Broadway Pediatric Associates 336 Center Avenue
Westwood, NJ
07675		 Phone:
(201) 664-7444
Fax:
(201) 666-9476

Informational Brochure

Services
Appointments
Emergencies
Payment
Insurance
Phone Calls
 

SERVICES

Our goal is to provide comprehensive medical care for your newborn, infant, child, adolescent and young adult. This includes assessment of health and growth, treatment of acute and chronic illness, disease prevention, parenting advice and management of behavioral, educational and mental health issues. We maintain privileges at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

Services include:

  • Complimentary pre-natal consultations.

  • Physical examinations from birth through age 22.

  • Management of acute illness.

  • Evening and weekend hours, with availability for serious acute illnesses on Sundays and holidays.

  • Management of chronic conditions, including obesity, diabetes, hypertension and asthma.

  • Evaluation and treatment of educational issues including attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities and processing problems.

  • Management of behavioral issues including sleep and feeding problems, toileting issues and concerns regarding common behavioral problems in children and adolescents.

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APPOINTMENTS

We will be happy to see your child by appointment during our regular office hours .

All hours are by appointment only. If possible, we recommend booking physicals at least one month in advance. Under most circumstances, sick appointments will be booked the same day that you call. If the office is closed, please leave a message and we will contact you when we reopen to schedule an appointment.

Please let us know if you have to cancel an appointment or if you are unable to arrive on time. If you plan to bring more than one child to a given appointment, please let us know so that we can have a chart prepared and so that we can allow for some extra time.

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EMERGENCIES

Of course, if your child has an urgent problem at any time of the day, we are available by phone. Urgent phone calls during regular office hours will be handled immediately by one of us or by a registered nurse who is working under our direct supervision. After office hours, you will be connected with our answering service. One of us is available at all times. If necessary we will make arrangements to see you in the office or at the hospital.

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PAYMENT

We appreciate your payment at the time of service. For your convenience, we also accept American Express, Visa, Mastercharge and Discover. If it is necessary for you to make other arrangements, our Insurance Manager will make every effort to assist you.

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INSURANCE

We participate in most managed care plans managed care plans. Please all our Insurance Department if you have questions about insurance plans orbilling. If you belong to a planwith a specific co-pay amount pervisit, payment is required at the time of service. Your insurance plan may restrict you to specific hospitals or diagnostic facilities or require you to receive certification prior to diagnostic evaluation or hospitalization. Please be aware of your plan's provisions. We may not have access to that information if you call us off-hours.

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PHONE CALLS

If you are calling about a non-urgent problem or you need advice or medication dosages, you will be asked to leave a message. Please understand that if we are busy with emergencies or patients with appointments, these will take priority over a non-urgent phone call, but we will return your call as soon as we possibly can.  Alternatively you can find information here on our web site.

 If you call us with a problem, please have available a paper and pencil, the names of any medications your child is taking, and a recent temperature, if relevant. Also, know which pharmacy you plan to use and whether or not it is open.  It is also a good idea to speak to your pharmacist about delivery policies.

We are often asked to prescribe medication over the phone. As long as we are able to update your child's medications through regular examinations, we are certainly happy to refill prescriptions for chronic problems such as asthma, allergies, seizure disorders, etc. In general, however, we feel it is bad policy to prescribe medications, especially antibiotics, without seeing the patient. In setting this policy, our number one concern is your child's welfare.

Of course, we realize that emergencies arise. In certain circumstances, we will prescribe an antibiotic over the phone, but we will expect that you will bring the patient to the office as soon as possible so that we can confirm our diagnosis.

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