As provided in § 4507 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, a "private contract" is a contract between a Medicare beneficiary and a physician or other practitioner who has "opted out" of Medicare for two years for all covered items and services he or she furnishes to Medicare beneficiaries. In a private contract, the Medicare beneficiary agrees to give up Medicare payment for services furnished by the physician or practitioner and to pay the physician or practitioner without regard to any limits that would otherwise apply to what the physician or practitioner could charge.

The following is a list of health professionals who have elected to "opt out" of the Medicare program:

Specialty	Name	Address	Affidavit Effective Date
01 - General Practice	Braverman, Eric	142 Bellevue Ave Penndel, PA 19047-5254	01/01/2006
01 - General Practice	Laseter, Christopher	101 Good Drive Suite 4 Lancaster, PA 17603-2390	10/01/2000
01 - General Practice	Linder, Henry	6 Cross Country Complex Tunkhannock, PA 18657	01/02/2007
01 - General Practice	Merizalde, Bernardo	21 Cynwyd Rd Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004	12/03/2001
01 - General Practice	Sanet, Steven	8 East Baltimore Avenue Clifton Hgts, PA 19018	01/21/2003
01 - General Practice	Swami, S. Chandra	701 North Hermitage Road Hermitage, PA 16148	01/01/2008
04 - Otolaryngology	Kerry, Roy	17 Sixth Ave Greenville, PA 16125	01/01/2008
07 - Dermatology	Sciara, Christine	1595 Paoli Pike Suite 105 West Chester, PA 19380	04/01/2002
08 - Family Practice	Bach, Gregory	2415 N Broad Street Colmar, PA 18915-9406	04/01/2001
08 - Family Practice	Badgio, Daphne (Goldberg)	2501 Reid Street Philadelphia, PA 19146-3900	01/01/2006
08 - Family Practice	Busko, Carlton	207 Market Street Halifax, PA 17032	04/01/2003
08 - Family Practice	Cohen, Alice	160 North Point Blvd Suite 113 Lancaster, PA 17601	04/01/2006
08 - Family Practice	Corson, Ann	731 Street Road, Suite 1 Cochranville, PA 19330	07/01/2004
08 - Family Practice	Corson, Barry	649 Germantown Pike Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462	10/01/2004
08 - Family Practice	Gallagher, Martin	6402 State Route 30, Jeannette, PA 15644	03/14/2008
08 - Family Practice	Garabedian, J.A.	1012 West 9th Street, King of Prussia, PA 19406	03/13/2008
08 - Family Practice	Lagan, Jane	271 W Cedar Street Hazelton, PA 18201	07/01/2001
08 - Family Practice	Lipschutz, Steven	170 W Olney Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19120	10/01/2006
08 - Family Practice	Littzi, Carolann	29 North Memorial Highway Shavertown, PA 18078	10/01/2005
08 - Family Practice	Maulfair. Conrad, Jr.	403 N Main Street Topton, PA 19562-1412	07/01/2005
08 - Family Practice	McGinley, Gregory	1045 First Avenue King of Prussia, PA 19406	10/01/2005
08 - Family Practice	Murdoch, Winslow	1450 Boot Road West Chester, PA 19380-2928	04/01/2004
08 - Family Practice	Newman, Marc	6 East Willow Grove Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19118-3426	01/01/2008
08 - Family Practice	Newsom, John	1588 Woodside Road Yardley, PA 19067-2611	01/01/2008
08 - Family Practice	Palmiero, Paul	537 S 46th Street Philadelphia, PA 19143-2101	01/01/2005
08 - Family Practice	Peirsel, Paul	505 Poplar Street Meadville, PA 16335	04/01/2007
08 - Family Practice	Silverman, Russell	100 N Presidential Blvd Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004	02/14/2003
08 - Family Practice	Vonkeil, Derik	501 N 17th Street Allentown, PA 18104-5044	02/16/1998
08 - Family Practice	Whitney, Charles	1121 General Washington Memorial Blvd Washington Crossing, 18977	04/01/2005
11 - Internal Medicine	Halbert, Steven	2553 Ashbourne Road, Wyncote, PA 19095	01/09/2008
11 - Internal Medicine	Bazzan, Anthony	2505 Boulevard of the Generals, Valley Force Business Center, Jeffersonville, PA 19403	07/01/2007
11 - Internal Medicine	Harvey, Barbara	108 North Elmira Street Athens, PA 18810	01/01/2004
11 - Internal Medicine	Hauptman, William	10 Penn Center 1801 Market Street Suite 200 Philadephia, PA 19103	04/01/2007
11 - Internal Medicine	McGinley, Gregory	4536 Fir Drive Nazareth, PA 18064	10/01/2005
11 - Internal Medicine	Mulders, Hubb	18 Paoli Pike Paoli, PA 19301	12/15/2002
