Since it always takes so long to fill out forms on the first visit to a doctor, the 2 basic forms are provided here for those who wish to fill them out in advance. If 3 years or more have passed since the last visit, please redo the Registration form, since you would be considered just like a new patient.
This form can be filled digitally using the online portal. In order to access the portal a valid email address must be on file. If a welcome email is not received, please call or email to ask for the email with instructions to start using the portal.
New patients may save time by downloading the new patient registration form and completing it prior to arrival. Click below to view the form and then print, fill out, and bring to the office.
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Please don’t forget the other form you must bring, which is the last page of the HIPAA (privacy) form below. This is the exact same form as in the Privacy section. Also found in that section is the transfer of medical records form. Before the first visit, it can sometimes be advisable to request relevant records from another office in advance.
For your convenience, the HIPAA privacy form is available online. By clicking on the icon below, you may print just the last page and sign it on paper before your visit. Then simply bring that signed last page on your first visit, which can shave off some valuable time.
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Here is our current insurance network profile.
• We are currently accepting patients for United (except some Medicare Advantage), Sierra/UMR (except HPN), Blue Cross/Anthem (including Medicare and Medicaid), Aetna (including Medicare), Cigna, Culinary, Teachers, Silversummit/Ambetter, Humana (including most Medicare), Multiplan/PHCS, Prominence, regular Medicare, and regular Medicaid.
The best advice is to bring all your medicines, especially if there are many different ones. This includes all the bottles, syrups, nasal sprays, eye drops, inhalers, creams, and any other forms of medicine you are taking or have taken recently. If this is not practical, it is helpful to bring a list or photos.
As mentioned above, we recommend that any relevant old records from prior or current physicians, especially related to allergies, be collected in advance. If the originating office does not have a request form, please use our form, which is located in the Privacy section.
Finally, please do not forget your insurance cards and a photo identification.
Allergy skin testing is one of the most basic, valuable things done in the office. While there is no medical reason testing couldn’t be done the very first visit, there are several reasons why you should not stop antihistamines before the first visit.
First, health plans are overflowing with stifling regulations that dictate what doctors can and cannot do. Among these is the stipulation that the first visit is only for gathering data and then setting up future interventions, not for doing any testing or procedures right away. If you happen to be paying yourself, then we are free of these regulations and can set up testing or procedures even on the first day if scheduling allows.
In some cases, foods or medications must be procured and brought in for testing, and it is not possible to know in advance without consulting with the doctor.
For testing it is in fact necessary to stop antihistamines several days before the visit. However, before being seen it is unwise to stop medications without consulting with the doctor. Also, there are common medications marketed for other purposes that also act as antihistamines. Even though these are not marketed as antihistamines, they certainly will disrupt the allergy tests if not stopped in advance! The doctor
Keep in mind it cannot always be guaranteed that time will be available on your first visit to do the testing. Rarely, you might be taking other medicines that have “hidden” antihistamine properties that would still interfere with allergy testing anyway. If you are not sure or there is any doubt, it is always best to keep taking usual medicines until you are seen.
One exception to the above is that pulmonary function tests can and usually should be performed as soon as the first visit. The best guidance before seeing the doctor is simply please take the medication as you usually would! If you are expecting to have a pulmonary function test on your visit, it can be helpful to do your first one without a recent dose of albuterol. But, again, safety is most important; always take your medicine as directed.
Reputable extracts of common food allergens are widely available in the US. However, mainly fruits and vegetables are more complicated because there can be small amounts of allergens that are only present in fresh samples. Therefore, a banana extract or food containing banana that is not fresh, might not give the correct result. The best result would be to bring in an actual banana for testing.
Also, unusual foods and ethnic foods would need to brought in. As a last resort sometimes, a specific food that seemed to cause a reaction yet has no unusual ingredients would need to be brought in. This sometimes could happen for restaurant food, for example.
Of course, patients undergoing oral immunotherapy to foods will usually need to bring in a specific food for visits. For example, some patients doing peanut desensitization would be switched to Reese’s Pieces or other peanut candy at some point and asked to bring this in to ingest. This same supply is what you will then continue eating at home at the dose instructed.
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