an appointment?
30 minutes
6. Are your patients advised to use special diets such as GF/CF, SCD, low-oxalate, etc.?
Yes, mainly GF/CF
7. Can you collaborate with other specialists we will be dealing with (e.g., gastroenterologists)?
Difficult as I am in Australia
8. Are you willing to collaborate on treatment and testing with a child’s pediatrician if he/she is receptive?
Yes, whether pediatrician is receptive or not
9. Do you or anyone in your office speak languages other than English?
No
10. Are you willing to offer phone consultations for distant patients?
Yes, but not for the initial consultation
11. Do you provide any form of after-hours support?
Yes
12. Do you sell proprietary nutritional supplements or have a sales agreement with supplement suppliers? Do you sell supplements at list price or less?
Retail as little as possible. I do not believe that I should profit from product.
13. Do you take insurance? If not, do you provide organized, coded insurance forms?
Yes
14. Do you bill for laboratory tests done by commercial laboratories? How do you break down the fees?
Laboratories do their own billing
15. Is there a reason you might not bill for an office visit?
No
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