Referring a Patient

Physicians at Mayo Clinic in Florida strive to provide comprehensive specialty and subspecialty consultations, taking care to reinforce your role as the patient's primary care physician and to make clear our role as a consultant.

Scheduling Appointments

To refer a patient to Mayo Clinic in Florida, please call our Referring Physician's Service at
(800) 634-1417, or (904) 953-2934, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

Business Hours

The clinic is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The clinic is closed Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

To Schedule a Patient Appointment

To schedule an appointment for one of your patients, Mayo Clinic needs your patient's name, address, phone number, insurance, date of birth and pertinent medical information.

Patients with Urgent Needs

Mayo Clinic makes every effort to accommodate patients with urgent medical needs and those requiring subspecialty care or surgery. If your patient's condition dictates immediate attention, please call the clinic's 24-hour number,
(904) 953-2000, identify the patient's problem and ask to speak with the appropriate physician. You also can reach the Mayo physician on call by contacting the clinic operator at this number.

Hospitalization

Every effort is made to minimize hospital time. Most diagnosis and treatment can be done on an outpatient basis. When patients require hospitalization, they are admitted to Mayo Clinic hospital, a 214-bed hospital on the Mayo Clinic campus.

Emergency Hospital Admission

Should a patient require emergency hospitalization, we will make arrangements with Mayo Clinic hospital. Hospital policy requires you to call Mayo Clinic before the patient's arrival for direct hospital admission. For emergency hospital admissions, call (904) 953-2000 anytime, day or night.

Summary Report

It is the practice of our physicians to forward a summary of diagnostic reports and treatments to the referring physician as soon as it becomes available. If you have not been contacted by your patient's Mayo Clinic physician, please call our Referring Physician's Service, (800) 634-1417, for assistance.

Patient Registration

Each Mayo Clinic patient in Florida receives a registration number, which should be used for all clinic communication. We suggest that referring physicians keep a record of their patients' Mayo Clinic registration numbers for easy reference in future consultation. If a patient has previously been seen at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota or Arizona, the original patient registration number should be used.