Best Practices
BRIEN AND MEREDITH’S WORK SCHEDULES:
- They are not in the office every day:
- Brien’s schedule is: Monday, Wednesday AM and Thursday.
- Meredith’s schedule is: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday AM.
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday we are open from 8am to 4pm; Wednesday from 7:30 to 5pm; Friday 8am to noon.
- We close daily for lunch from Noon – 1 PM.
YOUR VISITS:
- Please bring your medications with you for each office visit.
- If you are on regular prescription medication, you will be required to have an annual visit at a minimum.
- If you have not been seen in a year and have a health care need, you will need a visit.
MEDICATION REFILLS:
- Allow 24-48 hours notice for medication refills.
- Check with the pharmacy first to verify that your refill has been completed. We are unable to call patients and tell them we’ve done their refills.
MISSED APPOINTMENTS:
- We expect 24-hours notice for appointment cancellations. If you “late-cancel” and we are unable to fill your appointment time, there will be a charge for this missed appointment (minimum $25).
- If you no-show (miss your appointment without notifying us), and you do this three times in the same calendar year, we may discharge you from the practice.
INSURANCE REFERRALS:
- Insurance referrals can be time consuming and many insurance companies will not allow a referral to be done after the date of service.
- Please allow one week for the office to complete your “in state” insurance referral.
- If you are going “out of state” for medical services, your referral may take significantly longer, please plan accordingly.
MEDICARE AND MEDICARE HMO PLANS:
- We have a contract with Medicare.
- We do NOT have a contract with all the Medicare HMO plans or the Medicare Secondary insurers. Please call the office if you think you will be changing plans.