Behind the scenes: Dr. Ted Meyer during a photoshoot with SRQ!
Dr. Ted’s Blog
Please join us in welcoming Heather! Heather is a Florida native, nurse practioner who has worked almost exclusively in pediatrics for the last ten years! She is kind, patient, and has extreme passion for children. We are so excited to have her as a part of our team!
In order to provide our patients with the best quality care, we have updated our hours:
Monday through Friday, for our established patients, we have our no appointment necessary walk-in hour from 7:30am – 8:15am for sick visits only.
Regular appointment hours:
Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am – 2:45pm; office closes early for Staff Development
We will be closed on Saturdays. We are working towards adding evening hours to better accommodate our working families.
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Way to go Dr. Meyer and Meyer Pediatrics for being voted ” Sarasota’s Best Pediatrician” five years in a row by the readers of SRQ Magazine.!
Effective October 1, 2015- please be advised of the changes to your health plan. Amerigroup is no longer available in Sarasota County. Please choose a new health care plan or your child will be assigned to a provider based on your zip code.
Thank you
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY:
IF YOU ARE A FLORIDA BLUE SELECT PLAN MEMBER, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT OUR OFFICE IS NON PARTICIPATING OR OUT OF NETWORK. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT WE ACCEPT THIS FLORIDA BLUE PLAN OR WERE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE MEYER PEDIATRICS AS YOUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN BECAUSE THIS PLAN DOES OFFERS OUT OF NET WORK BENEFITS. AS A RESULT, OUR OFFICE WOULD BE LISTED AS A PROVIDER. I BELIEVE THIS IS MISLEADING TO THE PATIENT. THIS PLAN WILL PAY 50% OF BILLED CHARGES WITH THE BALANCE OF 50% AS COINSURANCE TURNED TO THE PATIENT. i ATTEMPTED TO CONTRACT WITH THIS LINE OF BUSINESS BUT WAS TOLD IT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN SARASOTA COUNTY. THIS BAFFLES OUR OFFICE AND WE WONDER HOW THIS PLAN WOULD BE AVAILABLE AS A CHOICE TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY CONFUSION AND INCONVENIENCE THIS HAS OR WILL CAUSE OUR FAMILIES.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DIRECT YOUR COMPLAINTS TO FLORIDA BLUE SELECT AND CHOOSE A NEW PLAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Effective September 1, 2015 –
All Prestige patients have been notified that are no longer participating with Prestige Health Care. Patients should call customer service and switch to Integral, Staywell, or Sunshine Health.
Thank you
Dear Patients and Families,
We are pleased and proud to introduce a third provider to Meyer Pediatrics:
Jill Langley, CPNP is happy to return to Meyer Pediatrics after receiving her advanced degree as a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner from the University of South Florida. She returns with almost 19 years of Pediatric experience, working alongside Nancy triaging patients, answering phone calls, and administering vaccines almost a decade ago. Jill is available Monday, Tuesday and Friday for school & sport physicals, well check-ups and issues more comfortably discussed with a female healthcare provider.
We are very excited about adding Jill to our team of providers at Meyer Pediatrics, and look forward to seeing you get to know her!
Sincerely,
Dr. Ted and Staff
We have flu vaccines for the whole family, ages 6 months on up! It is recommended that all children receive the flu vaccine annually. Don’t like shots? We offer painless intranasal flumist for most patients. If you would like your child to receive a flu vaccine please call the office to schedule an appointment or come in during walk-in hour. We will also vaccinate parents and/or grandparents for a self pay cost of $30 for injection and $40 for intranasal mist.
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This is a wonderful and cheap paperback that has muscle group-specific exercises (how do I stretch my hamstrings?) and exercise-specific stretches as well (what do I do for soccer?). If you are tight or having muscle pains from sports (or aging, in my case) this book could help.
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Stretching
I haven’t encountered any source on this subject as broad, accessible, and easily applied as Bob Anderson’s classicStretching, a patient and friendly stand-in for my eight-grade P.E. teacher.
The 30th anniversary edition of this guidebook came out recently, with even more stretches and illustrations, and it’s easily the most comprehensive work on the subject. I love the activity-specific sections: cyclists, for instance, are shown stretches that not only address the muscle groups made tight and tense by our specific sport, but the stretches geared toward bike riders even include a bicycle to be utilized as a support. Activities from weightlifting to computer using get their own sections, too.
Organizationally,Stretchingshines. Tight neck? Rigid shoulders? Thumb through to your proscribed routine and get to work. With minimal flexibility but a willingness to make an effort, almost anyone can use this book to become more limber, healthier.
Available fromAmazon
Why Stretch?
– Reduce muscle tension and make the body feel more relaxed
– Help coordination by allowing for freer and easier movement
– Make strenuous activities like running, skiing, tennis, swimming, and cycling easier because it prepares you for activity; it’s a way of signaling the muscles that they are about to be used.
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