Practice Policies

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Medicines — Medical Practice in Aurora, CO

Refill Policy

To ensure appropriate monitoring of your chronic medical issues such as hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, etc, we may ask you to make appointments every six months. Semi-annual appointments are vital in monitoring your medical issues and medications, including side effects and potentially harmful effects. You may need to have periodic lab work and exams at these appointments. At the time of your medical visit you should receive a prescription of six months of medicine/refills. When your refills run out (preferably prior to this), it is your responsibility to schedule another appointment to be re-evaluated. You will be given another six month prescription at that time. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us provide you with quality health care.

Your Healthcare Concerns

We are happy to assist you with all of your health care concerns. However, in order to continue to deliver quality care and in consideration of other patients, we may need to limit each visit to two or three minor issues or one major issue (such as chest pain). If you have more issues we would be happy to discuss them, but will need to do so at a subsequent visit. If this causes any inconvenience, we do sincerely apologize. However, we do want to address each issue in a medically appropriate manner.

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Your Healthcare Concerns

OPIOID/NARCOTIC AND FDA 'SCHEDULED MEDICATIONS'

Aurora Family Practice Group strive to provide great care that is also safe. There are some medications that are prescribed that are known to be habit forming/addicting and because of this the FDA regulates these medications closely. These medications are considered 'scheduled' by the FDA. These include but are not limited to all opioids/narcotics (such as Percocet and Vicodin) and all benzodiazepines (such as Valium, Ativan and Lorazepam) and many sleeping medications (such as Ambient and Lunesta).

OPIOID/NARCOTIC AND FDA 'SCHEDULED MEDICATIONS'

At Aurora Family Practice Group, we strive to provide great care that is also safe. There are some medications that are prescribed that are known to be habit forming/addicting and because of this the FDA regulates these medications closely. These medications are considered 'scheduled' by the FDA. These include but are not limited to; all opioids/narcotics (such as percocet(oxycodone) and norco (hydrocodone), all benzodiazepines (such as valium, ativan and xanax), stimulants like ritalin and adderall as well as many sleeping medications (such as ambient and lunesta).

To provide safe administration of these scheduled medications we have some strict policies regarding them. Please see the following rules.

We reserve the right to not give these to any patient in which we feel it would not be in the patient's best interest.

We will not refill them after hours.

Patients taking these will need regular appointments with their primary doctor at least every 3 months. In some cases, your doctor may require more frequent appointments for safe monitoring.

It is the patient's responsibility to make and follow through with these appointments. If you are on high doses of narcotics you will be referred to and expeceted to see a pain specialist. It is the responsibility of the patient to follow this recommendation.

We will also visit the database website that monitors these medications to ensure patients are not accidentally or knowingly getting these or similar medications from other physicians. It is the responsibility of the patient to be honest and forthright whenever they are given these medications.

We will ask you to do periodic urine testing as part of the typical monitoring program.

If you are not willing to do the above you always have the right to seek care elsewhere. We also reserve the right to discharge any patients from the practice who do not comply with these rules.

We believe these policies allow for appropriate and safe prescribing of the medications.

BILLING POLICY

IT IS THE POLICY OF AURORA FAMILY PRACTICE GROUP, PC, TO COLLECT ALL COPAY, CO-INSURANCE AND /OR DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNTS AT THE TIME OF YOUR VISIT.

ALSO, ANY PRIOR BALANCES ON YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE COLLECTED WHEN YOU CHECK OUT.

PLEASE STOP AT THE FRONT DESK BEFORE LEAVING OUR OFFICE.

PLEASE NOTE: ANY RETURNED CHECKS TO AFPG WILL ASSESS AN ADDITIONAL $20.00 FEE

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