About our Practice Why bring your child to a Pediatric Practice? We offer our patients and families two types of professional expertise. A Pediatrician is a physician who specializes in the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health for infants, children and adolescents. After medical school, 100% of a Pediatrician's residency training is devoted to study of the health and illness of children and adolescents. He/She thereafter devotes 100% of his/her time to children. This is in sharp contrast to the family practice resident who spends 25-30% of his/her residency studying pediatrics and thereafter has active experience with pediatric patients only 18% of his/her professional time. Pediatric Nurse Practitioner's (CPNP's) are pediatric registered nurses with advanced medical training and master's degrees in pediatric nursing. They are certified by national certifying agencies. CPNP's perform well baby exams and diagnose and treat common acute and chronic illnesses and injuries. CPNP's are dedicated to providing comprehensive compassionate care to children and their families.
We never stop learning about the care of children and can
do a better job than someone who spends only a portion of his/her time with
children. We care for and care about children. Why should
you see anyone less qualified? Kids are here to stay and so are we! Insurance: Office Visits: We participate in many insurance plans. Please check with our business office regarding your insurance company. Patients should be aware of their individual plans. Some procedures are not covered under certain plans. Please bring all insurance cards to each visit. We do not bill non- participating insurance companies for office visits, but you may by sending a copy of your superbill to your company. Co-pays remain the responsibility of the parent at each visit. For your convenience we now accept MAC, VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. As a policy, physicians do not discuss billing problems with patients. Please discuss any billing or payment problems with the business office. Make copies of everything you send to your insurance company, and keep a personal file of all statements, payments, etc. Hospital Visits: We do submit claims for hospital care. If your insurance carrier has not paid your claim in 30 days, we suggest that you call them. At that time we will expect you to remit the balance in full, to us. If you bring your child to an Emergency Room, please notify our managed care office, and we will O.K. the visit with your insurance company. Hospital Affiliation: Lancaster Pediatric Associates is on the active staff of Lancaster General Hospital and its Women's and Babies division. Currently, this institution is the only hospital in Lancaster with an obstetric, nursery and pediatric service. Preventive Care: Lancaster Pediatric Associates is pleased to see children from birth through age 21. The following is a schedule for preventive care visits for well children. This schedule will vary at the doctor's discretion.
PIAA Sports
physicals must be performed after June1st
of each year. If a physical was done prior to June 1st of the same year
a new physical is needed. An update on height, weight and blood pressure
is needed if the child wants to participate in winter or spring sports
the same school year. For further information visit the PIAA website at
www.piaa.org
. Immunization Schedule: A current immunization schedule is as follows. Please be advised that immunizations are dynamic and change is to be expected.
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