BAKERSFIELD PSYCHIATRIST AND MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC
JAGDEEP S GAREWAL, MD
President, PMPI
"OUR APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH IS A HOLISTIC APPROACH. IT IS ABOUT TREATING A WHOLE PERSON, KEEPING IN MIND THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, HEALTH STATUS, PREFERENCES AND LIFE STYLE"
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PETER MAZUR, MD
Vice President, PMPI
Administrative work only and no active columbus clinic practice
"WE DO INTERVENTIONS WITH A GOAL OF FULL RECOVERY, AND COMBINE OTHER TREATMENTS IN ADDITION TO MEDICINE LIKE NUTRITION, SPIRITUALITY, EXERCISE FOR MIND AND BODY, THERAPY IF NECESSARY"
MAKING AN APPOINTMENT ( let us make it an easy and a pleasant experience for you!)
You are either referred to us by your doctor, insurance, a family or friend, yellow pages, or searched us online. First Step as in any office is to set up an appointment. Only New Appointments we are accepting are for Therapy.
We have three local providers in town. We are a paperless office and like to keep paper work to the minimum. We use cloud based secure electronic medical records. Once you have registered this makes it easy for your provider to treat you or to communicate with you, the staff and vice verse. For any of the clinical concerns, we prefer to use the secure e-mail set up for messaging, admin@bakersfieldpsych.com
Easy way to set up an Appointment is through our Call Center @ (661) 310-3688, even if you leave a message someone should get back to you within one working day to set up an appointment. You would need the following when you call :
1. Your insurance card
2. Reason for the appointment
3. Referral source
4. Preferably your e-mail, for appointment reminders and the easiest phone number to get
a hold of you.
5. Note pad to note down the appointment
Knowing computers will be even more helpful to you since we have a patient portal as part of EMR for you to register into and view your appointments, plan of care, and communicate with your provider securely.
We take almost ALL PRIVATE INSURANCES and CASH PAY patients. We do accept MEDICARE with SECONDARY insurance.
It is always helpful for you to CALL YOUR INSURANCE in advance and get a PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS in order to later avoid non payment for the SPECIALTY visits and be stuck with Bills and other collection/payment problems.
OUR COMMONLY CHARGED PATIENT VISITS for authorization are as follows:
1. Psychiatric Evaluation - CPT code for AUTHORIZATION is 90792 The 1st visit (one visit) and you only need one of this
2. Follow up - CPT code for AUTHORIZATION is 99214 The follow up visits so you need 8 to 12 visit authorization over 1 year for treatment
3. Therapy codes vary by the visit and depends on what type of therapy you will receive, individual therapy, family therapy or group therapy
Insurance can FAX the authorizations to (661) 368-0826 after your call, and we will confirm this at your visit
Our clinic DOES NOT ACCEPT MEDI-CAL ONLY or MEDICARE ONLY insurances or KERN FAMILY HEALTH.
(Medi-Care has to have a secondary insurance for us to service you).
Please also refer to our POLICY and PHILOSOPHY page to know WHAT TO EXPECT after you are an established patient
PROCESS OF CLINIC EVALUATION
The patients are seen in the Clinic for psychiatric consultations. These include psychiatric evaluations, consultations for primary care physician’s, follow up medication management, and psychotherapy with or without medication management.
Patients are advised to maintain a primary care physician for physical examination and addressing physical problems at all times . Services provided by therapists are independent of psychiatric providers.
COMMON PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THE CLINIC
The following is a list of common clinical conditions appropriate for psychiatry consultation:
1. Mood disorders - Depression, Mood Swings, Anger Problems
2. Psychotic Disorders - Strange experiences like hallucinations or paranoid feelings
3. Anxiety disorders - Nervousness, Insomnia, Shakes, Chest heaviness, Panic attacks
4. Diagnostic clarification, if you think you are previously mis-diagnosed
5. Childhood Psychiatric disorders like ADHD, mood disorders, autism and related behavioral problems.
APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING
for a new consultation: 30 to 45 minutes*
for a medication follow-up: 15 to 20 minutes*
* We do have a cancellation policy where if you are scheduled as a New Patient or a Follow Up patient and if you do not cancel appt prior to 24 hours of your visit, you will be charged $ 50 if you are a New Patient and $ 25 if a Follow Up patient. We call prior to 48 hours to confirm your appointment to avoid this inconvenience.
