New Patient Consultation:
- In general, your physician will refer you to the pain clinic. Once we have
insurance authorization (depending on your health plan), then a consultation
will be scheduled.
- Please bring your insurance information with you.
- Please complete the
new patient questionnaire and bring it with you to the
consultation. The questionnaire can be faxed to you, mailed to you, or
downloaded from this website. Completing the questionnaire is extremely
important. Please answer to the best of your ability and recollection. We do
not expect that every question be answered. However, not completing the
questionnaire will only delay your office visit and may cause your visit to
be rescheduled. Even though you may have completed this information with
another specialist or your primary care physician, we do not always have
access to that information.
- We will ask your referring physician for pertinent copies of your medical
records. However, often times your records are incomplete since patients are
often seen by multiple physicians. Therefore, if you
have copies of your records please bring them with you.
- The initial consult typically takes thirty minutes. A treatment plan will
be discussed. If a procedure is recommended, then we will obtain authorization
(depending on your health plan) and schedule the procedure at the surgery
center. Procedures cannot be done the same day as the consult.