Welcome to the Maple
Avenue Pediatrics web page!
News and announcements:
We wish to welcome all our new and current patients and
encourage you to utilize our Maple Avenue Pediatrics Web Site. If you are
visiting our practice for the first time, use these helpful links to review the
HIPAA
Privacy Policy. You can then print an Acknowledgement
of Receipt of Privacy Policy, New
Patient Form and Child’s
Health History form, complete them at your leisure and bring them with you
for your first visit. This will help to save time before your visit with the
doctor.
Spring is almost here!
So far it has been a mild flu season, but there have been some cases
reported. The CDC reports flu in New
Jersey as being local. We still have flu
shots available for those who have yet to receive them. The spring allergy season is also around the
corner. March is a great time to
schedule a consultation about spring allergies before the trees and flowers are
in bloom. Also, now is the time to book your camp physicals. Please note that all children going to
sleepaway camp need a dose of the meningococcal vaccine (Menactra). We routinely give this vaccine at 11 and 16
years of age.
We have started to do travel consultations. These travel consultations are not covered by
insurance and will cost $100. We will
research the country that you are traveling to and determine if the following
are needed: 1) additional vaccines, 2) malaria prophylaxis, and 3) treatment
for traveler’s diarrhea. If the typhoid
vaccine is needed this will be an additional $100 that is also not covered by
insurance. At the time you schedule your
appointment, please make sure that you make us aware of the country you are
traveling to and provide us with documentation of any vaccines previously
received at a travel clinic.
We have also begun to offer Gardasil to boys ages 12 and
up. This vaccine has already been given
for several years to girls. The vaccine
provides protection against the 4 subtypes of Human Papillomavirus with the
largest disease burden. It is a 3 dose
series in which the second dose is given 2 months after the first dose and the
third dose is given six months after the first one. In boys the vaccine protects against genital,
oral, and anal warts and cancers. It
will also protect against the transmission of HPV to females where it can cause
cervical cancer.
The Doctors at Maple Avenue
Pediatrics
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This Memorial Day weekend starts our summer
weekend hours. We will be closed on
Saturday, May 26th and Monday, May 28th. The office will be open on Sunday, May 27th
for sick visits. As always, we are
available via the pager 24/7 for emergencies!
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We are updating all of our patient contact
and insurance information at all visits.
If you wish to fill this form out in advance, you may do so prior to
your visit by clicking on the Insurance and Forms link below and filling out
New Patient Form. Thank you for your
assistance.
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We are now offering the Adacel booster (Tdap
– Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) to all parents and grandparents under the
age of 65 in our office. The cost will
be $65 and will not be covered by insurance.
This vaccine is especially important to protect our babies from getting
pertussis (whooping cough)!
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As of February 1st, United Health
Care and Oxford will now be covering the Gardasil for boys. If you were unable to schedule the vaccine at
your physical, please call for an appointment!
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** Updated 5/22/12 ** The schedule is open through July 22nd!
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We now have a new device called Cryosolutions
which contains nitrous oxide that can be used to treat skin tags and
warts. Please call us to make
appointments for these conditions.
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We have joined AmeriHealth. Please tell all your friends who have this health
insurance that we are now accepting it!
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We have joined Facebook! Search for Maple Avenue Pediatrics and “like”
us. We will use this site to convey
important information about pediatrics in the news as well as office happenings! We will not answer medical questions or take
appointments via this page!
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We are now charging $10 to complete all allergy and
asthma forms. These forms are very time
consuming for our head nurse to fill out.
- Please check with your insurance company prior
to all physicals whether you have a co-pay for well visits. Also please check prior to all visits
which laboratory your insurance uses.
- The NJSIAA has issued a new Athletic Pre-Participation Physical Exam Form that is required for participation in any Junior High and High School sports programs. If your child is age 10 and older, is scheduled for a physical exam, and is going to participate in any sports in the upcoming year, you must click on the link above, print out the form, and fill out your sections of the form PRIOR to coming to the office. These forms are quite thorough and need to be reviewed by the doctor. Also, please speak to your school administrators about whether a vision screen is required for sports clearance. There will be a $10 charge for each of these forms. If you do not request a sports form at the time of your child’s physical, there will be a $20 fee to have one done at a later time.
Instructions and information for parents
Maple
Avenue Pediatrics, P.A.
23-00 Route 208 South
Fair Lawn, New Jersey 07410
Telephone:
(201) 797-1900
Fax: (201) 797-4457
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