11 - Internal Medicine	Spitz, Lawrence	Penn Executive Diagnostic Center, Inc 1801 Market Sreet, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103	04/01/2007
11 - Internal Medicine	Warshaw, Joel	2000 Oxford Drive Suite 440 Bethel Park, PA 15102	01/01/2008
11 - Internal Medicine	Weiss, Robert	191 Presidenital Blvd Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004-1207	01/01/2006
13 - Neurology	Banka, Reena	2101 Brighton Street Philadelphia, PA 19149	07/01/2007
13 - Neurology	Knobler, Robert	467 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 108 Fort Washington,PA 19034	04/01/2002
16 - Obstetrics/Gynecology	Castelbaum, Arthur	1650 Huntington Pike Suite 154 Meadowbrook, PA 19046	01/01/2008
16 - Obstetrics/Gynecology	Delaney, Melissa	606 East Marshall Street, Suite 206, West Chester, PA 19380	04/01/2008
16 - Obstetrics/Gynecology	Engle, Eileen	847 Easton Road Suite 2300 Warrington, PA 18976	01/01/2003
16 - Obstetrics/Gynecology	Freedman, Martin	1650 Huntington Pike Suite 154 Meadowbrook, PA 19046	01/01/2008
16 - Obstetrics/Gynecology	Gocial, Benjamin	1650 Huntington Pike Suite 154 Meadowbrook, PA 19046	01/01/2008
16 - Obstetrics/Gynecology	Gutmann, Jacqueline	1650 Huntington Pike Suite 154 Meadowbrook, PA 19046	01/01/2008
16 - Obstetrics/Gynecology	Reich, Harry	245 N Memorial Hwy Shavertown, PA 18708-1129	07/01/2002
19 - Oral Surgery	Balatgek, Tammy	2433 Morgantown Rd, Suite 200, Reading, PA 19607	05/10/2007
19 - Oral Surgery	Balshi, Thomas	467 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 201 Fort Washington, PA 19034	12/11/2006
19 - Oral Surgery	Humes, Helene	720 Dorseyville Road Pittsburgh, PA 15238	12/18/2007
19 - Oral Surgery	Lahar, Craig	200 Cumberland Parkway Mechancisburg, PA 17055	04/01/2005
19 - Oral Surgery	Laudenbach, Joel	1520 Locust Street, Suite 600 Philadelphia, PA 19102	10/06/2005
19 - Oral Surgery	Magida, Edward	7 Cambridge Lane Newton, PA 18940	07/07/2006
19 - Oral Surgery	Marcus, Edward	712 Floral Vale Blvd Yardley, PA 19067	07/07/2006
19 - Oral Surgery	Marks, Manuel	712 Floral Vale Blvd Yardley, PA 19067	07/07/2006
19 - Oral Surgery	Radnor, Leonard	157 Waterdam Road Suite 140 McMurray, PA 15317-2573	10/18/2004
19 - Oral Surgery	Reigart, Brian	26 Roth Church Road Spring Grove, PA 17362	07/07/2006
19 - Oral Surgery	Segal, Marc	1205 Langhorne Newton Rd Suite 207 Langhorne, PA 19047-1223	01/01/2006
20 - Orthopedic Surgery	Sapega, Alexander	3400 Horozon Drive Philadelphia, PA 19104-4204	02/08/1998
20 - Orthopedic Surgery	Sidor, Michael	250 Lankenau Med Bldg Wynnewood, PA 19096	02/08/1998
24 - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery	Levin, Richard	1608 Lititz Pike Lancaster, PA 17601	04/01/2007
25 - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	Cohen, Randy	160 North Pointe Blvd, Suite 115 Lancaster, PA 17601	01/01/2008
25 - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	Goldstein, David	9401 McKnight Road Suite 301B Pittsburgh, PA 15237	01/01/1999
26 - Psychiatry	Abel, David	1638 Amity Road Rydal, PA 19046	10/01/2005
26 - Psychiatry	Altman, Linda	1616 Walnut Street Suite 2114 Philadelphia, PA 19103	03/16/2004
26 - Psychiatry	Baurer, Frederic	111 W 49th Street Philadelphia, PA 19139-1718	10/01/2005
26 - Psychiatry	Benfield, Thomas	1015 Chestnut Street Suite 1013 Philadelphia, PA 19107-4310	07/01/1998
26 - Psychiatry	Bloom, Peter	950 Haverford Rd Suite 302 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3851	07/01/1999
26 - Psychiatry	Blum, Lawrence	2400 Chestnut Street Suite 2810 Philadelphia, PA 19103-4325	01/01/2004
26 - Psychiatry	Bowring, Margaret Price	950 Haverford Road Bryn Mawr, PA 19010	10/01/2004
26 - Psychiatry	Chen, Liu Lin-Li	Andre Plaza, Suite 304 8035 McKnight Road Pittsburgh, PA 15237	01/01/2008
26 - Psychiatry	Cudemo, Regina	520 E Broad Street Bethlehem, PA 19401	03/24/2004
26 - Psychiatry	Digiacomo, W J	121 Coulter Avenue Ardmore, PA 19083-2610	01/26/1999
26 - Psychiatry	Doyle, Harry	230 South 22nd Street Philadelphia, PA 19103	04/01/2007
26 - Psychiatry	Chastka, Edward	999 Berkshire Bldv, Suite 130, Wyomissing, PA 19610	02/06/2008
26 - Psychiatry	Felins, Kelly	426 Mulberry Street Scranton, PA 18503-1531	04/15/2008
