Neurology of Central Georgia

175 Water Tower Court, Macon GA 31210 ~~~ Ph (478) 471-6217 ~~~ Fax (478) 471-8663

Office Policies

We see patients on a “referral only” basis.
If you have seen another Neurologist, we require you to forward all of your prior medical records to our office.
We require every patient to have an on-going relationship with a primary care physician to handle all of your non-neurological medical needs.
After your Neurologic Consultation, we will send your consultation report, and any follow-up notes, to your primary care physician within 3 business days of your visit.

We are a “referral only” office. We require a referral from your primary care physician.
As soon as our office receives your referral, we will first verify your insurance benefits to make sure we are part of your insurance network. (Please look at “Insurance Networks” on the web site to see our network affiliation.)
We request you forward a copy of your medical records prior to scheduling your initial appointment. We will review your medical records before an appointment is given. We reserve the right to NOT schedule an appointment – after reviewing your medical records, we may decide we will not be able to participate in your medical care.
Our office staff will then contact you directly to schedule the initial appointment.
We try to see patients within 2 weeks of receiving the referral.
We normally see new patients Monday mornings or Thursday afternoons
We will try to accommodate your personal / work schedule to minimize any inconvenience.
If the appointment involves a Work-Comp issue, we must obtain a written approval from the WC adjuster prior to scheduling the appointment.
We request ALL new patients to arrive at the office at least 1 hour BEFORE their scheduled appointment.
This will ensure that all paperwork issues are completed before your scheduled appointment time. Otherwise, your consultation time will be delayed.

Our office will only refill those medications we have prescribed, AND only if you are an active patient in our practice.

During your office visit, we will try to prescribe medications with enough refills to last you until your next office visit
If you cancel your follow up appointment, we will NOT refill your medications until you are re-evaluated by Dr. Athni
If you choose not to re-schedule your appointment, you should consider obtaining all further refills thru your primary care physician

We normally refill medications during the office visit
We send all medication refills thru eRx (electronic prescribing system)
The eRx system minimizes human error, and reduces prescription filling time
Once we send an eRx prescription, an eRx is typically processed and filled within 1 hour by most pharmacies

To minimize errors, we will NOT “call in” a refill medications
If your pharmacy does not accept electronic prescriptions, we will give you a hand-written prescription during your office visit for you to hand-carry or mail to your pharmacy

Many pain medications are “controlled” and monitored by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) to minimize fraud and abuse
We will NOT prescribe or refill any controlled narcotic pain medications
We WILL prescribed non-narcotic, controlled medications. These medications will ONLY be refilled during a face-to-face office visit

If your medical issues are related to a recent motor vehicle accident, we will not wait for payment from your auto insurance or from your attorney.
You will be responsible for full payment of any and all charges incurred at our office.
You can file the claim with your auto-insurance company.
We will NOT accept a delayed payment from “3rd party liability” benefits as a result of any auto accidents.
We will NOT accept any “liens” or “promissory notes” from your attorney.

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175 Water Tower Court
Macon, GA 31210