After Hours Care

A Pediatrician is available each evening,
weekend and holiday

After regular office hours, urgent medical service can be obtained by calling your pediatrician's usual office number.

A Pediatrician is available each evening, weekend and holiday. We rotate this responsibility among the local pediatricians. When you call the office of your child's pediatrician, your call will either be routed directly to the pediatrician who is on-call, or you will hear a recorded message giving you the number to call to reach the after hours pediatrician.

Before 10:00 p.m.*, your child will usually be seen in the office of the pediatrician on-call. This service can help you avoid the higher costs of emergency room care, and assure that your child is seen by a qualified pediatrician or trusted Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. 

After 10:00 p.m.*, your call will be answered by a pediatric-trained nurse.  Please limit calls after 10:00 p.m.* to true emergencies that cannot wait until the following morning.

Because our regular office staff is not available after hours, calls about routine appointments, billing questions, prescription refills and non urgent problems should be reserved for our regular office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on weekdays.

There is an after-hours fee in addition to the office visit charge when you see the on-call physician.  This may result in a higher or “urgent care” co-pay, depending on your insurance benefits.  Please contact your insurance company for the insurance coverage specific to you.  We hope this service is helpful to you and encourage any suggestions you may have to improve our service to you.

* 9:00 p.m. @ the American Fork office