26 - Psychiatry	Fitzgibbons, Richard	100 4 Falls Corp Ctr Suite 112 W Cnshohocken, PA 19428	04/01/1998
26 - Psychiatry	Foster, Howard	401 Shady Avenue Suite C202 Pittsburgh, PA 15206-4800	07/01/2004
26 - Psychiatry	Geiger, Mary	875 County Line Road Suite 104 Bryn Mawr, PA 19139-2718	07/01/1999
26 - Psychiatry	Gilofoil, James	864 Countly Line Rd Bryrn Mawr, PA 19010-2516	01/05/1998
26 - Psychiatry	Glijansky, Alex	1579 Old York Road Abington, PA 19001	01/07/2008
26 - Psychiatry	Greer, Brendan	4025 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3054	10/01/2004
26 - Psychiatry	Grindlinger, Jonathan	11 Reitz Blvd Suite 202 Lewisburg, PA 17837	01/01/2008
26 - Psychiatry	Gruenberg, Alan	950 Haverford Road Suite 362 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3851	10/01/2004
26 - Psychiatry	Hetznecker, James	950 Haverford Rd Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3851	10/01/2004
26 - Psychiatry	Hirsch, Stuart	401 Shady Avenue Suite C203 Pittsburgh, PA 15206-4800	07/01/2002
26 - Psychiatry	Hole, Richard	1601 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19102-2944	01/01/2004
26 - Psychiatry	Konia, Charles	Spring Hill Farm Easton, PA 18966-2105	01/21/1998
26 - Psychiatry	Lichtman, Craig	2031 Locust Street Lobby West Philadelphia, PA 19103	01/01/2008
26 - Psychiatry	Lipschutz, Marc	2200 Benjamin Franklin Parkway #E1509 Philadelphia, PA 19130	01/01/2007
26 - Psychiatry	Lustig, Herbert	15 Presidential Blvd Suite 203 Bala Cynwyndd, PA 19004-1006	01/26/1998
26 - Psychiatry	Marcel, Susan	1315 Walnut Street Suite 1700 Philadelphia, PA 19107	07/01/2006
26 - Psychiatry	Mazza, Dominic	500 Wheeler Ave Scranton, PA 18510-2561	04/01/2002
26 - Psychiatry	McCarthy, Michael	2400 Chestnut Street #1409 Philadelphia, PA 19103	04/01/2007
26 - Psychiatry	Mendelsohn, Sylvia	401 Shady Avenue Suite 204 Pittsburgh, PA 15206	09/07/2007
26 - Psychiatry	Mira, John	115 S Saint Johns Drive Camp Hill, PA 17011-4147	09/01/2003
26 - Psychiatry	Ouligian, John	121 Coulter Avenue Ardmore, PA 19083-2610	10/01/2003
26 - Psychiatry	Price, Trevor	950 Haverford Road Bryn Mawr, PA 19010	07/01/2003
26 - Psychiatry	Raines, Jonathan	1629 Monk Street Gladwine, PA 19015-1349	01/30/1998
26 - Psychiatry	Reitano, John	121 Coulter Avenue Ardmore, PA 19083-2610	07/01/2000
26 - Psychiatry	Rohtbart, Meyer	191 Presidential Blvd Suite 110 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004	04/01/2007
26 - Psychiatry	Rolfe, Steven	4 Elliott Ave Bryn Mawr, PA 19010	01/25/2007
26 - Psychiatry	Schmukler, Anita	One Bala Avenue Suite 12 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004	09/14/2006
26 - Psychiatry	Scott, Paul	401 Shady Ave Apt C202 Pittsburgh, PA 15206-4800	07/01/2002
26 - Psychiatry	Sherr, Virginia	47 Crescent Dr Holland, PA 18966-2105	01/01/1999
26 - Psychiatry	Slovak, James	321 Spruce Street Suite1200 Scranton, PA 18503	03/14/2007
26 - Psychiatry	Summers, Richard	950 Haverford Road Suite 302 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3851	10/01/2004
26 - Psychiatry	Vaccaro, Michael	25 Washington Lane Wyncote House Wyncote, PA 19095-1403	07/01/1998
26 - Psychiatry	Webb, Elizabeth	220 North Bent Road Wyncote, PA 19095	11/30/2007
26 - Psychiatry	Whitman, Sarah	8627 Germantown Ave Philadelphia, PA 19118	11/15/2006
26 - Psychiatry	Volpicelli, Joseph	40 W Evergreen Ave Suite 106 Philadelphia, PA 19118	01/01/2008
37 - Pediatrics	Shapiro, Barbara	1826 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103	01/18/2008
62 - Indepnedently Practicing Psychologist	Ferrell, D. Keith	111 North Franklin Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1401	04/01/2006
62 - Indepnedently Practicing Psychologist	Robbins, Jeffrey	83 Hillcroft Way Newtown, PA 18940-2323	07/01/2005
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Allison, Kelly	3535 Market St Suite 3108 Philadelphia, PA 19104	04/01/2007
69 - Clinical Psychologist	Baum-Baicker, Cynthia	1845 Walnut Street, Ste 2323, Philadelphia, PA 19103	04/01/2008
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Bopp, Michael	191 Presidenital Blvd Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004-1207	01/01/2004
