Welcome to the personal website of

Dr. Michael A. Zapf, DPM, MPH, FACFAS, FACFAOM

Thank you for visiting the web site of Dr. Michael Zapf. He is a member of the Agoura-Los Robles Podiatry Centers

The "real" practice web site, the one that contains registration forms, doctor information for all the office and directions to the office is located at:

www.conejofeet.com   ç Click here

I am Dr. Michael Zapf. I have been offering a full range of podiatric medical services, from ingrown nails to heel pain and foot surgery, to my friends and neighbors in the Las Virgenes, Conejo and Simi Valleys since 1985. This is my personal web site. It has been up since 1990 and has received more than 2 million visits. The entire site is my responsibility only and nearly everything on the site was written by me. You are welcome to peruse this site and learn what you can about me, your feet and the problems your feet can develop. Things happen fast in medicine so whatever you read could well be outdated, especially if it was written many years ago. On this site you will read historic articles that I wrote for a lay audience as long as 25 years ago, so please do not take anything on this site as definitive or as applying directly to your condition. You may wonder why I have my own site even though there is also an official practice site. Well, my partners are of a younger generation raised on tweets, e-mails and iPhones. They want a professional site that they believe better represents the professional nature of our practice. They also believe that people no longer take the time to read anything of length. I, on the other foot, think there is still a world out there full of people who still read lengthy descriptions of problems and solutions. if you are one of those old fashioned readers, then this site if for you. Let me know what you think. Let me know you are out there.

Please note that all information and photographs on this site are copyrighted by me, Michael Zapf, DPM, and cannot be used for any private or commercial purposes. I work with two other podiatrists in my practice who may or may not share any of my ideas and philosophy. Do not expect them to practice the way I do or even believe in any of the speculation I present here. If you appreciate what I have written and want me to be your treating doctor, you will have to ask for me specifically. Even if my office says at first, " He is booked until next month",  I still want to see you as long as you are a little flexible with your schedule. If your visit is an emergency, I know that  you will be happy with either of my associates, Dr. Darren Payne or Dr. Steve Benson. They are exceedingly well trained and capable in any foot emergency.

Michael Zapf, DPM, MPH, FACFAS, FACFAOM     (If you want to know what all those initials mean, click here   è  

Our office phone number is (818) 707-3668 and my e-mail address is zfootdoc [at] doctor [dot] com

Agoura Hills Office: 28240 Agoura Road, Suite 101, Agoura Hills, CA 91301

Thousand Oaks Office: 555 Marin Street, Suite 290, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

For the address, hours and registration forms please see the practice web site: www.conejofeet.com

07/24/2010

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For information about Shockwave Therapy for heel pain          click here è

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This is Sandi, our Billing and Insurance Coordinator. She is very talented. She comes in two or three mornings a week and processes all the insurance claims. Although she is nearly perfect she has been knows to transpose a number here or there. If you have any questions about your bill please call the office. If she is not there we will enter your information in our "Sandi Book" and she will call you right back.

Here is her statement about our billing policy.

The office of Drs. Michael Zapf and Darren Payne office tries to be as helpful as possible where billing is concerned.  We will bill your insurance for you, at no cost, even if you have more than one insurance policy.  We generally wait to bill the you (the patient) until after the insurance company has responded to our billing.  This may take as long as 45 days after your visit to the office.  If your insurance company has not responded after 90 days of our billing, we will send the bill to you.  Our billing cycle to patients is once every 30 days, around the 15^th of the month.

If your insurance information, address or phone number has changed since your last visit, please update our records as soon as possible.   

Since Dr. Zapf and Dr. Payne are preferred providers for many insurance organizations, we ask that you contact your particular policy coordinator before visiting our office to ensure that they are a preferred provider under your policy.  Ours is a very busy office and the PPO status of the doctors and our patients change from time to time without our being aware of it.

Unfortunately we do not participate with nearly any HMOs. If you have HMO insuracne please make sure they have "out-of-network" benefits before you come or are prepared to pay cash at the time of your visit.  

Please feel free to contact me regarding any insurance or billing question you may have.  I am in the office on a part time basis only, so please leave a detailed message for me if I am not there, and I will get back to you with a detailed answer at my next work day.

                                Sandi

Send mail to (zfootdoc at doctor dot com) with questions or comments about this web site.
Copyright © 2000 Michael A. Zapf, D.P.M., F.A.C.F.A.S., F.A.C.F.AOA.M.
Last modified: July 24, 2010