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Registration Information
Pre-registering will allow us to verify your insurance information prior to your pre-op visit or procedure, and to have paperwork prepared for your review when you arrive. This will allow you to spend less time during the registration process on your service date.
Please pre-register, at a minimum, 48 hours prior to your first visit for pre-op tests or prior to service if no pre-op tests will be performed. If less than 48 hours, please call our Pre-registration Office. Please allow 7 days when mailing a form.
1.) Fax or Mail Pre-registration Form
You can print the attached form and complete. Depending on how far in advance your procedure or test is scheduled, you can choose to mail or fax the form directly to our Pre-registration Office. Please allow 7 days when mailing a form. Click here to download form. Fax Numbers Mailing Addresses
2.) Call our Pre-registration Office
For tests/procedures to be performed at:
Please report to the Patient Access Registration Office, which is on the ground floor of the hospital near the Emergency Room entrance. If unsure of where to report, please call the Pre-Registration Office. 1.) Main Admissions Located on the ground floor entrance of the hospital. Services handled by this registration area are: Pre-op testing for Surgeries, Obstetrical, Laboratory testing, Cardio Pulmonary, Sleep Lab, and Endoscopy. 2.) Radiology Located on the First Floor of the hospital. Services handled by this registration area are: CAT Scans, MRI's, EMG's, Nuclear Medicine, Mammograms, Ultrasounds, X-Rays, and other radiology special procedures.  1.) Physician Orders Please bring any orders for outpatient services given to you by the physician. 2.) Insurance Cards It is important that you bring your insurance cards with you. The Patient Access Office will make copies of these for the billing office. It is your responsibility to make sure that any authorizations for your services have been obtained by your physician. If not obtained in advance of the service, your service may have to be rescheduled or your insurance may deny payment. 3.) Photo Identification Card Please bring a photo identification card of yourself. 4.) Durable Power of Attorney or Living Will If you have either of these documents, please bring a copy with you. 5.) Personal Belongings Please bring minimal personal belongings with you. You will want to leave valuables at home. The hospital is not responsible for lost or damaged personal property.
As a courtesy to you, we will file your insurance after discharge. Upon admission, you will be asked to pay a deposit to cover any estimated deductible, co-insurance or non-covered charges. If you need to make financial arrangements, please let the Pre-registration office know prior to service so as to avoid any delays on the day of service.
You will be asked to sign a consent for treatment and authorization to bill your insurance. We will make a copy of your insurance card and your driver's license or photo ID. If you have an Advance Directive or living will, we will make a copy of that. You will be given a copy of our Privacy Practices. If you have pre-registered, you will be given a copy of your demographic and insurance information to review and approve. Medicare Patients We are required by federal law to ask you questions regarding other payment sources. Although you may have answered these in the past on other visits, we have to ask the questions each time you come for treatment except for recurring treatments where we have to complete one every 90 days. For patients spending the night, you will also be given a copy of your Medicare Rights. · Click Here to View this Form
If you will be staying overnight, you will be given a copy of your Tricare Rights and asked to sign. · Click Here to View this Form Notice of Privacy Practices
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Doctors Hospital
616 19th Street
Columbus, GA 31902
Telephone:
(706) 494-4262
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