Resources for Health Clinics in Ingham, Eaton & Clinton Counties

How to Find a New Physician

To find a physician, you will likely need to start with your health insurance. On the back of your insurance card, there will be a phone number for customer service or a website that will list physicians in your area that accept your insurance.  Any time your insurance changes or you are seeing a new provider, you should verify that they are in-network for your insurance. 

For physicians that accept Medicare, go to www.medicare.gov.  Scroll down and then select the Providers button to search for Providers. 

Some insurances may require you have a referral from a primary care physician (typically an internal medicine, family medicine or geriatric medicine physician) in order to see a specialist (such as a geriatric neurologist).

The major health systems in the tri-county area also have Physician Finder services.  However, it’s important to remember that not all physicians are able to accept new patients.  Some of the Physician Finders will allow you to search or indicate if the physician is accepting new patients.  In other cases, you may need to call the physician’s office directly.  You will need to verify that the practice takes your insurance.  The physician finder services are listed below: