This page is deliberately specific rather than persuasive. Below is who we are, what we do, what we don't do, how payment actually works, and where we stand on attorneys. If any of it isn't a fit, you'll be able to tell from this page instead of finding out at your first visit.
| Practice | Oakland Accident Care, a service of Glass Velichko Chiropractic P.C. |
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| Doctors | Dr. Ben Glass, DC · Dr. Irina Velichko, DC. A two-doctor practice. You see one of us, not a rotating staff. |
| In practice since | 2013, in the same downtown Oakland office |
| Education | Life Chiropractic College West, class of 2013 |
| Patients treated | More than 500 Oakland accident patients |
| Reviews | 5.0 stars across 66 Google reviews |
| Languages | English and Spanish, spoken by the doctor directly with no interpreter. Russian also spoken at the practice. |
| Focus | Motor vehicle collision injuries only. Whiplash, cervical and lumbar injury, disc injury, rib and chest wall injury, sciatica, post-traumatic headaches. |
| Hours | 7am to 7pm, seven days a week. Same-day appointments. |
| Location | 435 8th Street, Suite 203, Downtown Oakland, CA 94607. Corner of 8th and Broadway, a few blocks from both 12th Street City Center BART and Lake Merritt BART. |
| Service area | Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, San Leandro and the wider East Bay |
| Payment accepted | Auto liability coverage, MedPay, PIP, uninsured motorist coverage, health insurance, personal injury liens |
| Referral required | No. In California you may see a chiropractor directly, without a physician referral or insurer preauthorization. |
| Phone | (510) 606-0007 |
Oakland Accident Care accepts no fee, referral payment, or consideration of any kind from any law firm. We do not recommend a specific attorney. Patients who want counsel are handed a written list of local personal injury firms and choose for themselves.
We treat you whether or not you have a lawyer, and whether or not you ever hire one. If you'd rather not involve anyone, that's a complete answer and it doesn't change your care.
Related, and just as important: Dr. Glass works as a treating provider, not a retained expert witness. He has given deposition testimony roughly ten times, always as the treating doctor. He has never been hired as an expert. We do not offer opinions on what a case is worth, and we don't write records aimed at a number. We write down what we found, when we found it, and how it changed.
That distinction is the reason the records hold up. A record written to advocate reads like advocacy. A record written to document reads like fact.
We verify your coverage before your first visit and tell you in writing what you will owe, if anything. No estimate at the door, no surprise afterward.
What we won't tell you is that it's free. Whether you owe anything depends on your coverage, and we'd rather show you the number than promise you a zero.
We'd rather lose the appointment than have you arrive expecting something we don't do.
It is not asked, not recorded, and not required to be treated here.
Dr. Glass examines you, explains what he finds, and answers your questions in Spanish himself. Nuance survives that. It usually doesn't survive an interpreter, and it never survives a phone line.
Not because it makes a better advertisement, but because gaps in the early record are the single most common thing used to argue an injury didn't come from the collision.
Same-day appointments, seven days a week, downtown Oakland. In English or Spanish.
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