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♥ ABOUT US ♥ Welcome to our office. We have attempted to cover many of the questions you will have about our office policies concerning appointments, telephone policy, fees, and insurance. Please read it carefully and keep refer to it if necessary. As a new patient, you will be asked to complete a patient information sheet. This information is necessary to serve you completely and will be held in the strictest confidence. Our office endeavors to provide the highest quality medical care together with compassion and understanding. We hope we meet and surpass your expectations and look forward to a long friendship based on mutual trust and understanding. MISSION STATEMENT DR. J. B. BITAR, M.D., F.A.C.C.  Specializing in Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Intervention of Cardiac Disease Dr. Bitar completed his internship, residency and fellowship in the field of cardiovascular medicine at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Cardiology, and the American Board of Interventional Cardiology.
CARDIOLOGY Cardiology is the study of the heart and its functions. A cardiologist is a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease including hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, cardiac arrhythmia, and high cholesterol. Dr. Bitar’s services include: EKG, Stress Treadmill, 2-D echocardiography, Stress Echo, Color Flow Doppler, Pacer Analysis, Holter Monitoring, Coronary Angiography/ Cardiac Catheterizations, PTCA/Stent, , Throbolysis. TELEPHONE POLICY In general, we feel it is not possible to practice the best medicine over the telephone. When a telephone call is necessary, please explain the problem and your needs as accurately as possible. Our office staff has been trained to assist you. Your information will be relayed to the doctor and your question answered at the earliest opportunity. Unless it is an emergency, your call will be answered after scheduled patients are seen. All prescriptions must be requested during normal office hours when your complete medical record is available. If your prescription needs renewal, your pharmacist can contact our office for approval. In case of an emergency after office hours, or on holidays or weekends, please call our office at 407 804 9199 and our answering service will reach Dr. Bitar or the physician whom is on call for him. OFFICE HOURS – APPOINTMENTS Our office is normally open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Thursday. On Friday, the office is open from 8:30 am to 3 pm. Appointments can be made and general questions answered during these times. To make an appointment, please give your name and a brief description of your medical problem. If your insurance requires an authorization to be seen, you are responsible for providing this prior to seeing Dr. Bitar. If you are unable to keep your scheduled appointment time, please call at least 48 hours prior to your appointment time. This will assist us in meeting the needs of others. To avoid a missed appointment fee of $ 50.00, please call the office 24 hours prior to the appointment you will have to miss or change. We will be happy to reschedule your appointment. We respect the value of your time and dislike long waiting periods in the office. Therefore, we strive to honor your appointment time. In the rare case of an unforeseen delay due to an emergency, we hope that you will understand. Office Telephone: 407 804 9199 FEES, PAYMENT, AND INSURANCE We will fulfill our responsibility of filing Medicare and those Insurance Programs in which we participate. We request you be prepared to pay your insurance co-pay or those services not covered by insurance at the time of your appointment. Please remember that it is always your responsibility to see that your account is paid, regardless of insurance. If you are scheduled for a procedure, please check with our office to verify insurance and to alert us if you need second opinions, pre admission certification or any other requirements your insurance may have. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION We consider your medical information in this office a confidential and personal matter; therefore, you must sign a release of information form before we can give any information from our medical records to any third party. | ||||||||||||||
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