Hospitalization
If an emergency arises and your child needs to visit the emergency room, your child’s primary care provider or the provider on call will be able to direct you to an appropriate emergency room based upon their symptoms. Both Albany Medical Center Hospital and St. Peter’s Hospital are utilized by the providers at Latham Pediatrics. In the event of a hospitalization, your child would be cared for by the AMCH Hospitalist Group or the St. Peter’s Hospitalist Group. If your baby was born at Bellevue Hospital, your baby cannot return there for emergency care. Bellevue is not an emergency facility, and only takes care of the birthing process.
School and Camp Physical Forms
We ask that at the time of your child’s physical or well visit, you provide us with any special forms that your child may need for camps, school, sports, etc. The forms can be given right to your nurse and we can fill them out while you are here. If you have forms for us another time, they can be dropped off at the front desk to be filled out by our providers. Forms can take up to one week to complete. We will call you if your forms are done any sooner. When you are picking up your forms, there is a $5.00 fee per form, and an additional fee may be charged for expedited form requests.
Controlled Substance/ADHD Prescriptions
Please allow up to three business days for controlled substance or ADHD medication prescriptions to be completed. Your child’s med-checks must be up to date to receive a prescription (every 3 months). These prescriptions will be prescribed electronically to the pharmacy of your choice.
Insurance/Billing Policies
To prevent any confusion between our patients and our practice, we have drafted the following financial policy. Please take a moment to review the policies and, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact the billing department. A complete understanding of our policies is essential to quality care and service to all of our patients. A comprehensive understanding to your financial responsibilities is essential in what we hope is a long standing and healthy relationship with our office and it’s staff.
Co-Payment
All co-payments are due at the time of the visit. Failure to pay the co-payment at the time of visit will result in a $20 surcharge plus the co-payment.
Responsible Party
We ultimately hold both parents responsible for payment of any visit associated fees. In situations where the parents of the child are separated or divorced, Latham Pediatrics will not act as the mediator in collecting payments. If a divorce order states that the other parent has to pay all or part of the treatment costs, it is the parent’s responsibility to collect the payment from the other parent. The court order is between the parents of the child and does not pertain to Latham Pediatrics. If the balance on a child’s account is not resolved in a timely manner, both parents will be sent to our collection agency.