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Patient Corner

Helpful, resources, links and forms you may need before you come for a visit at Northeast Digestive

New Patients

To ensure we’re able to provide the best possible care at your upcoming visit, we encourage you to take a few minutes to review our New Patients section prior to your appointment. There you’ll find information on what to expect during your visit, helpful reminders and important information regarding billing and insurance.

Procedure Prep

How to Prepare for your procedure

Preparing for Colonoscopy

The course you take to prepare for your colonoscopy will depend on your gastroenterologist, but all patients should prepare to cleanse the bowel completely beforehand and arrange for a ride home – as driving is not allowed for 24 hours following the procedure.

Your Northeast Digestive Health Center provider will provide specific prep instructions at your consultation. The three primary courses ordered for colonoscopy procedure preparation are:
Suprep Instructions (PDF)
Miralax/Gatorade Instructions (PDF)
2 Day Miralax/Gatorade Instructions (PDF)
Clenpiq Instructions (PDF)
Golytely Instructions (PDF)
Plenvu Instructions (PDF)

Preparing for Pill Cam

The course you take to prepare for your colonoscopy will depend on your gastroenterologist, but all patients should prepare to cleanse the bowel completely beforehand and arrange for a ride home – as driving is not allowed for 24 hours following the procedure.

Your Northeast Digestive Health Center provider will provide specific prep instructions at your consultation. The three primary courses ordered for colonoscopy procedure preparation are:
Pill Cam (PDF)

Preparing for Endoscopy

Endoscopic procedures vary in terms of invasiveness, uses and capabilities. Your doctor will provide prep instructions prior to your procedure. The following are procedure prep instructions for the primary types of endoscopy used by Northeast Digestive Health Center’s gastroenterologists:
EGD (Upper Endoscopy) (PDF)
EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasound) (PDF)
ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) (PDF)

Preparing for FibroScan®

It is important to have your FibroScan® examination on an empty stomach. Do not eat anything for at least 3 hours prior to your examination. Wear comfortable clothes that will allow access to the right side of your rib cage. It is important to tell your health care provider if you are pregnant, or if you have any active implantable devices, such as pacemakers, defibrillators or pumps.

*Please note: In order to schedule this procedure, your primary care physician must refer you.

FibroScan® is FDA-approved for clinical management of patients with liver disease and is covered by most insurance carriers. FibroScan® probes are adapted to most body-types patients and to all ages, from pediatric to adults. For more information about this procedure, please contact Northeast Digestive Health Center at (704) 783-1840.

Patient Satisfaction Surveys

Northeast Digestive Health Center is dedicated to providing the best care to our patients and we encourage you to take a moment to share your experience with us.

To participate in our patient satisfaction survey, please choose one of the options below:

Patient Forms

Complete appointment request forms online by clicking on the appropriate links. Once completed and submitted we will contact the patient by phone to schedule.
Patient Open Access Form
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Physician Referral Form
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Release of Information

If you would like us to forward a copy of your medical records to another person or facility, please click on the link below to access our Release of Information form. Print and complete this form and fax to 704-783-1850. You may also drop it off at one of our convenient locations.

You can also use this same form to request that another facility forward their records to us. 
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Helpful Resources

Listed below are helpful links to further patient education on specific topics. Please discuss this information with your provider.
The American College of GastroenterologyU.S. National Library of MedicineASGEAGA

Our Policies

Charity Care Policy

Charity Care:
For the purpose of this policy, charity care is defined as a patient having no financial ability to cover the expenses for needed and scheduled procedures. This determination will be made by the physician providing the services and does not necessarily require level of income documentation. Income documentation may be required at the physician’s discretion in collaboration with the Practice Manager.

Patients will be accepted and treated on an as needed basis upon referral from primary care physicians that we normally receive referrals from within our demographic regions. We will also consider direct referrals for procedures from charitable organizations in the community.


Private Pay / Self Pay:
Private pay / self pay is defined as the patient who does have the financial ability to pay all or part of the expenses for needed or scheduled procedures. This includes patients who have health insurance, but choose not to file their expense through their health insurance and prefer to self pay for the procedure.

