Therefore, our providers are seeing patients during the day and are unable to consult with you by phone. In an effort to maximize your appointment time with our providers, we ask them to devote nearly all of their time during the workday to the patients that are in our office with appointments. We want to value the time and expense you put forth for your healthcare.

The new patient paperwork is also available under “forms” on this website and if you would like to save time in our office, please print off the paperwork and fill it in prior to coming in. We do ask that all of our new patients come to their appointments at least 15 minutes early so they can fill out the necessary paperwork. If you are the last appointment of the morning or the afternoon, you will be informed of that when you make your appointment and they will remind you that you need to be on time or you will forfeit your appointment time even if you are only a few minutes late. Patients who come late may forfeit their appointment time. In an effort to stay on that schedule, we do ask all of our patients to arrive shortly before their scheduled appointment time. We do our very best to schedule patients accordingly so that our providers have the best opportunity to stay on time with their schedule. As a patient, you would call the day that you would like to be seen and we will help you with an appointment in our office. Our schedule is based on a same-day scheduling system. For our patients that are taking controlled medications, you will need to come in to the office every month for a refill. We do not renew or call in new medications for any patient after hours. It is helpful for you to come to each visit prepared with a list or the bottles of medications that you need refills for. At the end of those refills, you will need to come back into the office for an appointment so we can assess and document the continued need of that medication and the current dosage. Your provider may choose to put refills on non-controlled medications. For this reason, all patients need to have an appointment to obtain a refill of all medications. The only exception to this policy is if a child under the age of 18 would like to be seen for counseling or treatment of pregnancy, pregnancy prevention or STDs.įor the safety of the patient and the provider, it is not wise to prescribe medications for acute or chronic problems without an examination. If that adult is not the legal guardian of the child, you will need to have a “consent for treatment of a minor” form filled out prior to the office visit. Records Request (To or From Another Provider)Īny child who is under the age of 18 and is not yet a parent themselves, will need to have an adult accompany them to the office.

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