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Please call our scheduling center at 901-8000 to schedule your appointment at our two locations in Harrisburg or Lemoyne. If you are unable to keep an appointment, please give 24 hours notice.

A physician is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Please call our office and give appropriate details of the emergency.

If our offices are closed, please go to the emergency room of Holy Spirit, Harrisburg, or Community General Osteopathic Hospital and ask to be seen by a member of Orthopaedic Surgeons of Central Pennsylvania.

Each time you visit our office, we will ask for your current insurance card. It is extremely important that we verify your insurance coverage at each visit. We will verify your address, home phone number, work phone number, and the reason for your visit. If this is your first visit to our offices, you will complete a packet of new patient information. This information is important for the physician to accurately assess your medical condition. Each year you will be asked to update this information for your medical record. Included in the paperwork, will be our financial policies.

At each of our practices, we have skilled x-ray technologists who will take x-rays deemed necessary for your medical treatment by our physicians. If you have had x-rays taken or MRI studies, please bring them with you to your visit.

If a hospital stay is required, our staff will assist in making arrangements for you. We operate at Holy Spirit Hospital, Harrisburg Hospital, Community General Osteopathic Hospital, the Grand View Surgery Centers, and the Susquehanna Valley Surgery Center.

We participate with most insurance plans. Patients are responsible for all deductible, co-insurance, co-payment, and non-covered services at the time of visit. If you have an HMO insurance plan, you must notify your primary care physician and bring a written referral form with you to your visit.

We accept VISA, American Express, and MasterCard for your convenience. Our office will process your insurance information for payment on your behalf. Payment for routine office visits is requested at the time of each visit if you have insurance that does not pay for routine office care. Each visit we will ask for payment of co-payment, office visit, or non-covered service. If you do not have insurance or require special payment arrangements, please call our business office during normal business hours. One of our business office staff will assist you to arrange a personalized payment plan. If you have questions regarding your insurance coverage, please contact your insurance company directly.

If you are injured at work and your visit with us will be filed as a workers compensation claim, please notify our receptionist when you call for an appointment. You will need to complete the necessary forms and provide us with the workman's compensation claim# and the name and Bureau code of regular insurance carrier. Also you will be required to provide your medical insurance coverage in case your workman's compensation claim is denied. If you have an HMO insurance plan, please bring your referral/authorization information with you to your visit. We are required to collect this information for all worker's compensation patients to comply with insurance regulations. All workman's compensation claims are reviewed with your adjustor prior to the appointment.

Our staff and physicians are prepared to assist you. If you have a question regarding your medical care, please call the office. Our patient care coordinators will assist you and communicate with your doctor to provide you with a timely response to your question.

Our telephone number is (717) 901-8000