Registration Process and Check-In. As part of your registration process, please provide our administrative staff with the following
- Completed New Patient Packet.
- Photo Identification or Driver’s License.
- Updated personal information.
- Updated insurance card.
- Updated list of medications with dosages and how often they are taken per day.
- List of primary care doctors, cardiologists, referring doctors, chiropractors, and physical therapists, including addresses and phone numbers.
For industrial patient consults (work-related injury consults), please bring
- Information about your Primary Treating Physician (PTP), as well as any information about the workers’ compensation carrier, nurse case managers, and/or adjustors.
Information about your referring care-providers, including telephone, fax, and address is needed so that all copies of our visits can be sent to all of your care-providers to keep them informed about your care.
Medical Records. Please bring copies of all pertinent medical records from prior physicians, chiropractors, physical therapists, etc. These are helpful to give Dr. Ball an accurate and complete picture of your medical history.
Please provide copies of imaging studies, including MRI Scans, CT Scans, and X-rays, done within a year of your appointment. They should be brought in on a CD or actual sheets of films. Also, please provide a copy of the official report from the radiologist or doctor who performed the study or test.
If you have had previous spine surgery, please bring a copy of your Operative Report, which provides detail of your surgery.
Having all of the records readily available will help the efficiency of our clinical consultations and prevent delays in seeing all of the day’s patients in a timely manner.