Appointment and Referral Information

• Request or change an appointment:
  
  You may request an appointment or request that we change your existing appointment by completing a short on-line form.
  
  
• Registration forms:
  
  You can download and print our registration forms, fill them out at home, and bring them to your appointment. If you prefer to complete the forms in the office, please plan on arriving 15 minutes ahead of your scheduled appointment.
  
  
• Previous xrays and scans are necessary:
  
  For your first visit, Dr. DeGroot requests that you obtain all of the previous xrays you have had taken of the area in question, including plain x-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, and bone scans.
  The actual films are required, not just the reports.
  
  Please DO NOT bring CD-ROMs with images why?
  
  Due to firewall and security issues, our computers cannot install and run the software required to view the images on the CD-ROMs. Please request hard copies (actual films) only.
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• You will need a referral to see us
  
  Almost all new patients require a referral, sometimes an "out of network referral" is required. Please ask your primary care physician to arrange the referral before you arrive!
  
  Having your physician's office call us for an appointment is not the same as getting a "referral". A referral is a process whereby your visit to see us is approved by your insurance plan. Without this referral, your insurance plan won't pay for your care and you get left holding the bill!
  
  
• You may request or change an appointment on-line
  
  You may request an appointment or request that we change your existing appointment by completing a short on-line form.