Raleigh Pediatric Associates has adopted the recommendations for preventive pediatric health care as outlined by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Effective immediately, we will add a 30 month (2½ year) exam for toddlers, as well as recommend that our patients have yearly well exams starting with the child’s fifth birthday. Previously, after the child turned five, we recommended well exams every two years, unless there was a chronic medical condition or parental concern.
Even though the above recommendation includes all of our patients, there may be individual circumstances that require more frequent visits. Developmental, psychosocial, and chronic disease issues for children and adolescents may require more frequent counseling and treatment visits separate from preventive care visits.
Raleigh Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatrics continue to stress the importance of routine preventive care to assure continuity of medical care.
As always, please check with your insurance company for specific coverage of these visits.
If you are unsure if your child is due for a well exam, please ask our staff.