Same Day Sick Visits

When your child is sick, we know you want quick answers to questions you may have. You should always feel comfortable calling us or communicating through our patient portal with questions. Please reach out if your child is exhibiting symptoms of illness or has minor injuries. A phone call is always recommended for any urgent medical matter. CALL 911 FOR ANY TRUE EMERGENCY.

We treat all general pediatric illness (fever, cough, rash, ear pain, sore throat, tummy pain, etc.). We also treat minor injuries – bumps and bruises, nursemaid’s elbow, minor lacerations – saving you a trip to the emergency room. We will always try to get your child evaluated on the same day that you call.

Preventive Care Visits

Services included in a typical well visit:

In-office well care is the pillar of pediatric health care! It is something we take very seriously and also enjoy. When your child comes in for a preventive or ‘well’ visit, we cover many important topics:

• Age-specific health concerns
• Growth and developmental assessments
• Routine and recommended screening tests (such as blood pressure, hearing, vision, depression screening, autism screening, maternal post-partum depression screening)
• Laboratory screening tests (hemoglobin, lead, cholesterol)
• ​Vaccine counseling and administration
• Anticipatory guidance specific to your child’s age and needs

The periodicity schedule provides comprehensive health guidelines for well-child care by age, and lists the screenings and assessments recommended at each well-child visit from infancy through adolescence.

Services not included in a typical well visit:

The following are considered separate services from the well visit:

• Evaluation and management of a significant new or existing health problem. (Examples include chronic abdominal pain, severe headaches, profound fatigue, poorly controlled asthma, a newly suspected food allergy, significant weight loss, an eating disorder, mental health problems).
• Discussions about ongoing complex health problems (Examples include seizure disorder, significant developmental delays, diabetes).
• Review of significant concerns related to a specific prior illness
• Coordination of care with specialists and ancillary health providers
• Addressing health concerns of siblings

If your child has a significant health issue raised during a well visit:

We will make every effort to accommodate and address non-preventative health concerns that arise during the well visit. But if the non-preventative concerns raised require more time than our schedule allows, we may need to schedule a follow up office or telemedicine visit. This is to help ensure that our office runs as smoothly and on time as possible and to avoid lengthy waits for families in our waiting rooms.

If we are able to accommodate both preventative and non-preventative health concerns during the same visit, we will need to bill for the visit accordingly, which may require a copay for the non-preventive component of the visit. Your insurance will process the visit codes according to your plan guidelines, applying copay, coinsurance, and/or deductibles as applicable. Health insurance contracts dictate our patient’s financial responsibility, and you will receive a bill for these additional services.

We are happy to answer any questions or concerns you may have about this.

After-Hours Care

Telemedicine Visits

Our telemedicine platform Doxy.me offers patients and their parents/care providers an exciting new means to connect with our health providers. Telemedicine visits will be done with live audio-video technology in a HIPPA-compliant fashion and documented within our AthenaHealth EHR, just like an office visit.

While not every health complaint will be suitable for a telemedicine visit, our providers will work as appropriate through this platform to review your health concerns, answer clinical questions, review medications, order laboratory testing, coordinate referrals and more.

Please note that telemedicine visits may be subject to co-pays and will be processed through your health insurance company just like an office visit.​