Scheduling

To schedule an appointment, please contact a patient care representative at 816-412-2900. Priority Care Pediatrics offers two types of scheduled appointments:

1. Advance appointments are scheduled as much as three months in advance for any physician in our practice. Advance appointments are often scheduled for well checks, weight checks, vaccinations, or as a follow up to an emergency room visit or admission to the hospital.
    
2. Open Access appointments are scheduled primarily for sick patients on the same day that a call is received by our office. We start accepting calls for these appointments at 8:15 a.m., and they are filled on a "first call, first serve" basis. This way we always have some appointments available for sick children to be seen every day instead of filling our schedule by midweek.

We believe this type of "advance or open access" scheduling system allows our pediatricians to see the most patients in the most efficient manner.

We do not take "walk in" patients. There are times throughout the year, such as in the fall and winter months, when open access appointments fill up very quickly. If all open access appointments are full, and you have a question regarding your child's care or condition, you are always welcome to leave a message for our triage nurses. After hours, you may call the number for a nurse triage service on the back of your insurance card. There is also one of the doctors taking patient calls during the hours that the office is closed.