Welcome to Cohasset Pediatrics.
We are currently accepting new patients including newborns, newborns and their siblings, and transfers of children from families new to the area. Our office hours and phone numbers, and directions to the office are available if you click on the appropriate links or visit us via the Healthcare South home page.
Getting started
When you visit the office for first time, you will be asked to complete a patient registration form. You can print a copy of this form and complete it before coming in if that is more convenient for you. You will also be asked to complete a new registration form if the information on it changes substantially, i.e., change in name, address, or insurance information.We bill many insurance companies directly. To assist us in accurate billing, you will be asked to present your insurance card at each visit. If you have a copayment for office visits, please plan to pay at the time of your visit. We accept cash, checks, and credit cards.
If your insurance company requires you to designate a primary care physician, please be sure to contact them with the appropriate information at least 24 hours prior to your appointment. You also need to contact your insurance company to enroll your newborn after the birth.
We accept Blue Cross, Tufts, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Aetna, Cigna, Fallon, HealthCare Value Management, and others. If you have an insurance question, please ask. If you have a billing question, please call the central Healthcare South office in Pembroke at 1-800-388-5838.
To be able to view and download .pdf files, like the patient registration form above, just click on the Adobe Acrobat Reader icon.
Well child visits
We like to see each newborn between 10 and 14 days of age. This visit is usually scheduled with your primary care physician. During the visit, we will review birth history, feeding and sleeping behaviors, and your questions in addition to assessing your newborn's weight and health.Routine well child visits are scheduled to assess your child's growth and development and administer immunizations that help prevent disease. These will be at ages 4 to 6 weeks, two months, four months, six months, nine months, 12 months, 15 months, and 18 months, and then annually starting at age 2. We generally follow patients until they become young adults.
At each well visit your child's growth and development will be assessed. We will discuss feeding, elimination, sleeping, and behavioral issues and provide anticipatory guidance including safety and healthy lifestyle information. Time will be provided for you to ask questions and many people bring a written list of questions to appointments.
As children mature and develop a need for privacy, the physical examination and discussion with the child is conducted separately from the consultation with the accompanying parent. This occurs at different ages for different children.
Well child visits can be scheduled by calling the office during regular phone hours (8:30 AM -- 1 PM and 2 PM -- 5 PM). We generally schedule these up to three months in advance.
Sick child visits
Generally we schedule sick visits for the same day you call. These visits may be for acute illness, injury, rechecks, or to evaluate ongoing problems.Secretaries in the office start answering the phone at 8:30 AM and can book sick visit appointments.
Phone calls
On days the office is open, the phone lines are answered in the office from 8:30 AM to 1 PM and from 2 PM to 5 PM. The answering service will answer the phone at other times.You can call to schedule well child visits or sick visits, ask questions, leave referral information, or speak to a nurse.
The nurses in the office can answer a lot of questions over the phone. They can help you decide if your child needs to be seen or help you handle the problem at home.
After hours
After 5 PM the answering service will refer you to the on-call physician.The physicians at Cohasset Pediatrics are in a call group with the physicians at Scituate Pediatrics and with Dr. Jolles and Dr. Johnston who have an office on Route 53 in Hanover.
After hours, the on-call physician is available by phone and may have office hours. It is our policy to return after hours phone calls within one hour. If the call is emergent please let the answering service know and the on-call physician will call you back as soon as possible, often within 10 minutes. If you do not receive a return call as expected, please call the answering service again -- they may have taken your phone number down incorrectly or the message may not have been transmitted properly. We do want to be able to reach you.
Later at night, phone calls are returned by Night Nurse. Night Nurse is a professionally staffed phone triage service that answers phone calls for pediatricians in eastern Massachusetts. The staff at Night Nurse can help you with urgent problems. They can arrange for your child to be seen in the emergency room if necessary. They can also consult with the on-call physician if necessary.
Weekend and Holiday visits
On weekend and holiday days the on-call physician sees patients in his or her own office on an urgent care basis. Depending on how many people need to be seen, the office may be open for only a few hours or for a full day. If you know your child needs to be seen, we suggest you call early in the day to schedule an appointment. Later in the day the on-call physician will be taking phone calls. If your child needs to be seen, the on-call physician may refer you to the emergency room.Referrals
For assistance in deciding with your child needs to see a specialist or for specific advice as to which specialist to see, discuss the problem with your physician. Once the physician has recommended your child see a specialist, call the specialist and make an appointment.To have an insurance referral processed, call the office and leave the message containing your child's name, the name of the specialist, the appointment date and time, the name of your insurance carrier, and your name and phone number in case we need to reach you in regards to the referral.
It is best if you call us as soon as you make your specialty appointment. Generally we need at least one week to process a referral. Requests made less than one week prior to an appointment may not be able to be processed. Referral requests received after the appointment has occurred are generally not able to be processed.
Your insurance plan may have restrictions in regards to referrals. We can assist you in finding appropriate care. Please call if you have questions.
Staff
Dr. Kevin J. Corbett entered solo practicing Cohasset in July, 1988. He graduated from Archbishop Williams High School, Braintree, MA, Providence College, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He did his pediatric residency at the University of Massachusetts.Dr. Sarah M. Axel joined Dr. Corbett in July, 1994. She graduated from University High School, Urbana IL, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois College of Medicine. She did her pediatric residency at Boston City Hospital. She entered practice in 1988.
Dr. Margaret G. Carolan joined the practice in January, 1999. She graduated from St. Bernard High School, Montville CT, Fairfield University, and Eastern Virginia Medical School. She did her pediatric residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. She entered practice in 1994 in California.
Dr. J. Douglas Pinney joined our practice in January of 2006. Dr. Pinney graduated from Princeton University and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.He Completed his residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He entered solo practice in Baltimore in 1979.
Ann Norton, P.N.P. joined us as a nurse practitioner in 2001. Kimberli O’Malley, P.N.P. joined us as a nurse practitioner in 2002. Elaine Bleckley and Kathy Fortini also work with us as nurse practitioners. Kathy McGuire is the office manager. Our nursing staff includes Diane, Jeanne, Claire, Maureen, Dorothy, Ann, Paula, and Lori. Our front desk staff includes Marie, Denise, Jeanne, Ellen, Mary, Jane, Donna and Corrine. Referrals are done by Suzanne.
Conclusion
We endeavor to develop a relationship with each family. We look forward to working with you to promote your child's health, growth and development.
