FAQ
Q: Do I need to being anything with me during my visit?
A: Please bring your filled out
New Patient Forms, your
insurance card(s), and referral and/or copay if applicable. Also bring a list of medications you are currently taking.
Q: Should I stop my medications?
A: All antihistamines should be discontinued for any new patients or patients returning wishing to have allergy skin testing performed. You must be off of them for four to ten days (depending on specific medications) prior to skin testing. In general, the doctor does not want you to stop them if you get severe symptoms and you can discuss with him possible medications to subsitute at the time of your visit.
Q: How long is the first visit?
A: The first visit can last up to two or more hours. The doctor wishes to sit with you and obtain a complete history of your problem. Time for testing comprises a significant part of your visit.
A: Unless there is a very simple intervention or change to your management (for instance, the instruction to stop a nasal spray) the doctor will give you written instructions to which you can refer. Additionally, your presciptions are typed in a legible format for the pharmacist. The doctor uses a cost effective electronic medical record that provides him your information at an instant.
Q: Is the doctor ready for the Medicare changes?
A: The doctor participates in the e-prescribing recommended by Medicare to ensure that seniors on multiple medications can have any new prescritions referenced for drug interactions. It is essential that you bring all your medications to the doctor for him to personally enter them into this very powerful database. Additionally, Medicare claims are submitted electronically so you have a fairly quick handle on the status of your explanation of benefits. Dr. Selvaggi opened his practice utilizing a custom designed, state of the art electronic Medical record in 2004, long before the coming governmental mandates for an electronic medical record.