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Our regular office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In the event of a life-threatening medical emergency, call emergency medical services at 911 immediately. DO NOT WAIT! Inform the emergency room staff that you are a patient of Advanced Orthopedic Center, and they will contact us.

If you have an urgent medical need, other than a prescription refill (please see section on Prescription Requests below) and need to talk to our physicians after our regular hours, please call our office at (941) 629-6262. A doctor is on-call 24 hours a day. Your call will be returned.

At Advanced Orthopedic Center, we accept some workers’ compensation, Medicare, and most major insurance plans. Please contact your insurance company or you may call our office at (941) 629-6262 to find out if we accept your plan.

If your insurance plan requires you to pay a co-payment, co-insurance, and/or a deductible, you will need to pay at the time of your visit. For your convenience we accept cash, checks, Visa®, MasterCard®, Discover®, and American Express®.

If you have a question related to your bill or insurance, please contact our billing specialists at (941) 629-6262 Option 6.

If your insurance is an HMO/managed care plan and you are required to obtain a referral from your primary care physician, the referral must be obtained before you can be seen for an office visit.

Please coordinate this with your primary care physician in advance. Appointments will be rescheduled if required referrals are not received in the office by the time of your visit.

Doctors at Advanced Orthopedic Center have hospital or surgery affiliations with:

• Shorepoint Port Charlotte
• Shorepoint Punta Gorda
• HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital
• Murdock Surgery Center

Prescriptions and refills for established patients of Advanced Orthopedic Center are routinely issued during our regular office hours (see above). You can make your request by calling our office at (941) 629-6262.

Refills are generally not issued during the evenings, weekends, or holidays, as physicians may not have access to all your medical records during those times. It is helpful to anticipate your refill needs to avoid an interruption in your medication therapy.