General Practitioners

• Osteoporosis
  Asheville Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center has a fee schedule for patients who don’t have health insurance or otherwise prefer self pay on the day of service.
• Arthritis
  Inflammation of the joints (arthritis) is a major symptom of many of these disorders, but all other organ systems (such as muscles, heart, lungs, blood, kidneys, and skin) can be involved. Several of these diseases, such as gout and infectious arthritis, are well understood and the treatment is straightforward. Others, which involve alterations of the body’s immune system, such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, are less well understood and more difficult to treat.
• Rheumatology
  Our physicians will continue to monitor safety, effectiveness, and other information from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the American College of Rheumatology, and state and local health departments.
• Primary Care
  It is best to have a family doctor or general internist in charge of your overall care. We will be working with this primary care physician, and he or she will direct your overall health care. Your primary care physician will be kept informed of the results of exams, studies, and treatment plans.
• Emergency Care
  If an emergency arises after office hours, contact your regular physician, or seek care at your local emergency room or urgent care center.
• Immunizations
  The physicians of Asheville Arthritis have reviewed safety and effectiveness data on the available coronavirus COVID-19 vaccinations. At this time we recommend that all our patients proceed with COVID vaccination if they are 6 months of age or older.

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  Fees are based on the time and complexity of your evaluation. The physician’s fee for your treatment varies, depending on the time spent both with you and with your records. Our fees are in keeping with the usual and customary charges for internal medicine subspecialty evaluations in this area. At the end of each visit you will receive an itemized bill containing the physician’s fees plus any other charges.

Psychiatrists

• Mental Health
  Release of psychotherapy notes: Psychotherapy notes are notes by a mental health professional for the purpose of documenting a conversation during a private session. This session could be with an individual or with a group. These notes are kept separate from the rest of the medical record and do not include: medications and how they affect you, start and stop time of counseling sessions, types of treatments provided, results of tests, diagnosis, treatment plan, symptoms, prognosis.

Radiologist

• Ultrasound
  Asheville Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center is a full-service rheumatology practice caring for adults and children with arthritis, osteoporosis, and systemic autoimmune diseases and rheumatic diseases. Services available include:  a certified laboratory; radiology including digital x-ray, ultrasound, and bone density testing; and an infusion center for treatment of autoimmune disease and osteoporosis.
• Radiology
  If you have a fever, respiratory symptoms, close contact to a person with fever or respiratory symptoms, or any contact with a person with coronavirus COVID-19, contact us before coming to your appointment. We continue to see patients, provide infusions, obtain labs and radiology studies, though we are taking extra precautions to ensure patient safety.
• X-Rays