ACCESS TO SERVICES
If patients have problems related to medication management, call the Clinic, the coordinator will facilitate to address the issues with the provider as soon as possible
For Emergencies call 911 or go to the nearest Emergency Room
If you think you need to be managed in a Hospital call:
Bakersfield Behavioral Hospital at (661) 398-1800 or
Psychiatric Emergency Center of Kern County at (661) 868-8000 Psychiatric Emergency Services
Kern County Crisis Hotline (800) 991-5272
If urgent needs arise or you cannot wait till the next working day, call our main number and after hours service will let the Provider know of your need and provider will address the needs on a case by case basis
OFFICE CONTACT NUMBERS
Bakersfield office Phone number (661) 310-3688
Bakersfield office fax number (661) 368-0826
Toll Free Phone number (888) 285-6973
PETER MAZUR, MD
Vice President, PMPI
Administrative work only and no active columbus clinic practice
"WE DO INTERVENTIONS WITH A GOAL OF FULL RECOVERY, AND COMBINE OTHER TREATMENTS IN ADDITION TO MEDICINE LIKE NUTRITION, SPIRITUALITY, EXERCISE FOR MIND AND BODY, THERAPY IF NECESSARY"
MAKING AN APPOINTMENT ( let us make it an easy and a pleasant experience for you!)
You are either referred to us by your doctor, insurance, a family or friend, yellow pages, or searched us online. First Step as in any office is to set up an appointment. Only New Appointments we are accepting are for Therapy.
We have three local providers in town. We are a paperless office and like to keep paper work to the minimum. We use cloud based secure electronic medical records. Once you have registered this makes it easy for your provider to treat you or to communicate with you, the staff and vice verse. For any of the clinical concerns, we prefer to use the secure e-mail set up for messaging, admin@bakersfieldpsych.com
Easy way to set up an Appointment is through our Call Center @ (661) 310-3688, even if you leave a message someone should get back to you within one working day to set up an appointment. You would need the following when you call :
1. Your insurance card
2. Reason for the appointment
3. Referral source
4. Preferably your e-mail, for appointment reminders and the easiest phone number to get
a hold of you.
5. Note pad to note down the appointment
Knowing computers will be even more helpful to you since we have a patient portal as part of EMR for you to register into and view your appointments, plan of care, and communicate with your provider securely.
We take almost ALL PRIVATE INSURANCES and CASH PAY patients. We do accept MEDICARE with SECONDARY insurance.
It is always helpful for you to CALL YOUR INSURANCE in advance and get a PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VISITS in order to later avoid non payment for the SPECIALTY visits and be stuck with Bills and other collection/payment problems.
OUR COMMONLY CHARGED PATIENT VISITS for authorization are as follows:
1. Psychiatric Evaluation - CPT code for AUTHORIZATION is 90792 The 1st visit (one visit) and you only need one of this
2. Follow up - CPT code for AUTHORIZATION is 99214 The follow up visits so you need 8 to 12 visit authorization over 1 year for treatment
3. Therapy codes vary by the visit and depends on what type of therapy you will receive, individual therapy, family therapy or group therapy
Insurance can FAX the authorizations to (661) 368-0826 after your call, and we will confirm this at your visit
Our clinic DOES NOT ACCEPT MEDI-CAL ONLY or MEDICARE ONLY insurances or KERN FAMILY HEALTH.
(Medi-Care has to have a secondary insurance for us to service you).
Please also refer to our POLICY and PHILOSOPHY page to know WHAT TO EXPECT after you are an established patient
PROCESS OF CLINIC EVALUATION
The patients are seen in the Clinic for psychiatric consultations. These include psychiatric evaluations, consultations for primary care physician’s, follow up medication management, and psychotherapy with or without medication management.
Patients are advised to maintain a primary care physician for physical examination and addressing physical problems at all times . Services provided by therapists are independent of psychiatric providers.
COMMON PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THE CLINIC
The following is a list of common clinical conditions appropriate for psychiatry consultation:
1. Mood disorders - Depression, Mood Swings, Anger Problems
2. Psychotic Disorders - Strange experiences like hallucinations or paranoid feelings
3. Anxiety disorders - Nervousness, Insomnia, Shakes, Chest heaviness, Panic attacks
4. Diagnostic clarification, if you think you are previously mis-diagnosed
5. Childhood Psychiatric disorders like ADHD, mood disorders, autism and related behavioral problems.
APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING
for a new consultation: 30 to 45 minutes*
for a medication follow-up: 15 to 20 minutes*
* We do have a cancellation policy where if you are scheduled as a New Patient or a Follow Up patient and if you do not cancel appt prior to 24 hours of your visit, you will be charged $ 50 if you are a New Patient and $ 25 if a Follow Up patient. We call prior to 48 hours to confirm your appointment to avoid this inconvenience.
ACCESS TO SERVICES
If patients have problems related to medication management, call the Clinic, the coordinator will facilitate to address the issues with the provider as soon as possible
For Emergencies call 911 or go to the nearest Emergency Room
If you think you need to be managed in a Hospital call:
Bakersfield Behavioral Hospital at (661) 398-1800 or
Psychiatric Emergency Center of Kern County at (661) 868-8000 Psychiatric Emergency Services
Kern County Crisis Hotline (800) 991-5272
If urgent needs arise or you cannot wait till the next working day, call our main number and after hours service will let the Provider know of your need and provider will address the needs on a case by case basis
OFFICE CONTACT NUMBERS
Bakersfield office Phone number (661) 310-3688
Bakersfield office fax number (661) 368-0826
Toll Free Phone number (888) 285-6973