We will need your medical information prior to your appointment time.
If you have provided us with an email address, you will receive an invite to log into the patient portal where you can complete your medical history.
If you are unable to provide an email, please arrive at our office 20-30 minutes early to fill out your medical history prior to the appointment time.
Once you arrive, you may need specific identification and medical information with you for us to best serve you.
If applicable, please bring a list of:
Once you arrive, you may need specific identification and medical information with you for us to best serve you.
The Center for Disease Control and the State of Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services has responded to the nation’s opioid epidemic by releasing several tools and requirements that Orthopaedic Associates of Muskegon has utilized to create our prescribing guidelines.
There has been an increasing number of opioid-related overdoses and death. These are usually associated with higher doses of opioids, but even relatively low dosages (20-50 morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per day, which is about the same as taking Norco 10-325mg three times per day) increases risk.
Higher dosages also haven’t been shown to reduce pain over the long term.
At your first visit you will be asked to sign a form that acknowledges receiving our Notice of Privacy Practices, as well as giving consent to treat, share information if necessary, to leave you a voicemail or send you a text notification, or prescribe to a pharmacy when needed. An additional form will be presented enabling us to bill your insurance and acknowledging your financial responsibility for the payment of services. The receptionist can provide you with a paper copy of the Notice of Privacy Practices when you arrive.
You can review the Notice of Privacy Practices here: