My Patient Portal/ NextMD Web Portal

Prairie Clinic uses NextMD (also known as the NextGen Patient Portal) as our patient portal service. A patient portal allows our patients on-line access to their physician's office for secure messages, medication refill requests, records requests and even look up health information. Requests are typically answered with 2 business days. 
If you feel a life threatening situation exists, immediately call 911.

NextMD offers a secure way to send messages, using 128-bit encryption, firewalls and secured systems. Once you sign up for NextMD, you'll use a username and password and a confirmation question to access your on-line account. When we send you information, you'll receive a notification e-mail, but you need to log onto the secure website (https://www.nextmd.com) to read your confidential information.

How to Sign-Up

If you are a Prairie Clinic patient interested in signing up for NextMD, please ask at the front desk when checking in at your next appointment.

My Patient Portal

For a handy guide to using NextMD, click here.

To schedule an appointment at Prairie Clinic, call (608) 644-2400.

At Prairie Clinic, we try to schedule appointments for our patient's convienience, as well as for the efficient use of our providers' time. 

Click here for a detailed page of our clinic desk hours and appointment times. 

When you come to Prairie Clinic for your annual physical, we ask that you fill out a history form to help keep your provider updated on your past and present medical history. The form for seeing our OB/GYN or Certified Nurse Midwife are a bit longer, as they need more indepth information. The forms are posted below:

• Male History Form (Male Physical)
• Female History Form (Female Physical - except Dr. Schad)
• Female History Form (for Dr. Schad) [Coming Soon]

Prairie Clinic is able to file the majority of insurance claims directly with your insurance company if we have received all the necessary information. When you have a change in insurance coverage, our office needs to know before services are provided, in order to file your claim more efficiently. When you check in for an appointment, please let the receptionist know of any changes. Please bring your insurance card with you. It is your responsibility to be aware of the coverage of your insurance plan. If you are a member of an HMO plan, Prairie Clinic must be selected as your primary care provider for you to be seen here.

Workmen's Compensation

It is the responsibility of the employee with a work-related injury or illness to inform the Clinic when the appointment is made or at the time of service. The Clinic will complete the form and forward it directly to the patient's employer or insurance company. For questions, ask for the Workmen's Compensation Specialist.

Medicare

All services provided by the Clinic Physicians are filed automatically with Medicare. Please let your doctor or nurse know if this is your first physical with Medicare, so we can process your claim properly. We accept assignment. For questions, ask for the Insurance Department.

– Click here for a listing Insurance Companies included in our coverage.–

How do I find out my test results? 

We understand patients are anxious to receive test results. Most routine lab test results are received in the office and reviewed by the physician within a week, but some tests take somewhat longer. 

If a test result is found to be a critical value, you will be notified at once by the provider. All other test results will be relayed to you by mail or a telephone call from your provider's assistant. 

If you have not received your test results within ten days, please call and leave a message requesting the results. Your provider's assistant will be glad to return your call.

Prairie Clinic is using a product called NextMD (MyPortal) for secure communications with our patients. To enroll, contact your provider. Upon enrollment, you’ll receive instructions for how to complete that enrollment. Click to view login instructions and overiew of NextMD (MyPortal).