Introduction Appointments Patient Privacy Prescription Policy Emergency Calls Fees, Insurance & Managed Care Past Due Accounts
Introduction:
Since 1977, Allergy & Asthma Specialists, P.C. (formerly Allergy Immunology Associates) has been dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of allergies, asthma, sinusitis, hives and immune deficiencies.
We pride ourselves on providing outstanding personalized care. Our physicians are board certified in both pediatric and adult Allergy and Immunology. Our main office is in Chelmsford, MA with satellite offices in North Andover, MA, and Nashua, NH.
Our physicians are on staff at Lowell General Hospital, Saints Memorial Medical Center in Lowell MA, Emerson Hospital of Concord, MA, Holy Family Hospital of Methuen MA, St. Josephs Hospital of Nashua NH and Southern Regional Medical Center of Nashua NH. We have extensive expertise in treating individuals of all age groups from infants with food allergy to the elderly asthmatic. Our physicians are on call 7 days a week.
We in addition sponsor a pollen station that is certified by the National Allergy Bureau of The America Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology.
Appointments:
New and follow-up office visits are by appointment only, with emergency visits available when necessary. Cancellations should be made with at least 24-hour notice. Allergy shot administration hours are posted in all offices. Click here for directions to our offices and shot hours.
Patient Privacy:
Our office is compliant with the latest HIPA guidelines. All patients will receive a copy of our privacy policy.
- Prescription refills are generally valid for a maximum of three months.
- Patients must have been in the office within the past year in order to have a prescription refilled.
- Patients calling in for a refill beyond the one year period must make an appointment; then they will receive a limited prescription to sustain them until the appointment (one time only). Patients with mail-in refill requests over the one year period will be given the full prescription as long as they schedule an appointment (one time only).
- Routine prescription refills that cannot wait until regular office hours will be accepted by our answering service only between the hours of 9:00 am to 12:00 noon weekends and holidays. At other times, the doctors are on call for emergency illnesses only.
- Patients with new complaints such as sinusitis must schedule an doctors
visit if the office is open. Every effort will be made to see the patient
on the same day. Patients who receive treatment from a phone triage when
the office is closed must schedule a followup office visit at their earliest
convenience.
Emergency calls:
We provide 24-hour physician availability for telephone coverage of emergency conditions for established patients.
Emergency phone numbers .
For Massachusetts:
(978) 256 - 4531
For New Hampshire:
(978) 649 - 7647
YOU MAY TEXT MESSAGE THE DOCTOR'S PAGER 978-245-0141 AFTER HOURS AT WWW.USAMOBILITY.COM
Please review PAGING THE DOCTOR AFTER HOURS DO's and DON'Ts
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Introduction Appointments Prescription Policy Patient Privacy Emergency Calls Fees, Insurance & Managed Care Past Due Accounts
Fees, Insurance
and Managed Care:
Fee schedules for visits and services are available at the reception desk. Patient account representatives are available to assist with billing and insurance questions at our Chelmsford office.
Insurance
phone number .
(978) 256 - 9528
Where applicable, we will submit insurance forms and bill you for the remainder. Managed care patients must co-pay at the time of their visit and have valid referrals (to avoid being personally responsible for the bill). Payment by patients without insurance is due on the day of services unless billing arrangements have been made prior to the date of service.
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