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Practice News

Tara Forcier • June 21, 2024

Effective immediately we are no longer accepting new Sunshine patients.  Unfortunately, this will include newborns and siblings of our current patients.  This decision was made regretfully after a long history of chronic underpayments by Sunshine Health and a failure to correct the underpayments after given ample opportunity to do so.  At Pediatrics in Brevard our priority will always be the welfare of our patients and service to the children of our community, but as a privately owned business we rely on insurance companies to fulfill their contractual obligations with prompt and complete payments so that we can continue to offer quality medical care to all of our patients.  If you or your children are affected by this policy, we apologize and encourage you to contact Sunshine Health at 1-866-796-0530 with your concerns. 

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February 20, 2025
Dr. Sheila McLeod and Dr. Angela Sibilia are accepting new and established patients at our Indialantic office: 1220 North Highway A1A, Suite 147, Indialantic, FL 32903. Come visit our new location!
February 20, 2025
Our Rockledge Office has Relocated
February 20, 2025
Class of 2025 Academic Scholarship
November 25, 2024
Pediatrics in Brevard is excited to welcome Dr. Sheila Mcleod!
By Tonya Morse July 2, 2024
Medical offices get paid by “coding” what they do. These codes are designated by the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS). A new code – G2211 – has been created by CMS for primary care providers to indicate that they are following patients longitudinally and are committed to caring for the “whole patient” over time. This code is needed to account for the complexity and added resource costs of providing truly comprehensive primary care. This code is not related to a clinical condition. Instead, it refers to the long-term nature of the practitioner-patient relationship. Unlike urgent cares and emergency rooms, Pediatrics in Brevard (PIB) is recognized as a Patient Center Medical Home and takes pride in offering this type of care to your child(ren). As such, we will be adding this code to all permitted visits, which excludes annual physicals (well visits). Unfortunately, many insurance companies are not paying for all the services we provide, even if CMS says we need to document and code for what we do. Some carriers will completely deny payment. Others will pass the charge on to the patient. We are not happy with their position, and feel it is unfair both to us and to you. But, per our contracts with the insurance companies and complying with CMS, we must continue to code for services as instructed. If you receive a bill for this code, G2211, we will not be able to waive the charge. Instead, we ask that you follow up with your carrier directly for reimbursement. We take great pride in providing your child with the highest quality of care possible. Documenting and coding appropriately for the services we provide is necessary for us to continue to serve our families in this way.
June 19, 2024
We moved to Merritt Island!
By Tonya Morse May 1, 2024
We are excited to announce the four outstanding 2024 graduates that have each won a $500 scholarship. Congratulations to Lauren Scharfenberg, Sophia Satoro, Allison Gardner and Ryleigh Rendina! Thank you to all the graduates who participated! We wish you the best of luck this year! 🎓
April 25, 2023
Pediatrics in Brevard provider Dr. Forcier released a podcast! Are You KID-DING Me is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and everywhere you listen to podcasts.
April 24, 2023
HIPPY es un programa de evidencia que se basa en visitas al hogar que se asocia con padres de niños de dos a cinco años para ayudar a preparar a los padres y a los niños para el éxito escolar.
April 24, 2023
Home-based early childhood education program for parents of children ages 2, 3, and 4 years old!
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