Baptist Medical Group Primary Care - Nine Mile
DEPARTMENT OF BAPTIST HOSPITAL
Baptist Medical Group Primary Care - Nine Mile are dedicated to providing the best care to you and your family. Conveniently located at Baptist Medical Park - Nine Mile, our practice serves both Escambia and Santa Rosa residents. We welcome patients ages 2 and older.
Our Specialty
As a family medicine practice, Paul Freitas,M.D.; Lorie Freitas, APRN, and Eric Brewer, APRN, see patients ages 2 and older.
Our Providers
Our board-certified physician Dr. Paul Freitas is joined by his wife and nurse practitioners, Lorie Freitas, APRN, and Eric Brewer, APRN. To learn more about our providers, we invite you to visit their individual profile pages.
Our Staff
While at our office, you’ll meet with several of our staff members. Our front-office staff will help you get settled and complete your paperwork. They’ll also see that our clinical staff knows of your arrival and can begin your care.
New Patients
We’re so happy to have the opportunity to provide you with the compassionate, personal health care experience you deserve. To ensure you have a pleasant first office visit, you will receive a text message prior to your appointment to pre-register. The text message will come from Phreesia. Follow the prompts on the link, if you are unable to pre-register, please arrive early so we can complete the paperwork.
Please review the information in the “What to Bring” section below and the full “Appointment Information” section prior to your appointment. As always, you can contact our office with any questions.
• Contact us at 448.227.4240 to schedule your appointment.
• Online at EasySchedule.com.
Appointment Information
Scheduling
Please call our office for personal assistance with scheduling an appointment. You can do so by dialing 850.208.6363.
Digital Registration
Baptist Medical Group is committed to providing patients easy-to-use digital options for a more convenient registration and check-in experience. Save time and skip the line with digital registration.
Three days before your appointment, you will receive a text from 866.716.9656 or an email from noreply@phreesia.com with a link to register in advance. The same registration information commonly filled out in the office can now be completed digitally before your appointment.
What to Bring
Please bring your completed new-patient paperwork, a valid photo ID, your current insurance card and any current prescriptions or medicine you’re taking to your appointment. You're always welcome to bring a significant other, family member or caregiver with you to your appointment.
Arrival
To help you have the best possible experience at your appointment, we ask that you please arrive 30 minutes prior to your appointment time.
Missed Appointment
To ensure that we’re able to continue to provide the personal care you expect from a Baptist Medical Group, it’s important that you let us know immediately upon realizing you may be unable to keep your appointment. We request you notify the office with at least 24 hours notice whenever you are unable to keep your appointment.
Most Insurances Accepted
We accept most major insurance plans, however, we invite and encourage you to call our office to learn the financial details specific to your insurance coverage.
Our Financial Policy
It’s our policy that co-payments, co-insurance, deductibles and any outstanding balances are due at the time of service. This means that you will be expected to pay those items (as defined by your insurance policy) while at our office for your scheduled appointment. For your convenience, we accept payments in cash, check or credit card.
It’s important to note that you are financially responsible for the care you receive, even if your insurance does not pay. If you have questions, we encourage you to contact our office and our staff will do everything we can to serve you.
Providers
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Eric Brewer, APRN
Primary Care
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Lorie Freitas, APRN
Primary Care
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Paul Freitas, M.D.
Primary Care
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Meghan B. Payne, FNP-C
Primary Care