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Chrestman, Kelly	3535 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104	10/01/2004
68 - Clinical Psychologist	DeMuth, Nancy	650 N 12th Street Lemoyne, PA 17043-1216	10/01/2004
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Fischetti, Mario	258 42nd Street Pittsburgh, PA 15201	10/01/2004
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Foa, Edna	3535 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104	10/01/2004
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Franklin, Martin	3535 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104	10/01/2004
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Hembree,Elizabeth	3535 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021	10/01/2004
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Huppert, Jonathan	3535 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104	10/01/2004
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Jacobs, Julie	3535 Market St. Suite 2028 Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309	01/01/2008
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Kumar, Vanshi	3535 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104	01/01/2008
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Layden, Mary Anne	3535 Market St. 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309	01/01/2008
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Naar, Ray	211 Whitfield Street Med Ctr E Suite 540 Pittsburgh, PA 15206-3039	07/01/2005
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Newman, Cory	3535 Market St. 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309	01/01/2008
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Orbison, David	401 Shady Avenue Suite 102C Pittsburgh, PA 15206-4459	01/28/1998
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Ramsay, John Russell	3535 Market St. 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309	01/01/2008
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Riggs, David	3535 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104	10/01/2004
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Ryan, Rita	3535 Market St. 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309	01/01/2008
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Sarwer, David	3535 Market Street Suite 3108 Philadelphia, PA 19104	04/01/2007
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Silverberg, Farrell	222 W Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia, PA 19103	04/01/2004
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Treadwell, Thomas	3535 Market St. 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309	01/01/2008
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Velletri, Andrea	128 North Craiig Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2744	01/26/1998
68 - Clinical Psychologist	Yalof, Jed	12 Veterans Square Suite 202 Media PA 19063-3129	01/01/2000
71 - Registered Dietician	Diamond, Andrea Gidding	44 Union Ave, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004	07/01/2007
72 - Pain Management	Palmerio, Paul	501-507 South 12th Philadelphia, PA 19147	01/01/2005
80 - LCSW	Coffey, William	4025 Chestnut Street, 1st Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104	04/01/2008
80 - LCSW	Fraley, Karen	Kimberton , PA 19442	04/01/2007
80 - LCSW	Levine, Susan	631 Moreno Road Penn Valley, PA 19072	01/01/2003
80 - LCSW	Naugle, Rebecca	3535 Market St. 2nd Floor, Room 2026 Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309	01/01/2008
80 - LSCW	Robbins, Joan	83 Hillcroft Way Newtown, PA 18940	07/01/2004
80 - LSCW	Smullens, Sarakay	The Drake #2901 1512 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19102-4560	04/01/2007
93 - Emergency Medicine	Perry, David	4315 Shimerville Rd, Emmaus, PA 18049	07/01/2007
93 - Emergency Medicine	Pierotti, Aldino III	730 Holiday Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15220	04/01/2005
93 - Emergency Medicine	Smith, Harold	127 North Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815	04/01/2004
98 - Gynecological/Oncology	Warner, Wendy	940 Town Center Drive Suite F-90 Langhorne, PA 19047	10/01/2004