Northside Family Medicine, PC
12207 Pecos St. Suite 800
Westminster, CO 80234
(303) 428-8536
12207 Pecos St. Suite 800 Westminster, CO (303)428-8536
Welcome to Northside Family Medicine! We are excited to be a part of your path to health and wellness. Please wait a couple seconds and the show will start.
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What sets us apart
We do our best to take care of your urgent needs. We can now offer you same day appointments on regular business days for our office provided you call by 3PM and we accept your insurance (Click here for more information). Being a small office gives us a chance to get to know our patients well and for you to get to know our staff personally. We do our best to get you timely answers and strive to offer comprehensive medical care.
Recent Survey places us near the top of primary care offices. In a recent independent evaluation that compared our clinic to practices nationwide in a blinded patient satisfaction survey, we averaged in the 92nd percentile for all aspects of the survey. This survey compared us to primary care offices across the country in areas such as access to care, staff care, provider quality, and satisfaction with the overall visit.
Proof of the quality of care increases with additional recognition for Heart and Stroke patient care. Dr. Lewan has been certified from NCQA for the high quality of diabetes care he provides since 2008. Recently, he has received NCQA certification for high quality heart and stroke patient care. Please see News at Northside for more information. In addition, Northside Family Medicine has had consistent recognition by United Healthcare Premium Designation for Quality and Cost Efficiency. Furthermore, Cigna recently awarded us with all of their highest designations for quality and evidenced based care.
We do our best to take care of your urgent needs. We can now offer you same day appointments on regular business days for our office provided you call by 3PM and we accept your insurance (Click here for more information). Being a small office gives us a chance to get to know our patients well and for you to get to know our staff personally. We do our best to get you timely answers and strive to offer comprehensive medical care.
Recent Survey places us near the top of primary care offices. In a recent independent evaluation that compared our clinic to practices nationwide in a blinded patient satisfaction survey, we averaged in the 92nd percentile for all aspects of the survey. This survey compared us to primary care offices across the country in areas such as access to care, staff care, provider quality, and satisfaction with the overall visit.
Proof of the quality of care increases with additional recognition for Heart and Stroke patient care. Dr. Lewan has been certified from NCQA for the high quality of diabetes care he provides since 2008. Recently, he has received NCQA certification for high quality heart and stroke patient care. Please see News at Northside for more information. In addition, Northside Family Medicine has had consistent recognition by United Healthcare Premium Designation for Quality and Cost Efficiency. Furthermore, Cigna recently awarded us with all of their highest designations for quality and evidenced based care.
Staff from Left to right- Front row- Samantha, Latisha, Brenda, Erika Banka, PA-C. Back row- Tim Lewan, MD, and Danielle.
We are excited to announce new significantly lower prices for labs for our self pay patients. A recent change in our lab provider allows us to offer significant discounts on many common labs reducing the cost for each lab to under $10. Some of these common labs include cholesterol, thyroid screening (a tsh), diabetes screening and kidney and liver checks. The conditions for use of these lab costs are that you are a patient at our clinic, there is a 5$fee for the blood draw and preparation, you are a self pay, and you pay on the same day the blood is drawn.
We care about your costs, spend more time with you than most other practices, and make sure you understand what happens at your visit. We do our best to inform you about cheaper medication alternatives and let you choose your course of action for your medical care. In addition, we try to address multiple issues at each visit. Unless we are working you into the schedule, we won't just address your cold symptoms or hypertension but will talk to you about your foot pain or snoring problem as well. Then, because we often talk about several things in a visit we summarize what needs to be done on a personalized handout for you that you can review after you leave the office. Each patient gets information with what the blood pressure readings should be, for our pediatric patients what things to expect as they grow, when to go for labs, what medications you should be taking, when to follow up and other tips such as diet and exercise recommendations.
