CONTACT: 3023 N. Clark St. Unit#793 Chicago, IL 60657-5200
Phone(773) 857-2650; Fax (773)857-2645
LAST DAY OF NEEL FRENCH MD SC OFFICE HOURS 7/31/2024
2551 N. Clark St Ste 303 Chicago IL 60614
NEEL FRENCH, MD, SC STOPPED ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS 2/27/2023 and DR FRENCH IS RETIRING JULY 31, 2024 (this retirement date has been posted on this website since 2/28/2022)
Please only use neel@neelfrenchmd.com to contact Dr French. Do not use the ECW portal.
TO MY BCBS HMO PATIENTS: Most of you have proactively chosen a new PCP and you still can by emailing your decision to managedcaresupport@guidehealth.com (THIS PROCEDURE WILL CHANGE 8/1/2024, SEE BELOW) The new provider may NOT refill your meds until you have an appointment, so we can still help until 7/31/2024. If you do NOT proactively choose a new PCP, you will automatically be assigned to another provider (most likely Dr Ryan Cook) in late July 2024. A letter will be sent from Guidehealth outlining this procedure.
DESPITE MY REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY THE ABOVE PROCESS, SOME PATIENTS ARE STILL ON MY HMO LIST. PATIENTS ARE THE ONLY ONES ALLOWED TO REQUEST A NEW PCP IN WRITING. STARTING 8/1/2024, IF YOU NEED TO REACH GUIDEHEALTH TO CLARIFY YOUR PCP:
GO TO secure.guidehealth.com and go to contact page and create a short inquiry and you will receive a "ticket".
BLUE FOCUSCARE HMO WILL BE DISCONTINUED IN 1/1/2025 AND WILL BE REPLACED BY:
MyBLue Plus
Thankfully, all the Ascension docs in site 506 will be part of this new plan
Dr French is not selling the practice, since virtually no one is in solo, private practice anymore. There will NOT be a provider at his current location after JULY 31, 2024 and you have to find a new provider for your medical care. MOST OF OUR PATIENTS HAVE ALREADY MADE APPOINTMENTS FOR THEIR 1ST VISIT WITH A NEW DOCTOR THIS HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR PATIENTS WHO TAKE MULTIPLE MEDICATIONS. HMO PATIENTS (BLUE ADVANTAGE, PRECISION, FOCUSCARE, HMO ILLNIOIS, CIGNA CONNECT, HUMANA HMO, BC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO, BLUE CROSS COMMUNITY MEDICAID HMO AND OTHERS HMOS) WILL NEED TO COORDINATE CHOOSING A NEW PCP IN ADDITION TO SCHEDULING NEW DOCTOR
APPTS. SOME OFFICES REQUIRE THAT YOU CHANGE PCPs (OR AT LEAST PROVIDE A REFERENCE # DOCUMENTING YOUR CALL TO THE INSURER) before they will let you make an appointment. Dr French is able to provide care in the interim (but not past July 31, 2024) until you meet the new PCP who will take over your medical care.
Although Dr. French is an independent physician, many of his patients, especially with HMO's are attributed to Amita Health CIN (AHCIN) and are managed within the Ascension system (formerly called Amita or Presence). There are many fine physicians within this system:
Ascension Medical Group Lincoln Park: Dr. John Lee, Max Arons, Khrystyna Savchuk/773-281-3563 Ascension Near North: Dr. George Roepke (LGBTQ/HIV interest)/ 312-280-0996
Ascension St Joseph (Dr. Ryan Cook (LBGTQ interest), Owais Lodhi, Kirsten Hefele and multiple other docs/773-665-6851).
Ascension Family Practice Group: (Alyssa Hart, Aneesh Tyle AND colleagues /312-337-1982)
THIS LOCATION IS A TEACHING CLINIC AND SAME DAY APPTS WITH THEIR INTERNS AND RESIDENTS ARE POSSIBLE.
Ascension Resurrection 773-774-7474 (Drs Molina, Cano-Garcia, Ciszek and others)
Ascension North Avenue: 312-573-7597 (James Nee and Ankita Dalal)
Ascension Stony Island: 773-731-0670 (Karen Botsoe and Kristopher Carrpenter)
Private Physician at 2845 N Sheridan: Farah Khan 773-437-6960
Other providers that patients have chosen:
***Northwestern Lincoln Square 312-926-3627 (on 4/17/2024, I learned that
Evan Wittke MD will be moving to their GLENVIEW location AFTER 9/1/2024), but there are
other providers at this location
***Northwestern Irving Park 312-926-3627 Blance Serna, Daniella Brutman, Ryan Edwards
***Northwestern Belmont 312-926-3627 Dr Shea Welsh is the ONLY provider with availability
***Northwestern Bucktown 312-926-3627: Chris Miller, Eric Chung, Sarah Sefcovic
***Rush on Sheffield 773-472-3704 (Joshua Mueller PA-C)
***WellnessHome (Private practice LGBTQ/HIV): Drs Brownlee, Vargas, Stokes 773-296-2400
There is also a southside location at 35th/Halsted
***The Clark (Northshore /Andersonville): Drs Tyler Saunders, Brian Stojack and Kristin Shannon
***Advocate Ravenswood including Zach LaMaster (LGBTQ) 773-561-7500
***University of Chicago Primary Care Group (various locations): 773-702-6840
***Michigan Avenue Internists (several physicians including Evan Ng (LGBTQ), Drs Amy Chen and David Vermylen and Steven Paterakos): 312-922-3815. Large group practice with NWM admitting privileges.
***Howard Brown Health Center Halsted: Zachary Long
***One Medical
***Primecare in Wicker Park
DR FRENCH IS NOT RECOMMENDING ANY SPECIFIC DOCTOR OR LOCATION AS THEIR INFO IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Medical records that are in our possession may be provided either to you directly or to any new provider with a properly executed medical release (see the Medical Records Release TAB on this website). At some point after all the business affairs of the the practice are settled, your medical records will be sent to a CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS and their contact info will be provided ON THIS WEBSITE.
Testimonial
"The best internist I have ever seen. He is so smart
and knowledgeable about any medical condition you ask about. He does work very fast peppering you with
questions, but you never get the sense he is rushing. Always
"up" and really seems to enjoy helping his patients. Strongly
recommend " * * * * * Reg S. Chicago, IL on Yelp.com
HealthGrades rating: 4.8 stars out of 5 stars from multiple reviews
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