Policies

We work hard to not overuse antibiotics.

We educate families on appropriate use of antibiotics, but follow evidence-based guidelines and don’t automatically treat ear pain or a green snotty nose with antibiotics.

We do not routinely prescribe antibiotics over the phone as we do not believe that is good medicine. We will prescribe an antibiotic when we believe it is an appropriate treatment.

Everyone's Time is Equally Valuable.

We ask that you arrive 5 minutes before your scheduled appointment time. We understand sometimes things happen beyond your control that may cause you to be late. However, we reserve the right to ask you to reschedule if you arrive late for your appointment.

Our practice makes every effort to run on time with appointments, as we believe everyone’s time is equally valuable.
Upcoming Appointments Via Phone/Text Message/Email

Missed Appointments: Broken appointments represent a cost to us, to you, and to other patients who could have been seen in the time set aside for you. We reserve the right to charge a fee for canceled or missed appointments. We request 24 hours notice for cancellation of appointments.

A fee may be charged for a second missed appointment. The third consecutive missed appointment will result in discharge from the practice.

For new patients, a fee may be charged if the FIRST appointment is missed.

Efficiency through the use of technology

You will be encouraged to consult our website, register for and use our patient portal, and effectively use automated reminders for appointments and for routine care/immunizations that are due.

Englewood Pediatrics, LLC values your right to privacy. Any personal and/or medical information you provide to Englewood Pediatrics, LLC over this website will be maintained and be accessible only by Englewood Pediatrics, LLC.

Every user visiting our site may remain anonymous and need not reveal any personal information. However, in certain portions of the site you may be asked to provide personal and/or medical information, such as providing information as a new patient.

We will use this data to contact you with information that is relevant to the reasons for which it was submitted. We will not sell or share this data with third-party vendors without your permission.

Englewood Pediatrics, LLC will not disclose information about any individual user to any entity except to comply with applicable laws or valid legal processes. If such a disclosure should inadvertently occur, Englewood Pediatrics, LLC will use reasonable efforts to limit and remedy the disclosure but will accept no liability for the disclosure.

It is important to us that your experience of the Englewood Pediatrics, LLC website be positive. Toward this end, we promise to do everything we can to respect and protect your right to privacy.

Upon arrival, please present your insurance card and provide us with any change in your address/phone number. Payments/copayments are due at the time of service. Payment/co-payments not paid at time of service – or within 3 days of service – will be charged a $15 service charge. There will be no exceptions to this rule.

Referrals will be completed and ready for pick-up in three business days. Referrals will not be faxed. If you wish to have a referral mailed home, please supply the office with a self-addressed stamped envelope.

This office requires a 24-hour cancellation notice. Appointments not canceled in this time frame are subject to a cancellation fee.

Forms will be completed within 5 business days. They can be picked up or mailed home in a self-addressed stamped envelope provided by the parent/guardian. Forms that need to be completed in less than 3-5 business days will be charged $10 per child. Payment is due at the time of service.

As medical professionals, we feel very strongly that vaccinating children on schedule with currently available vaccines is absolutely the right thing to do for all children and young adults. We are making you aware of these facts not to scare you or coerce you, but to emphasize the importance of vaccinating your child. We are more than willing to discuss any questions you may have about vaccines, but do require all new patients to our practice to adhere to the vaccination schedule endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

• We firmly believe in the effectiveness of vaccines to prevent serious illness and to save lives.
   
• We firmly believe in the safety of our vaccines.
   
• We firmly believe that all children and young adults should receive all of the recommended vaccines according to the schedule published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics  (AAP).
   
• We firmly believe, based on all available literature, evidence, and current studies, that vaccines do not cause autism or other developmental disabilities.
   
• We firmly believe that thimerosal, a preservative that has been in vaccines for decades and remains in some vaccines, does not cause autism or other developmental disabilities.
   
• We firmly believe that vaccinating children and young adults may be the single most important health promoting intervention we perform as health care providers, and that you can support as parents/caregivers.
   

The recommended vaccines and the schedule of administration are the results of years and years of scientific study and data-gathering on millions of children by thousands of our brightest scientists and physicians.

The vaccine campaign is truly a victim of its own success. It is precisely because vaccines are so effective at preventing illness that we are even discussing whether or not they should be given. Because of vaccines, many of you have never seen a child with polio, tetanus, whooping cough, bacterial meningitis, or even chickenpox, or known a friend or family member whose child died of one of these diseases. Such success can make us complacent or even lazy about vaccinating. But such an attitude, if it becomes widespread, can only lead to tragic results.

Over the past several years, many people in Europe have chosen not to vaccinate their children with the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine after publication of an unfounded suspicion (later retracted) that the vaccine caused autism. As a result of under-immunization, there have been small outbreaks of measles and several deaths from complications of measles in Europe over the past several years. The United States experienced a record number of measles cases during 2019, with 1282 cases from 31 states reported to CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). This is the greatest number of cases since measles elimination was documented in the U.S. in 2000.

Furthermore, we firmly believe that by not vaccinating your child, you are taking selfish advantage of thousands of others who do vaccinate their children, which decreases the likelihood that a child will contract one of these diseases. We feel such an attitude to be self-centered and unacceptable. Even delaying or “breaking up the vaccines” to give one or two at a time over additional visits goes against expert recommendations, is not supported by any scientific data, can lead to unnecessary delays and errors, and can put your child, other children, and adults at risk for serious illness (or even death). It is therefore against our medical advice as professionals at Advocare Englewood Pediatrics.