We pride ourselves in giving you lots of ways to contact us! You can now schedule your appointment online anytime or call us on the phone. Email is another means to keep in touch with our office as well. We can send your labs and other information to your email account if desired. For emergency questions or situations, Doctor Lewan is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week and in rare cases he is not, Erika Banka, PA-C should be available. Either way, you would know who you were talking to and they would be more familiar with your problems.
For more information about the latest news click on "What's new at Northside Family Medicine."
New Study Supports Importance of Regular Follow up
A recent study just showed how regular and shorter followup times helped diabetics acheive control of their blood pressure nearly 10x faster than those who had followup that was spaced out farther. The study looked at over 5000 people over a 5 year period and saw that people who had a follow up appointment at 1 month or less were able to reach good blood pressure control in 1.5 months on average compared to the 12.2 months it took for patients who had follow up periods that were over a month.1
1. Hypertension, [online] May 24, 2010. http://hyper.ahajournal.org/cgi/reprint/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.148791v1.
Our Scope of Practice
We treat patients from newborns to adults(from pediatrics to geriatrics). Our Family Practice enjoys caring for acute problems such as ankle sprains, colds, skin lesion removals, moles and warts as well as chronic problems like depression, diabetes, high cholesterol, thryroid problems, heart conditions, emphysema, asthma and hypertension. We also offer physicals (including DOT physicals) for all ages including alike and review important preventive care such as skin cancer screenings, and well woman exams. This is far from a complete list see the "Services that Northside Family Medicine provides" tab for more information.
We pride ourselves in giving you lots of ways to contact us! You can now schedule your appointment online anytime or call us on the phone. Email is another means to keep in touch with our office as well. We can send your labs and other information to your email account if desired. For emergency questions or situations, Doctor Lewan is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week and in rare cases he is not, Erika Banka, PA-C should be available. Either way, you would know who you were talking to and they would be more familiar with your problems.
For more information about the latest news click on "What's new at Northside Family Medicine."
New Study Supports Importance of Regular Follow up
A recent study just showed how regular and shorter followup times helped diabetics acheive control of their blood pressure nearly 10x faster than those who had followup that was spaced out farther. The study looked at over 5000 people over a 5 year period and saw that people who had a follow up appointment at 1 month or less were able to reach good blood pressure control in 1.5 months on average compared to the 12.2 months it took for patients who had follow up periods that were over a month.1
1. Hypertension, [online] May 24, 2010. http://hyper.ahajournal.org/cgi/reprint/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.148791v1.
Our Scope of Practice
We treat patients from newborns to adults(from pediatrics to geriatrics). Our Family Practice enjoys caring for acute problems such as ankle sprains, colds, skin lesion removals, moles and warts as well as chronic problems like depression, diabetes, high cholesterol, thryroid problems, heart conditions, emphysema, asthma and hypertension. We also offer physicals (including DOT physicals) for all ages including alike and review important preventive care such as skin cancer screenings, and well woman exams. This is far from a complete list see the "Services that Northside Family Medicine provides" tab for more information.
Saturday Appointments are back and longer!
We are happy to announce Erika has expanded Saturday hours to start at 8AM and our last appointment is at noon. So far it has been a big hit - check it out sometime soon.
Northside Monthly Newsletters are online now!
Click here to see the list and send us an email if you want to be on the Newsletter email list! Recent topics include Vitamin D, Sunscreen, and the latest information we could find on certain supplements.
Are you tired of having to schedule your doctor's appointment during normal office hours or waiting on hold to make an appointment?
You can now schedule your appointment online anytime! You can see what appointment times are available and depending on availability, schedule an appointment today or one a month from now. Please click Schedule an appointment at Northside Family Medicine to make the appointment. This link will redirect you to our website www.familydoctorinwestminster.com but it will give you an option to return to this website for further information.
No more waits at the Pharmacy! (At least not due to a paper prescription)
We can now send almost all of your prescriptions to your pharmacy of choice. So by the time you leave our office and get to the pharmacy your prescription should hopefully be filled. Another way to cut down on our paper use as well!
