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Dr. Mashman conducting a neurological exam.
New Patient Guide "Help Us Help You"
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The Guide is designed to help you, our valued patient, keep important information about our practice in one easy-reference location. The Guide contains such information as directions for appointment scheduling, how to set up a family conference to discuss care plans for a loved one, our voice mail directory, and more. |
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Nela Pereira assisting a patient.
Your Appointment
If this is your first visit with us, or if you are returning to our care, please complete our registration and consult forms.
Please remember to bring the following with you to your appointment:
- Insurance card
- A list of current prescription and/or over-the-counter medications, including the dose and frequency
- Pertinent information about your neurological history
- Any recent X-rays, MRIs, CAT scans, bloodwork, or other test results sent by your primary or referring health care provider
- A list of questions you would like to ask the doctor
Payment and Insurance Information
- Medicare
- Most HMO and PPO plans
We are providers for most major insurance plans. However, it is in your best interest to check your insurance provider's list of participating physicians to be sure that your plan allows you to be seen at our office. Also, please review the rules and limitations on coverage and reimbursement with your insurance provider.
We are happy to process all insurance forms for you as long as you have provided us with the necessary insurance information. We expect prompt payment if you receive a bill from our office for balances that may be due. Please feel free to discuss any questions you may have about billing with office staff.
Patient Forms
PDF forms can be printed out, completed, and brought to your appointment.
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Hospital Affiliations
 We are affiliated with Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut. Danbury Hospital is a 371-bed not-for-profit teaching hospital that serves approximately 360,000 residents of western Connecticut and southeastern New York. The hospital's specialized facilities include a Level II trauma center and the J. Benton Egee, MD, Emergency Department, The Praxair Cancer Center, a Level II neonatal intensive care unit, cardiac catheterization lab, the Marcus Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, the Duracell Center for Ambulatory Surgery, magnetic resonance imaging, CT scanning, 2 linear accelerators, Main Street Physical Rehabilitation Center, the Seifert & Ford Family Community Health Center, and a sleep disorders center.
Danbury Hospital has 10 clinical departments, 9 of which are directed by full-time chairmen. Additionally, there are 115 full-time physicians employed through the Danbury Office of Physician Services, PC (DOPS), all of whom meet medical staff bylaw requirements.
The hospital participates in residency training programs, which are actively supported by many community-based physicians, including dental, obstetrics/gynecology, medicine, nuclear medicine, psychiatry, pathology, pediatrics, and surgery. Danbury Hospital is the Western Connecticut Affiliate of the Yale Cancer Center and enjoys clinical affiliations with Yale University School of Medicine, the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and New York Medical College.
Summary of Notice of Privacy Practices
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The following is a brief summary of your rights and our responsibilities as detailed in the Notice of Privacy Practices (the "Notice"). This Summary is for your convenience and is not a substitute for reading the entire Notice and does not modify the terms of the Notice.
- Uses and Disclosures of Your Health Information. We may use the information we develop and collect for treatment by our practice or disclose the information to others to whom we refer you for treatment, for payment for these services, and for certain health care "operations," such as improving the competence and quality of our staff and business planning and management. We may disclose your information to our business associates, such as medical transcriptionists, billing services, and others who assist in the operations of our practice. We may call you to remind you of appointments and may leave a message on your answering machine if you have one. We may mail post cards reminding you of future appointments. We may also disclose information to your family about your location, general condition, or death. If you are available and able, we will ask your consent first. We may also use your information to recommend products or services related to your care b!
ut will not use or disclose your medical information for marketing purposes without your written authorization. Your medical information may be disclosed without your authorization as required by law for public health purposes, healthcare oversight, including audits and investigations, judicial and administrative proceedings, subject to the limits imposed by state and federal law, and certain other purposes.
- Other Uses and Disclosures. Except as described in the Notice, we will not use or disclose your medical information without your written authorization. You can revoke an authorization at any time, except to the extent that we have already taken action in reliance on the authorization.
- Your Health Information Rights. You have a number of rights under state and/or federal law which are subject to the terms and conditions specified in the Notice:
- You may request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of your information
- You may request that you receive your information from us in a certain way
- You may inspect and copy your medical records
- You may request an amendment to any record you believe is inaccurate
- You may request an accounting of disclosures made of your records
- Changes to the Notice. We reserve the right to change the Notice. If we do so, we will post it in our office and provide a copy upon request.
- Complaints. You may file a complaint to our Privacy Official or with the federal government as detailed in the Notice. You will not be penalized for filing any complaint.
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