How can I keep getting my care during my snowbird stay?

Many of our patients travel out of town to escape the cold realities of cold Ohio winters. Several of our patients have jokingly asked that we set up an office in Florida. While we love the idea, we cannot make it work with credentialing, contracting, logistics etc. and we kind of like the cold dreary days of Ohio winters.    

When they ask us what to do so that they don't miss doses, we have several options for them. The one we like the best is where we had a patient jump on a plane, fly to Akron and return the next day. That option is not reasonable for most so what we recommend is planning ahead. If you mention to the staff at Pace that you will be out of town for your regularly scheduled visit, we can work with you to find an independent infusion center close to where you are staying. For example we have coordinated care with infusion centers in Sarasota as well as in The Villages.  We have one patient that regularly switches care from his ranch out west and Ohio.

How can you find a good infusion center?   We like to use the National Infusion Center Association location finder here https://locator.infusioncenter.org - It will show you most of the infusion centers that are near your location and those that have verified their center.   A good tip would be to call the center and see if they provide infusions for your specific medications, if they accept your insurance, also confirm that they are in network by talking with your insurance carrier and then call them for their process of transferring the care.  They will most likely need a new prior authorization from your insurance company (except for traditional Medicare) and will likely need to get that from your prescribing physician.

If you run into any difficulty or have questions, our staff will be happy to help you.