Study Supports Family Physicians as the most cost-effective care source over Internists and Subspecialists.
In a recent study of a March/April 2009 issue of Health Affairs a study looking at care costs for 3 years from 2001 to 2004 were analyzed. The analysis found that the average cost of receiving their primary care from a general internist cost an average of $1201 more than seeing a family physician. While seeing a subspecialist as their primary care source lets to an average cost of $1430 more than seeing a Family Physician. It also found that the cost spent on other medical services and prescription drug costs were lower for patients who used family physicians. 1
Hours and Location
We offer same day appointments on days with regular business hours if you call before 3 PM and we accept your insurance (List of insurances that Northside Family Medicine accepts). Our normal hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5 PM or 6PM and Saturdays 8AM to 12PM. We now offer extended hours with appointments at 8AM or 6PM most days of the week but call to check on availability. A familiar provider (Dr. Tim Lewan) is available to talk to almost every day of the year day or night for emergency questions or problems. Please call us for details and see our "Northside Family Medicine Hours and Location" tab for more information. Our office conveniently serves Westminster, Thornton, Broomfield, Northglenn, Commerce City, and Denver. Hours of operation may vary so please call or email to confirm.
The front of our office in Westminster, CO
Why Primary Care?
Recent studies continue to support the importance of regular follow up with a primary care doctor to provide the highest quality of care. Choosing to just see a dermatologist for a skin issue and then the GI doctor for diarrhea without ever seeing the primary care provider often ends up providing an overall lower quality of care. Having a primary care provider to coordinate your care and be the first stop for most issues has been proven to be a better model of care. A 2008 World Health Organization study on primary healthcare supports this showing that countries that "invest in comprehensive primary care systems have better health outcomes, patient satisfaction and uptake of preventive services, and lower mortality."2 When was the last time you saw your primary care provider to keep up on regular physicals and make sure your provider was up to date on all of your medical issues?
1. American Family Physician, p. 733, vol 70, number 9.
2. Rabin, David et. al Decreasing Self Perceived Health Status Despite Rising Health Expenditures American Family Physician 9/1/09, 80(3): 427)
With our updated electronic check in we're going Greener!
Our touch screen check-in now allows us to have all that you put into the system drop directly into our electronic medical record. This will cut down even more on our paper consumption! But it also means that what you put into the system will update your demographic information so please make sure you double check you check in information to prevent problems.
Care Philosophy
We believe in trying to treat all aspects of health and focus on preventing problems before they happen. Our job is to be a guide in your healthcare. We provide you the information about your conditions and your options but ultimately you are the one to make the decisions about your health.
Why Primary Care?
Recent studies continue to support the importance of regular follow up with a primary care doctor to provide the highest quality of care. Choosing to just see a dermatologist for a skin issue and then the GI doctor for diarrhea without ever seeing the primary care provider often ends up providing an overall lower quality of care. Having a primary care provider to coordinate your care and be the first stop for most issues has been proven to be a better model of care. A 2008 World Health Organization study on primary healthcare supports this showing that countries that "invest in comprehensive primary care systems have better health outcomes, patient satisfaction and uptake of preventive services, and lower mortality."2 When was the last time you saw your primary care provider to keep up on regular physicals and make sure your provider was up to date on all of your medical issues?
1. American Family Physician, p. 733, vol 70, number 9.
2. Rabin, David et. al Decreasing Self Perceived Health Status Despite Rising Health Expenditures American Family Physician 9/1/09, 80(3): 427)
With our updated electronic check in we're going Greener!
Our touch screen check-in now allows us to have all that you put into the system drop directly into our electronic medical record. This will cut down even more on our paper consumption! But it also means that what you put into the system will update your demographic information so please make sure you double check you check in information to prevent problems.
Care Philosophy
We believe in trying to treat all aspects of health and focus on preventing problems before they happen. Our job is to be a guide in your healthcare. We provide you the information about your conditions and your options but ultimately you are the one to make the decisions about your health.
Disclaimer
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