All patients are seen by appointment only. Appointment times reflect the health issues provided to the receptionist at the time your appointment is scheduled (e.g. is the visit for acne, wart treatment, total skin examination, a surgical procedure or a consultation regarding a specific skin concern). We make every effort to see you at your scheduled time. Lengthy delays most often result from patients asking for additional time to address issues other than those originally scheduled. Please be considerate of how this may impact others whose appointments follow yours. If there are multiple dermatologic concerns, which need to be addressed, you may be asked to schedule a follow up appointment so that adequate time can be allocated for each problem.

LATE ARRIVALS
Anytime you suspect you may arrive late for your appointment, please call to inform us as much in advance as possible. If you are more than 15 minutes late, it will be at the discretion of the front staff and providers to determine if there will be adequate time to see you without impacting patients whose appointments follow yours. We certainly take traffic and weather conditions into consideration, and we will always try to accommodate as we all run late sometimes. Those patients that need to reschedule their appointment will incur a cancellation fee.

CANCELLATIONS
If you are unable to attend your appointment, you are responsible for calling the office to give us a minimum of 24 hours notice. This courtesy on your part will make it possible to give the time set aside for you to another patient who needs it. Anything less than 24 hours does not allow us adequate time to ensure another patient can be scheduled. We do try and help remind you with a courtesy reminder call; however, your appointment is considered confirmed when it is made and the final responsibility for keeping scheduled appointments is yours. If appropriate notice is not given in time, you will incur a cancellation fee of $50.00 for any type of medical dermatology appointment and $125.00 for any type of surgical appointment, to cover a portion of the overhead expense incurred for each visit. A cancellation fee will also be incurred if we cannot see you because you failed to provide and/or bring with you any of these required items:
• Valid insurance card
• Photo id
• Co-pay as required by your insurance carrier
• Valid referral if required by your insurance carrier
• Custodial parent, legal guardian or written authorization to treat if the patient is a minor
• Means for full payment for self-pay patients

We reserve the right not to reschedule patients who repeatedly miss appointments.