Referral+Guide


 * Referral Guide**

I dream of this being a page where many people contribute their ideas of various tricks, resources and knowledge they have found for patients, depending on patient's insurance.

In El Cerrito: Chinese Acupuncturist ||  || Per email, Chris Farnitano, 2009 || East Bay Cardiology p(510)231-1200 f (510233-4750 || Call Dr. Weiland (519)685-1946 if you have pt with sign.cardiac problem you want seen as outpt in the next few days - he'll usu arrange to have pt seen in 1-2 day || Easy to get CCHP approval thru PA for Echo Stress, Cardiolyte, Cardio consult || Takes straight Medi-Cal || Any Medicare || Jan Diamond 4/10 || Dr. Jacob Rosenberg - [|Integrated Pain Management] || One time consultations regarding appropriate management of chronic pain, as well as interventional studies including nerve blocks and epidural steroid injections. They have offices in Antioch, Walnut Creek, Oakland and Alameda || Contracted with CCHP ||  ||   || N. Shah 8/12 || Dr. Martinowski (510)758-7462 fx(510)758-7454 || New chronic pain specialist, Anesthesiologist in Pinole ||   ||   || Any Medicare. || Jan Diamond 6/10 || Dr. Joel Ross (510)724-6662 || Will do ENT eval AND Audiology and RX/provide hearing aids || Easy - pts can make own appts, just give them ph # ||   || Takes any Medicare (including Medi-Medi) || JDiamond 4/10 || Shields (800)675-8840 || Delivers incontinence suppies, ostomy supplies, and now Glucometer/diabetic supplies. I love them! Just call them, give them pt info over the phone, they fax you over a form to sign, and they deliver for a yr., || **//They//** submit the PA request for CCHP || Yes Medi-Cal || Medicare doesn't cover incontinent supplies || JDiamond 4/10 || 2101 Vale Rd Suite 101 San Pablo, CA 94806 (510) 233-0056 Office ||  ||   || Medicare only || Michel Sam 1/2013 || 2150 Appian Way Ste 100Pinole, CA 94564 (510) 724-9888 || Prior auth needed || No straight medical, only through CCHP prior auth || Yes || Michel Sam per Jan Diamond 10/2012 || Referral form: http://www.doctorsmedicalcenter.org/images/stories/Referral_for_consults.doc || Medicare || Michel Sam 04/2013 ||
 * **Specialty** ||  || **CCHP** || **MediCal** || **MediCare** || Contributors ||
 * Acupuncture ||  ||   || Only covered if run by physician
 * Bariatric surgery ||  || [|Valley Care Weight Loss]program in Livermore ||   || [|Valley Care Weight Loss]program in Livermore || from Ken Saffier, email May 2009 ||
 * Cardiac risk stratification || Do not order "Persantine Thallium", order "Myocardial Perfusion Scan" to give center discretion on what isotope/drugs are used ||  ||   ||   || Per Darrell Williams, from C Farnitano email June 2009 ||
 * **Cardiology**
 * Chronic Pain Consults -
 * Epidural Steroid Injections
 * ENT/Audiology
 * Eye glasses ||  ||   || California Vision project, [] ||   || from Gila Wildfire, email July 2009 ||
 * **Med Supplies**
 * Neurology || Dr. Robert Fox
 * Neurosurgery || Dr. Mampalam
 * Neurosurgery || Shortz Roger W MD 3065 Richmond Pkwy Ste 102San Pablo, CA 94806(510) 841-1271 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) ||  || Needs ambulatory sleep study done at CCRMC (CCHP then sends patient to CPAP vendor who does CPAP trial including CPAP autotitration at home) || Needs polysomnography at Doctors Medical Center or Contra Costa Sleep Center. Sleep center does CPAP titration and arranges for vendor ||   || from Troy Kaji email, July 2009 ||
 * OSA ||  ||   || DMSP has a sleep center: []
 * Ophthalmology ||  || Dr. Clark Tsai (sees GO, HO, not AO), 2700 Grant St. #100, Concord, 94520. Your care coordinator can send referrals fax 689-7748, phone 689-7744

[|__Barry Breaux, MD__] 1320 Tara Hills Dr Ste C Pinole, CA 94564 (P)510-724-8100 (F)510-724-9255

[|__Amitabh Bharadwaj, MD__] 1320 Tara Hills Dr # H Pinole, CA 94564 (P)510-724-1100 (F) 510-724-1104 ||  || Dr. Clark Tsai, Concord (see under CCHP) || Craig Desoer, email August 2009 Nishant Shah January 2015 || Dr. Wellborn (510)724-4600 fax(510)964-0607 Dr. Louay Toma (925) 939-8585 || West County/DMC Joint replacements, all ortho procedures. If High Risk, I send them to East Bay Cardio for High Risk Eval, so they can follow pt post-op In Walnut Creek near JMMC || No No || No No || All Medicare, including "Medi-Medi" || JDiamond 4/10 (updated phone #s 2/12 from M Sam) || Midtown Pharmacy (510)451-0100 f(510)251-9467 || They deliver weekly or monthly bubble packs. Good for pts that can't keep their meds straight! ||  || Yes, for TO medical || Yes, all Medicare PDP's || JDiamond 4/10 || See instructions for new Foot Care Clinic || Health Plan (HO) and Basic Adult (AO) can go to Podiatry Clinic, Medi-cal CCHP (GO) can only go to Foot Care Clinic in PHC || Foot Care Clinic in PHC. Medi-cal Restricted (TR) Pregnant woman or child can go to podiatry || ALL Medicare patients including Medicare-Medi-cal (MT) can go to Podiatry Clinic. || from Chris Farnitano email, August 2009/updated May 2010 || 2) Dr. Sharon Drager (DMC) 510-237-7728: she will see Medicare **//OR//** straight (TO) Medi-Cal Call their office at **925-932-6330** with any questions and fax us a copy of the consult request at **925-932-0139** so that they can make sure that patients are seen quickly by expediting the authorization process. || yes || Tai Roe August 2009 Jan Diamond 10/09 Chris Farnitano 7/10 ||
 * Orthopedics
 * Pharmacy that **//Delivers//**
 * Podiatry || Limited Access to Medi-cal Patients.
 * Prescription meds for uninsured || [|rxassist.org] ||  ||   ||   || from Gila wildefire, email June 2009 ||
 * Vascular surgery ||  ||   || 1) East Bay Vascular Surgery, by John Muir Walnut Creek, 925-932-5313 (call them for their referral form, which you can give to patient and have patient call for appt)
 * 3) BASS (BAY AREA SURGICAL SPECIALISTS**), provides complete vascular services including AAA's, carotid diease, PVD, full endovascular procedures, venous disease, DVT thrombectomies, and all of dialysis access. Doctors are **Rajiv Nagesetty, Fernando Otero, Soohyn Kim, and Gregory Rhodes, M.D.**