Patient/Visitor Guide

Welcome to the Patient/Visitor Guide to the Emory Voice Center.  We hope the following information will help guide you through the patient process.

• Making an Appointment
• Pre-Registration Information and Patient Forms
• Insurance Billing
• Educational Resources

Appointments

You may make an appointment at The Emory Voice Center yourself, or through a referral from your primary care physician.

Emory Voice Center
404-686-1850

Your initial visit with the Emory Voice Center will include an evaluation based on current symptoms or conditions and a thorough medical history. In addition to completing the Voice Center and Otolaryngology registration forms (which can be printed out and filled out in advance from this website), you will need to have any other pertinent information and your medical history, along with past X-ray films or test results. Please ask your referring physician to help you pull this information together.

Pre-Registration Information

Before your first appointment with a physician from the Emory Voice Center, you may want to complete the medical history forms below. We also request that you obtain medical records from your other health care providers and bring them with you if possible.

Emory Voice Center New Patient Questionnaire

Dept. of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery New Patient Questionnaire

Follow-up Appointment Patient Form

These steps will help us expedite your appointment and assure we have the appropriate information needed to provide the best advice possible during your initial consultation. Click above to download the forms as a PDF (Adobe Acrobat).  You may print the forms, fill in all the information and return it by mail to the office of the physician you have an appointment with or you may bring them with you to your first appointment.  We cannot accept the forms electronically due to patient confidentiality./P>

Insurance Billing

The Emory Voice Center accepts most insurance plans. You should bring your insurance card with you to your appointments.

Payment for services is due at the time services are rendered. However, as a courtesy, we will submit a claim for you to any third party insurance carrier with whom Emory Healthcare has a contract.

Please call in advance of your appointment to determine if your insurance carrier is contracted with us. You will be responsible for any charges not covered by your carrier. If you prefer to file yourself, we will provide the paperwork necessary for reimbursement and ask for payment by you at the time of the appointment.

We accept payment any of the following payment methods:

• Cash
• Personal Check
• All Major Credit Cards

Managed Care: If you are covered by managed care, we request co-pays and deductibles at the time of the appointment.

Educational Resources

The Emory Voice Center is dedicated to providing health information and education about the prevention and treatment of voice injuries and disorders to the Atlanta community, the region and the nation.

For more information, or to find out about seminars or health related education provided by The Emory Voice Center please call:

Emory HealthConnection^SM at (404) 778-7777 or 1-800-75-EMORY.

For further information about Voice Health and Voice Disorders can be found by linking to the following Web sites:

VoiceDoctor.net	VoiceProblem.org	Teachers Voice Academy
Provides medically oriented information about your vocal cords, the voice and hoarseness. Click here	The Watergate Voice Foundation supports patients with voice disorders as they seek healing for the more complex voice problems. Click here	The Teachers Voice Academy provides a no-cost, self-directed, virtual school built for the U.S. vocal health teachers. Click here
Voice Disorders	National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders	The National Center for Voice and Speech
Information on Voice Disorders from Medline Plus, a branch of the National Institutes of Health. Click here	NIDCD contains information on Research, Funding for Research, and Health Information for those who have communication disorders. Click here	Formed with a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NCVS is as a repository of shared resources and information from various institutions globally. Click here
The National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association	The Yul Brynner Head and Neck Cancer Foundation	World Voice Day
For information about Spasmodic Dysphonia, a neurological voice disorder that causes the voice to sound strangled and tight. Click here	Learn about the largest free head and neck cancer screening in the U.S. Click here	Want to learn more about World Voice Day? Click here