Telephone Medicine:
Telephone medicine is usually not quality care. Antibiotics and
scheduled controlled substances require a the generation of a medical
record of a patient visit.
The Waiting Room:
Almost everybody that comes to be seen will some vital sign measured.
If you are sick, temperature and pulse are important. For high blood
pressure, obviously blood pressure are important. These are not
accurate if taken upon arrival at the office. Please understand, I
would rather have my patients relax and read a book or magazine or
something for twenty minutes or so to allow your body to relax so that
those measurements may be real resting measurements. Consistency is
important. If when you complete your intake form, you find that it may
be more than a half hour, please feel free request a reschedule of your
appointment if you like.
Acute Illnesses:
One slot each hour is reserved for acute illnesses. They are released
the last hour of the day before and the following morning. If you are
sick, feel free to call in the morning for same day appointments.
Walk-ins:
Walk in can be worked in but they may take a while. All scheduled
appointments will take priority. Patients arriving more than 15 minutes
late for their scheduled appointment will be considered a walk-in.
Missed Appointments:
The time allotted for your appointment was reserved especially for you.
If you must miss an appointment, please cancel your appointment the day
prior. As we get busier, people with acute illnesses are likely to be
turned away. I am certain you would feel angry if you were sick, wanted
relief and could not get an appointment while there was an opening thet
was wasted. First offenses will generate a warning letter. All other
violations of this policy will be charged a $20 missed appointment fee.
This is not a complete list. Many insurances under other larger companies. We are in application to others. If you do not see your company on this list, please call our office for confirmation.
Aetna
Anthem
Blue Choice
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Certus
Champus
Cigna
Corpus Christi Network Of Physicians
Humana
Medicare
Medspan
Nylcare
Partners in Health Care
PCA
PHCS
Primecare IPA
Premiere
Principal
Private Health Care Systems
Prudential
Prudential HMO
Spohn Health Care Network
STHCA
Texas Teachers Retirement System
United Health Care
This is subject to change in the near future. It is my intention to
make my office convenient to my patients. At the present time, office
hours are Monday through Friday from 9 to 5 with no appointments from 1
till 2 PM. Two evenings a week are contemplated. Help from the reader
is requested. Please give your opinion on which evenings (till 7 PM) you would prefer Respond to goodhlth@flash.net.
Services available in our family practice medical office: