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We’re looking forward to making your acquaintance and taking care of
you!
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plan to arrive at least 30 minutes ahead of your scheduled
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to leave yourself ample time to complete your health history forms. |
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you prefer, we can mail or FAX your forms to you in advance (upon
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your scheduled appointment day. |
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Bring
your insurance card(s) with you. |
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Be
certain to check with your primary care physician or health
insurance carrier |
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(particularly for HMO or PPO patients) prior to your visit, to see
if you require a primary |
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care referral before being seen. If so, please arrange to have the
referral arrive in our |
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office beforeyour scheduled appointment date, or bring it along with
you. |
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Bring
any medical records that you have along with you. |
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Bring
an updated list of all your medications that you are taking. You
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routine practice to bring an updated medication
list to all physicians’ appointments, as your |
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medication list should be reviewed and confirmed,
before any adjustments are made. |
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Alternatively, you may
bring all of your medications with you to your office visit, and we
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will be happy to create a list, that you may take with you. |
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Please
provide us with a list of any other physicians (along with their
addresses and |
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telephone and FAX numbers) that you are seeing, and that you would
like to receive a |
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copy of your office evaluation(s). |
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Plan
to remain in the office for an extended amount of time (if
necessary). An initial |
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examination and review of records may require up to an hour or more.
Most patients will |
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have an electrocardiogram and impedance cardiogram done prior to
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physician. Under certain circumstances, additional on-site testing or
monitoring may be |
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requested. These studies may add additional time to your evaluation.
As such, even |
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subsequent return appointments may take up to 45 minutes or more
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the complexity of your situation). |
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