Scheduling – Mountain Area Pediatrics

SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT

Be sure to read through the VISIT CRITERIA to determine which type of visit meets your appointment needs.

Schedule your annual wellness appointment
or follow-up ADHD.

• Most insurance plans require you to wait 365 days since the last well-child appointment. If you self-schedule and the appointment is too soon, we will send you a follow-up text to coordinate a later appointment date.

• If your child is turning 1 year old, 4 years old, or 11 years old, please schedule after their birthday to ensure vaccines can be provided.

SCHEDULE A WELL VISIT

SAME DAY SICK VISIT

Same day sick visits
Online scheduling opens at 5:00 AM
Appointments begin at 8:30 AM

• These appointments are for symptoms that began at least 24 hours ago but no more than 3 days and include symptoms such as one or more of the following: cough, nasal congestion, sore throat, ear pain, eye discharge or urinary discomfort.

• These visits are not conducive for behavior health or medical concerns present for greater than 3 days. If booked, these appointments will be rescheduled.

• Siblings, up to 2 children, should be booked using the SIBLING visit type. If 3 or more children need appointments, please call our nurse triage line.

Schedule a Same Day Sick Visit

Established patients needing an appointment other than well or same day sick visit, use the Request an Appt button.

REQUEST AN APPT.

Not an established patient? Complete this form, and we will be in touch within 2 business days.

NEW PATIENT REQUEST

Our nurse triage line opens each morning at 8:30AM for triage advice and sick visit scheduling when necessary.

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NON-EMERGENCY QUESTIONS?

Mountain Area Pediatrics representatives are available 24 hours/day – everyday. We make every effort to be available to meet the medical needs of your child(ren). In an effort to assist you even when we are closed, please feel free to utilize our nursing telephone triage service. Click on the link below to complete the form and a triage nurse will return your call. If you prefer to call and leave a message, the contact information for the triage service is readily available by contacting our office at 828.254.4337 anytime the office is closed or by calling the nursing triage service at 828.229.7234. Please note that the after hours triage nurse will not be able to address concerns relative to scheduling, prescription refill requests, or business/account issues.

AFTER HOURS NURSE

TYPES OF APPOINTMENTS

PRENATAL CONSULTATION

Prenatal Consultation appointments are available by request. These are informal meetings with our physicians. This appointment offers the perfect opportunity to ask questions, meet our staff and experience the office atmosphere. We are pleased to offer this initial consultation appointment at no cost to you.

ROUTINE WELL CARE EXAMS

Routine appointments are available upon request and generally follow the recommended immunization schedule: newborn, 2-weeks, 2-months, 4-months, 6-months, 9-months, 12-months. Toddlers return at 15-months, 18-months and 2-years. Children age 3 and older are seen yearly. Interperiodic and sports physicals are also available in our health maintenance scheduling.

SAME DAY SICK APPOINTMENTS

Same day sick appointments are available to address acute illnesses. Same day sick appointments are made during office hours beginning at 8:30am Monday through Friday. We make every effort to schedule these visits with your primary physician; however, we have full confidence that any of our physicians will be able to appropriately address your child’s acute medical needs should your primary physician be unavailable at the time a sick visit is warranted. As part of our advanced care team we have a group of telephone triage nurses, including RN’s and LPN’s, who will help patient representatives assess the acuity of their child’s illness and offer appointment times as clinically indicated.

AFTER HOURS & WEEKEND ACUTE CARE OPTIONS

Acute care appointments are available outside of regular business hours. Our telephone nurses are available to assist you with advice/coaching (via telephone) or for scheduling appointment times typically after our regular business hours. Please note that the physician on call is responsible for determining when the office will close each day (based on patient need). Please note: there is an additional charge for this visit.
On Saturday and Sunday our telephone triage nurse will be available at 8:30 am to assist you with advice/coaching (via telephone) or scheduling a sick visit appointment for the same day if warranted. The physician on call will determine when the office will close (based on patient need). Please note: there is an additional charge for this visit.

HOLIDAY APPOINTMENT OPTIONS 

Holiday hours apply in accordance with weekend hours. A holiday schedule is typically observed on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving Day. The hours of operation on these holidays will be in accordance with Saturday / Sunday hours. Please note: there is an additional charge for this visit. Mountain Area Pediatric Associates, P.A. is closed on Christmas Day.

OTHER APPOINTMENT TYPES

Appointment times are available to address issues that are not related to well care or acute care visits specifically. “Pre-scheduled” appointment times are available for hospital follow-ups, behavior consultations (ex. ADD/ADHD) or to address management of various chronic medical issues. We have a co-management relationship with outside behavior health facilities and can refer to behavior health professionals if needed. We are fortunate to have a well equipped laboratory that allows us to complete multiple diagnostic tests on site.