Delavan Pediatrics, LLC

10/15/2025

Phones are back in service after being out the past 30 minutes

10/01/2025

The office will be closed Friday October 3 through Tuesday October 7. As a result of this all available appointments for today (Oct 1) and tomorrow have filled up. If you have any health questions, please send a portal message on your child.

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09/12/2025

There has been an increase this year in cases of insurance companies denying payment for annual wellness visits that are done too early. Generally, most insurances allow some leeway (usually 4 weeks) with scheduling and we aim to schedule no earlier than 11 months in keeping with the 4 week leeway. However some insurance plans will only pay for one wellness visit every 12 months. We have had a couple denials for scheduling 1 day short of 12 months. On our end, there is no way for us to know what window is allowable for every insurance plan. While we will continue to schedule the next annual well visit following a current visit, please verify with your insurance that this date will be covered. If there is an issue with the date we have scheduled, we will reschedule the visit accordingly. Thanks.

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08/15/2025

NOTICE:
The office will be closed Monday, August 18 through Friday, August 22. We will return to the office on Monday, August 25.

Unfortunately, while the office is closed, we will be unable to fax or email any school-related forms. If you need a form you can call the office and leave a message, send a message by email, or send a message on your child’s patient portal and we will take care of it when we return to the office on the 25th. Please do not text or call Dr. Flint directly for any forms or school-related issues. However, you can contact him directly or send a portal message regarding any medical questions.

Thank you for understanding.

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08/11/2025

EMAIL ISSUES: If you are expecting an email from us and don't receive it, please check your Spam/Junk folder. For some reason, Google mail servers do not like emails coming from Domain.com hosted email addresses like ours.

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07/11/2025

I want to extend my apologies to those who are desiring to be part of the practice and have left messages but have yet to get a call back. Since May we have had over 50 calls for new families and we have only been able to get to half of these. We are continuing to work through the list and I will be assisting in making these calls. Unfortunately, for anybody wanting to get their child in for an appointment prior to the start of school, the schedule has filled up beyond the cushion that I usually leave for same day sick appointments and newborns. As a result any new patient will not be able to get appointments until mid September. Thank you for your understanding and your continued patience.
-Dr. Flint

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06/24/2025

NOTICE:
Appointments for school and sports physicals before the beginning of September are becoming scarce. Most open spots are for a single child with few options for multiple children. We need to keep some open slots in schedule each day to accommodate illnesses, acute needs, or newborns.

In order to ease the burden on Shannon, who is the only one answering phones, please utilize the Patient Portal to request an appointment for your children. This way we can better communicate options based on your appointment needs. These messages will be answered by either Shannon or Dr. Flint.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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06/11/2025

We have received a large number of calls over the past few weeks from families wanting to join the practice and we are doing our best to return these calls. The week off for vacation has added to our backlog but rest assured, you will get a call back. Thank you for your patience.

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05/01/2025

05/01/2025

This has been a very busy week and we thank everyone for their patience. The schedule has filled completely for today so there are no appointments available. The office will also be closed tomorrow (Friday, May 2). For today, if you have any questions the best way to get some answers will be to use the patient portal. Otherwise I recommend using a prompt care if a child needs seen today. We will continue to do our best while we look for additional staff to fill the void. Thanks!

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04/22/2025

I have recently been made aware of new Aetna CVS health plans that do not have Delavan Pediatrics or myself as in-network. These are individual marketplace plans (non-employer plans) that appear to be restricted to certain hospital group-based providers. I am currently checking with Aetna to see if there is anyway to get Delavan Pediatrics in-network for the HMO or PPO plans.

This issue with Aetna does not currently involve most of the employer plans, though there are some that are contracted with only specific hospital groups (such as OSF). To verify my participation in your plan you will need to check with Aetna directly. I can still see out-of-network patients, however, this can result in potentially higher patient responsibility costs.

I will provide an update when I hear back from Aetna.

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04/18/2025

The office is open today. However, our schedule has filled up and we will not be able to add anybody on for today. If you have any clinical questions, please message through the portal. Have a happy Easter weekend!

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