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Weston Pediatrics Now Offers Behavioral Health Wellness Examinations

Effective April 1, 2024, Massachusetts insurance companies are required to cover an annual mental health wellness exam with the goal to improve patient access to mental and behavioral health care. Massachusetts is the second state in the nation to offer this exam! A behavioral health wellness exam is in addition to your annual well child exam and focuses on the emotional well-being and development of pediatric patients of all ages. For example, an adolescent behavioral health exam may focus on the stress of school, extracurricular activities, and social media pressures. A behavioral health exam for a younger child may focus on social and developmental progress.To take advantage of this new service, please call our office. For patients with out of state insurance, we encourage you to call your insurance company to determine if this is a covered service and/or if there is any out-of-pocket expense.

Exciting News!

Weston Pediatrics has recently acquired Mill Brook Pediatrics in Sudbury! We are delighted to be able to extend our services to a broader geographic location and look forward to continuing to care for our patients and families.

Our Weston Providers will be seeing patients in both Sudbury and Weston locations.

Forms (College, School, Camp, Sports, etc.)

Please help us efficiently help you meet deadlines for forms to be submitted. Please remember to bring all forms that require your primary care provider’s signature with you at the time of your physical. This will save you time and possibly the cost of a sports physical that is not paid for by your insurance provider.

Forms can be requested or sent to the office several ways – drop off, faxed, mailed, or by uploading using Patient Gateway with instructions on how you would like the completed form delivered. Unfortunately, Patient Gateway does not have the capability for forms to be sent back to you.

Forms may take 5–7 business days to complete.

Forms should be filled out as much as possible prior to being given to the office or they will be returned to the sender. The office will fill out the clinical sections of the forms.

Forms should have a copy of the last physical attached (if needed).

  • College forms usually require the office to fill out information and a provider’s signature. Please attach a copy of your latest health form and fill out as much information as you can.
  • Most school, camp, and sport forms may only require a copy of the latest health form to be attached. If this is not the case, please attach a copy of your latest health form and fill out as much information as you can.

An Important Message From Weston Pediatric Physicians

We at Weston Pediatric Physicians (WPP) want to express our deep sadness for the tragedies related to racism, hatred, and violence that disproportionately affect people of color in our country. We support raising awareness that such tragedies can have on the health and wellbeing of our children, their families and the community at large.

We at WPP embrace all who come to us for care, regardless of ethnic or racial background, by providing a medical home that is both welcoming and culturally sensitive. We aim to work together as partners with patients and their families to promote their health and wellbeing and to foster a community of tolerance and respect for each other. More than ever, the emotional health and wellbeing of each and every one of us is vital, especially for our kids.

Please click here for information on how to talk with your kids about these difficult issues.

Patient Gateway

We have developed a service on the Internet that will help you communicate more effectively with our office. This is called the Mass General Brigham Patient Gateway, and will provide you with access to our office staff and health information using your web browser.

We would like to invite you to participate. By enrolling you can reduce the time you spend on the phone with our office and help us respond more efficiently to your requests.

You must log in when you receive your password to keep your account active.

Patient Gateway features:

  • Password-protection—offering secure access to messages and medical information
  • Simple, pre-filled forms that streamline your requests for:
  • Prescription renewals
  • Appointments requests
  • Referral authorizations
  • Registration updates
  • Ability to view health information available in your child’s medical record ages birth–12, and limited access for both you and your teen ages 13–17
  • Appointment information (past and upcoming)
  • Medication and Allergy data
  • Immunization history
  • Conditions and procedures
  • Lab results and letters
  • Radiology Reports
  • Health Forms
  • Clinician-approved health information in clear, everyday language

To sign up for your child or teenager, please click here to download the authorization form. Please print the form, fill it out, and bring the completed form with you on your visit. The patient representative (parent or guardian) must be present to be signed up. All patients 13 years of age and older must also be present in the office to sign the form.

There is just ONE more thing you need to do. Once you receive your username by email, and temporary access key through the mail, you MUST log in to activate your account.

CPR Certification Class

Weston Pediatric Physicians is happy to announce that we will now be offering CPR certification. Classes will be offered monthly and are not limited to our parents. This course is appropriate for parents, grandparents, babysitters or any adult interested in becoming CPR certified.

When scheduling please give your preferred contact information to insure we can reach you if we need to change the date. We do require at least 3 participants in order for a class to be held.

This course is designed to teach the skills of CPR and foreign body airway obstruction for the infant, child, and adult, and provide instruction in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Participants will receive official certification from the American Red Cross. Certification is good for one year.

Please call (781) 899-4456 for more information.

Prenatal Information Meeting

Weston Pediatrics offers prenatal informational meetings once a month in our office at 6 p.m. We understand that this is an exciting time in your lives and you may have many questions. The meetings are for newly expecting parents, to answer any questions you may have regarding your newborn. This is also a time to see our office and meet one of our Pediatricians who will be hosting the meeting.

The next meetings are scheduled for:
March 18 with Dr. Bernstein
April 9 with Dr. Dieffenbach
May 7 with Dr. Bui

If you are interested in signing up for a meeting, please call our office at (781) 899-4456.

Cancellations of Scheduled Appointments

We recognize that it is sometimes a challenge to schedule appointments to meet our patients’ various time schedules. In order to better accommodate your requests, we are asking that you notify the office as soon as possible regarding appointments that need to be cancelled or rescheduled. This will allow us time to fill that vacancy with someone on our waiting list.

Because of the frequency of missed appointments there will be a $50.00 charge if the office is not notified at least 24 hours in advance.

Thank you for helping us to provide better access to our practice.

Sincerely,

The Physicians of Weston Pediatrics

Ear Piercing

We now offer ear piercing for children 5 years of age and older. Please call your Provider’s secretary to schedule an appointment.

WPP’S Statement Regarding Use of OTC Cough/Cold Medications

Despite the popularity of use for treatment of the common cold, over the counter cough and cold preparations containing antihistamine and decongestant have been shown NOT to be helpful, and in some cases, harmful to children, especially those less than 6 years of age. For this reason, these products are no longer available over the counter.

Uncomplicated upper respiratory infections have been shown to resolve equally well with symptomatic treatments such as saline nasal drops, humidified air and encouraging reasonable fluid intake.

Additionally, recent studies of the use of codeine for cough suppression indicate that there is no data to support its use as a cough suppressant in pediatric patients.

Therefore, WPP does NOT recommend the use of these medications for the treatment of common cold symptoms (in children less than 6 years of age) and there is little evidence of their effectiveness in older children.