New Patients

Your Insurance Coverage

Allergy & Asthma of Springfield, LLC is a provider for most major insurance plans, and provides insurance billing. You are responsible for charges that are not covered by your insurance at the time of your appointment.

What to Bring to Your Appointment

· Your insurance card, drivers license, or valid state ID

· List of prescriptions and/or over-the-counter medication, including dose and frequency

· List all known medication allergies

· Information about your medical and surgical history

· Recent x-rays, labs, or relevant records if outside of Mercy

· New Patient Form (filled out, see bellow)

· All minors without parents or legal guardians must have a signed minor consent form (see bellow)

· Your co-pay is due the same day (we accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Cash, Check)

· For questions about coverage please call your insurance prior to the appointment

· Forms:

• New Patient Questionnaire

• New Patient Appointment Letter

• Consent for Treatment of a Minor

• Notice of Privacy Practices

What to Expect

New patient appointments typically include a thorough medical history, exam, and allergy testing. The time and cost of this visit will vary based on your symptoms and the testing that your allergist recommends. The evaluation usually takes 2-3 hours.

Based on the evaluation, the doctor will formulate a diagnosis and recommend treatment options. Education regarding your diagnosis and treatment plan is an important part of your initial visit. We will work with you to create a treatment program that provides the most effective therapy for your unique medical issues. Our goal is to arrive at a treatment plan which allows you to take control of your asthma or allergy symptoms.

If you are being evaluated for allergies or asthma, we recommend you stop taking antihistamines (such as Benadryl, Claritin, Allegra, Zyrtec, Xyzal, hydroxyzine, cyproheptadine) at least 3 full days before your appointment. If you are unsure if you are on an antihistamine, please call our office. Do not stop your other medications (particularly asthma or blood pressure medications).

For patients from other allergy offices who are already on immunotherapy:

After new patient visit and review of records, we might agree to continue to administer immunotherapy serum provided by another allergy office.

We provide this as a COURTESY SERVICE. As such, please be advised that we will not bear any responsibility for your serum in case of accidental damage while in our care (broken bottles, damage due to temperature from failed refrigeration equipment etc.). The office providing your serum has to agree to replace the serum for free in case of accidental damage. Alternatively, you as the patient can sign an agreement not to hold our office liable and replace the serum at your own cost. Refusal to sign this agreement means that we will not provide the injection service, NO EXCEPTION. We will not accept your serum until we have this agreement, so please do not bring it with you to your first appointment.