Referrals
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Insurance Referrals for Specialists
Some insurance plans (Harvard Pilgrim, BCBS, Tufts) may require us as your primary care office to send a referral to be seen at a specialist office like the podiatrist, optometrist, or Gastroenterology.
This is different than the physicians order that is often sent home with you after your appointment.
That order will allow you to book with the specialist you discussed with the provider or any other that takes your insurance.
Once that appointment is booked a call can be made to our referral line (option 3) or a message sent to the portal so that we can send the necessary information to insurance for approval of your specialist appointment. Please allow 3 days to process all referrals.
Please provide:
(1) the name of the provider you will be seeing,
(2) the National Provider Number (NPI) of the provider,
(3) the date of the appointment, and
(4) the best fax number to send the referral to.
While referrals for appointments can be backdated, we prefer that you give us at least a few days notice to complete the necessary referral and send it to the appropriate providers office.