Recommendations on Drs and Medical Groups

[NYBob]

We'd like to hit the ground running when we get down to TV and have a list of PCP/Family physicians to look over.
We have regular Medicare with a secondary, and won't be able to use the TV Health Group which we understand only accepts Medicare Advantage. If you're satisified with your Dr and/or Medical Group and they are accepting new patients please leave their information.

Thanks...

[villagetinker]

We'd like to hit the ground running when we get down to TV and have a list of PCP/Family physicians to look over.
We have regular Medicare with a secondary, and won't be able to use the TV Health Group which we understand only accepts Medicare Advantage. If you're satisified with your Dr and/or Medical Group and they are accepting new patients please leave their information.

Thanks...

OK, there are many to choose from, we use Central Florida Medical, Dr. Lichtinger, however, they are in Leesburg on route 27, about a 25 minute ride from the Brownwood area. You might want to clarify your request, golfcart accessible, close to, specific health issues etc. Also, you may need to change your supplemental, so check on this with your current coverage, then ask THEM who is in network in this area. You can then see which appear to suit your travel or other concerns and ask about these specific practices. I would also suggest calling any that you may be interested in ASAP as some will not be accepting new patients, and many will have long wait times (2 to 3 months) for the initial appointment (nurse/ nurse practioner) before actually seeing the doctor maybe a month or so after that.
On a side note you can actually use many of the Village Health SPECIALISTS with traditional Medicare coverage.

[ThirdOfFive]

We'd like to hit the ground running when we get down to TV and have a list of PCP/Family physicians to look over.
We have regular Medicare with a secondary, and won't be able to use the TV Health Group which we understand only accepts Medicare Advantage. If you're satisified with your Dr and/or Medical Group and they are accepting new patients please leave their information.

Thanks...
VERY happy w/our Doc., Florian Gigaj, MD/Cleveland Health Center. Also with Aubrey, one of two APRNs who routinely see the patients there (they have two APRNs, just haven't used the other one yet). You won't find better in TV for primary care as far as we are concerned. They might not be accepting any new patients but it is worth a shot anyway.

The trouble you may (amend that..."will") encounter is not so much with the medical staff you encounter here in TV, but their support people. Calling your service is very often a dead end: many don't answer the phones. We found early on with our first provider (which shall remain nameless): I could walk there in 45 minutes and occasionally did. But trying to call them was a major headache: calls would route to what I am assuming, based on the accents and the hum of people in the background, was an offshore call center: calls handled by people with English as a second language which was VERY frustrating as messages were either not passed or were garbled. Other frustrations: erroneous data entered into the health record (with the tech who entered it claiming he could not correct it), doubled appointments (just this week I was scheduled at Advanced Surgical Center for the same procedure--with the same doctor--on the SAME day six hours apart. Calling was not an option as the first procedure was scheduled for 8 AM Monday and I had received the text confirming it on Saturday, so I just showed up for the first one and found out that it was the one in the afternoon that was valid...the contact person who verified that said "oh, when that happens, we just try to tell people to ignore the text and just show up at the time that we tell you in our call". Good to know...but AFTER the fact. Other headaches include prescriptions that are garbled when called in, or called in to the wrong pharmacy, or getting billed twice for the same service, etc. etc.

Again, this does NOT happen with Cleveland Health Center. But with others, as well as some local "specialists" you might get referred to....don't be surprised when they happen.

[NYBob]

Thanks for the recs guys. We'll follow up with them when we're there.

[gatorbill1]

Does the lack of recommendations tell you something???

[Stu from NYC]

Does the lack of recommendations tell you something???

The good ones are not taking new patients. Hard to attract physicians here.

[NYBob]

Does the lack of recommendations tell you something???


Not sure what you're referring to, care to elaborate.

[dblwyr]

Excellent physicians and very well run practice.

Rivers Family Medicine – Experience. Knowledge. Compassion. (https://riversfamilymedicine.com/)

1503 Buenos Aires Boulevard, Building 110
The Villages, FL 32159
2771 Brownwood Blvd
The Villages, FL 32163
(352) 205 – 4302

[tbrady32614@gmail.com]

PC Medicine is a New Family Medicine practice in Lady Lake accepting New Patients. We are a holistic, nonprofit practice that helps with women’s issues, men’s issue, diabetes, high blood pressure, weight loss, insomnia and other issues. Give us a call to schedule an appointment 352-405-6733, we are located at. 219 W McClendon Street in Lady Lake

[Joeint]

OK, there are many to choose from, we use Central Florida Medical, Dr. Lichtinger, however, they are in Leesburg on route 27, about a 25 minute ride from the Brownwood area. You might want to clarify your request, golfcart accessible, close to, specific health issues etc. Also, you may need to change your supplemental, so check on this with your current coverage, then ask THEM who is in network in this area. You can then see which appear to suit your travel or other concerns and ask about these specific practices. I would also suggest calling any that you may be interested in ASAP as some will not be accepting new patients, and many will have long wait times (2 to 3 months) for the initial appointment (nurse/ nurse practioner) before actually seeing the doctor maybe a month or so after that.
On a side note you can actually use many of the Village Health SPECIALISTS with traditional Medicare coverage.

If the doctor accepts Traditional Medicare they must accept your supplement.