The determination of the fee schedule for private pay patients assumes that the patient is responsible for some or all the incurred expenses. Self-pay patients will receive a 25% discount based off the charge amount for all procedures (EGD, Colonoscopy, ERCP, etc.). New office visits will cost $200.00 and established office visits will cost $100.00 per visit. This determination has been approved by the governing board and may change from time to time. The practice will discuss this with patients before their procedure or office visit.

Nondiscrimination Notice Policy

Northeast Digestive Health Center/ Cabarrus Gastroenterology Associates does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

Northeast Digestive Health Center/ Cabarrus Gastroenterology Associates:

Provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as:
Qualified sign language interpreters
Written information in other formats (large print, accessible electronic formats, other formats)
Provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as:
Qualified interpreters
Information written in other languages
If you need these services, contact the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at 1-877-696-6775.

If you believe that Northeast Digestive Health Center has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, or by mail or phone at:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD)

Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.

ATTENTION: If you speak a language other than English, language assistance services, free of charge, are available to you. Please notify us if you require these services.

ATENCIÓN: si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Por favor notifique a nosotros si necesita estos servicios.

注意:如果您使用繁體中文,您可以免費獲得語言援助服務。如果您需要这些服务,请通知我们。

CHÚ Ý: Nếu bạn nói Tiếng Việt, có các dịch vụ hỗ trợ ngôn ngữ miễn phí dành cho bạn. Hãy thông báo cho chúng tôi nếu bạn cần các dịch vụ này.

주의: 한국어를 사용하시는 경우, 언어 지원 서비스를 무료로 이용하실 수이러한 서비스가 필요한 경우 알려 주시기 바랍니다

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ATTENTION : Si vous parlez français, des services d'aide linguistique vous sont proposés gratuitement. S'il vous plaît nous informer si vous avez besoin de ces services

ACHTUNG: Wenn Sie Deutsch sprechen, stehen Ihnen kostenlos sprachliche Hilfsdienstleistungen zur Verfügung. Bitte benachrichtigen Sie uns, wenn Sie diese Dienste benötigen.

注意事項:日本語を話される場合、無料の言語支援をご利用いただけます。あなたはこれらのサービスが必要な場合はご連絡ください。

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تنبيه: إذا كنت تتكلم العربية، وخدمات المساعدة اللغوية، مجانا، تتوفر ليوو اعلامنا اذا كنت بحاجة الى هذه الخدمات

ध्यान दें: आप हिंदी, भाषा सहायता सेवाओं, नि: शुल्क बोलते हैं, तो आप के लिए उपलब्ध हैं। कृपया हमें सूचित अगर आप इन सेवाओं की आवश्यकता है।

ATTENTION: Eger hûn bi kurdî biaxivin, xizmeta alîkarî ziman, bê pere, ji bo te ne. Tkaye eger te pêwîstî bi van xizmetên me agahdar bikin.

خبردار: اگر آپ اردو بولتے ہیں، تو آپ کو زبان کی مدد کی خدمات مفت میں دستیاب ہیں ۔ کال

PAUNAWA: Kung nagsasalita ka ng Tagalog, maaari kang gumamit ng mga serbisyo ng tulong sa wika nang walang bayad. Tumawag sa 1-800-481-3289 (TTY: 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx).

ໂປດຊາບ: ຖ້າວ່າ ທ່ານເວົ້າພາສາ ລາວ, ການບໍລິການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອດ້ານພາສາ, ໂດຍບໍ່ເສັຽຄ່າ, ແມ່ນມີພ້ອມໃຫ້ທ່ານ. ໂທຣ

Dè ɖɛ nìà kɛ dyéɖé gbo: Ɔ jǔ ké m̀ [Ɓàsɔ́ɔ̀-wùɖù-po-nyɔ̀] jǔ ní, nìí, à wuɖu kà kò ɖò po-poɔ̀ ɓɛ́ìn m̀ gbo kpáa.
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Northeast Digestive Health Center
1070 Vinehaven Drive NE
Concord, North Carolina 28025
Phone: (704)783-1840
Fax: (704)783-1850
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