Searching for Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals
Here are some tips that will help you search for the information you need:
You may search for a Physician or Other Healthcare Professional while on this
tool. You may search for a physician by choosing the 'Find a provider' button on
the Choose a Provider Page. You may search for a Healthcare Professional by
choosing the 'Find Other Healthcare Professional' button on the Choose a
Provider Page.
Step 1:
You must first choose a search option. You may choose to search by Geography,
Distance from Location, or by Last Name of a physician or other healthcare professional.
- For Geography searches: you must either select the State or County option.
By choosing the State option, you search the entire state. By choosing the County option, you will search a particular county in Step 1.
- For Distance from Location searches: you must enter the name of the City and
select a State OR enter a ZIP code. Then you choose the distance in Step 1.
- For Name searches: enter the physician or healthcare professional's last name or at least the first two letters
of the last name and select the State that you wish to search.
Step 2:
Select a specialty group and one or more specialty types. There may be more than one specialty type
for each specialty group.
Please Note: Other Healthcare Professionals will not have specialty types
available to select.
Step 3:
Select whether you would like your search to include Participating
Physicians, Non-Participating Physicians, or Both. When you have made your decision, click the Continue button.
Please Note: This step will not appear if you are conducting a healthcare professional search. The majority of healthcare professionals with the specialties displayed participate in Medicare. There are some exceptions. They are marked with an “*”.
When all of your selections have been made, a "Search Results" page shall be displayed. It will contain a list of providers, their phone numbers, and their addresses. For Providers with more than one location, the number of locations will
be listed in the address field. You can click this link to list all of the
addresses.
In addition, the "Search Results" page shall display a 'P' icon to the right of the names of
physicians who are Participating in Medicare. The physician names without a 'P' icon are Non-Participating
Physicians. For more information regarding Medicare Participation, click here
.
Please Note: The ‘P’ icon will not display during a healthcare professional search. The majority of healthcare professionals with the specialties displayed participate in Medicare. There are some exceptions. They are marked with an “*”.
- Search results are limited to 250 providers. If your search returns more than
250 results, you will be asked to refine your search. 20 providers are displayed in each table.
- If you want more specific details on the provider you selected, click on
the provider's name. A page will appear providing you with the following data:
- Provider Name
- Medicare Participation – Icon to signify if the physician participates in Medicare (Please Note: This is only applicable for physician searches)
- Provider Specialties
- Education (Medical School and Year of Graduation)
- Training - Residency and Internship
- Gender
- Foreign Language(s)
- Hospital Affiliation
- Address and Phone Number (per location)
Printing Physician and Other Healthcare Professional Directory
If you want to print the results of your search or the profile of a
provider, click on the "Print This Page" icon. This will display a "printer friendly" version of
the page. To return to the original page, click on the "Return to previous page" link at the top of the page.
Changing the Font Size
If you want to view the Physician and Other Healthcare Directory in a larger font,
click on the "Use Larger Font" link located in the upper right corner of your screen. To return to the normal
font size, click on the "Use Smaller Font" link.
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