Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act plans available through HealthCare.gov is from November 1 to January 15. Keep your ARC care team by choosing from insurance plans we accept: Aetna, Ambetter, Blue Cross, Blue Advantage, MyBlue, Moda, Sendero, and UnitedHealthcare Exchange Plan.
All insurance plans accepted by ARC, including government plans, are listed online at ARCInsuranceInfo.com.
Eligible U.S. residents can apply for and make changes to their Medicare plans from October 15 – December 7. Medicare is a health insurance plan for people ages 65 and up, or those with certain conditions or disabilities. It is important to know your options and pick a plan that lets you keep your ARC care team.
Medicare patients at ARC are 7.5% less likely to use the ER than other patients across the nation.
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If you have received a letter from UnitedHealthcare (UHC) stating that any of the providers listed below are out-of-network, please be informed that refers to their former practice. The following physicians and APC remain in-network at ARC, and you may continue seeing them without any changes to your coverage:
Clinic HoursMon-Fri: 8:00am - 5:00pmSat-Sun: Closed
512-344-0450 Fax: 512-406-7318
ARC Northwest Hills Specialty offers care in Cardiology and Gastroenterology. Please call 512-344-0450 to schedule an appointment with one of our specialists.
Our Electronic Medical Records system, along with the ARC MyChart, keeps you connected with your care team and makes it easier to help you coordinate your health care. Connected Care is part of ARC Access.
Same-Day appointments available 7 days a week, including nights and holidays.
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A cardioversion is a medical procedure used to restore a normal heart rhythm in patients experiencing abnormal heartbeats or arrhythmias. This intervention is commonly used for conditions where the heart's electrical signals are disrupted, leading to irregular rhythms.
A colonoscopy is a safe and effective way to test for cancer in the colon or rectum (colorectal cancer). A colon cancer screening is typically a 20-30 minute outpatient procedure performed at a hospital or surgery center.
Screening tests for colorectal cancer, as well as methods to try to prevent it. In addition to regular colorectal cancer screenings, exercise and maintaining a healthy weight can reduce your risk of colorectal cancer.
What you eat can contribute to digestive problems. Changing your diet and lifestyle, avoiding certain foods, and managing stress may offer significant benefits.
An echocardiogram (echo) is a noninvasive procedure used to check the heart's function and structures.
Our team is here to help you find financial solutions that can help cover your cost of care.
Gastroenterologists can evaluate and treat diseases that affect the digestive system, which includes the gastrointestinal tract (esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus) as well as the pancreas, liver, bile ducts, and gallbladder.
Holter monitoring is a non-invasive diagnostic test that continuously monitors a patient's heart activity. The Holter monitor is used to record the heart's electrical activity and detect irregularities that may not be captured during a standard electrocardiogram (ECG). The small, wearable device is placed on the chest and is worn for 24 hours to 30 days, depending on the order from a healthcare professional.
Our gastroenterologists work closely with you to develop a personalized treatment plan that will help bring relief to your digestive system and improve your quality of life.
Infusion Therapy offers patients another method of treatment when other forms of medication are no longer effective and can help patients gain normal function or decrease pain, swelling, and stiffness in their joints and muscles.
At ARC, we warmly welcome all members of our large and diverse community, including those who identify as LGBTQIA+. We are committed to promoting the health and wellness of every individual. Our primary objective is to provide each patient with compassionate and exceptional healthcare tailored to their unique needs.
A stress test shows how your heart works during physical activity, revealing problems with blood flow within your heart. We offer three basic types of stress testing: exercise/treadmill stress tests, nuclear stress tests, and stress echocardiograms.
ARC offers telemedicine visits for primary and specialty care. Doctors can quickly evaluate you for a new health issue or follow up with you via a phone call or video visit from the comfort of your home.
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Gastroenterology Suite 205
Austin Regional Clinic (ARC) doctors, staff, and leadership are committed to providing our community with high quality convenient care. One of the ways we demonstrate this priority is through our online transparency.
You can review our provider ratings and comments on our web site with the confidence that they are all based on verified visits. We post all patient feedback relevant to the entire visit and only refrain from posting comments that are libelous, profane, or those that risk the privacy of our patients.
The below guide provides details about how we collect and share our patient feedback.
ARC partnered with Press Ganey to collect patient feedback about their doctor’s visit. We gather feedback from text surveys that are sent after the visit. Press Ganey is an independent third party customer feedback company that provides the technology to collect the feedback and display ratings and comments on our web site. All ratings are submitted by actual patients and verified by ARC.
Patients for whom we have a mobile phone number receive a text survey within two hours of checking in for their visit. Patients are asked to complete the survey and provide ratings and comments regarding their experience at different touch points of their visit. We use this feedback to recognize doctors and staff, identify issues we can correct, and enhance our care.
ARC posts all positive and negative patient feedback that is relevant to the entire visit. We refrain from posting comments that are libelous, profane, or those that risk the privacy of our patients.
ARC asks questions that touch on the overall patient experience related to their visit. Anyone seeking detailed information about each question can view the ratings for each specific question on the Reviews tab on the provider bio page on the website. We calculate our provider star ratings based on the responses to question number six below. We calculate our location star ratings based on the responses to all the below questions.
Since more recent data provides a more accurate picture, we require a minimum of 30 patient surveys per doctor in the last 12 months before we post a physician’s rating.
ARC physicians and staff review all comments and act to rectify issues. Since the purpose of the feedback is to allow us to improve the overall patient experience, we display the last 90 days of comments which are the most relevant for the practice.
No. Only patients having an outpatient visit by an ARC physician receive a survey. The results are based entirely from patients who have actually been treated by the physician in our clinics.
Comments are reviewed and approved prior to being published to the website. If a comment contains any personally identifiable information, that information will be removed from the comment.
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