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There are 1,098 Primary Care Doctors in Lake Forest, IL and 39% of those with reviews are rated 4-star or higher. Popular hospitals in the area include Northshore University Healthsystem Evanston Hospital, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital and Advocate Condell Medical Center.
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  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (793)
  • Cigna (606)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (598)
  • First Health (598)
  • Aetna (583)
  • UnitedHealthCare (527)
  • Humana (504)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (473)
  • Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield (241)
  • Anthem (234)
  • MultiPlan (210)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (205)
  • Sagamore Health Network (76)
  • HAP Insurance (71)
  • Coventry Health Care (59)
  • HealthLink (50)
  • SIHO Insurance Services (49)
  • Buckeye Community Health Plan (37)
  • Health Net (30)
  • Midwest Health Plan (27)
  • Arise Health Plan (24)
  • Beech Street (Multiplan) (24)
  • Commercial Insurance Company (20)
  • Galaxy Health Network (18)
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  • Coventry Health Care of Illinois (17)
  • HFN (17)
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  • Independence Blue Cross (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States (1)
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  • UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley (1)
  • UnitedHealthOne (1)
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Gender

Gender
  • Female (531)
  • Male (483)

Distance

Distance
  • 1 mile (68)
  • 5 miles (444)
  • 10 miles (1098)
  • 25 miles (6338)
  • 50 miles (16125)
  • 100 miles (23281)
  • National (442072)

Specialty

Specialty
  • Internal Medicine (524)
  • Family Medicine (275)
  • Pediatrics (275)
  • Geriatric Medicine (32)
  • General Medical Practice (9)
  • Pediatric Medicine (5)
  • Family Medicine (Nurse Practitioner) (3)
  • Men's Health Medicine (2)
  • Women's Health Medicine (2)
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Age

Age
  • Under 40 (189)
  • 41-50 (212)
  • 51-60 (343)
  • 61-70 (181)
  • Over 70 (111)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (62)
  • Tomorrow (54)
  • Schedules online (8)
  • Accepts new patients (427)
  • Telehealth (352)

Language

Language
  • Amharic (1)
  • Arabic (14)
  • Aramaic (1)
  • Armenian (1)
  • Assyrian (3)
  • Bengali (4)
  • Bulgarian (4)
  • Cantonese (2)
  • Chinese (18)
  • Chinese, Cantonese (1)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (4)
  • Chinese, Min Nan (2)
  • Czech (3)
  • Dutch (2)
  • Farsi (2)
  • French (13)
  • German (7)
  • Greek (10)
  • Gujarati (2)
  • Hebrew (7)
  • Hindi (27)
  • Hungarian (2)
  • Indian (1)
  • Italian (4)
  • Japanese (2)
  • Kannada (1)
  • Korean (3)
  • Latin (1)
  • Lithuanian (3)
  • Malayalam (3)
  • Mandarin (3)
  • Persian (1)
  • Polish (11)
  • Portuguese (2)
  • Punjabi (3)
  • Russian (42)
  • Serbo-croatian (1)
  • Spanish (81)
  • Tagalog (4)
  • Taiwanese (2)
  • Tamil (1)
  • Telugu (1)
  • Thai (1)
  • Turkish (1)
  • Ukrainian (7)
  • Urdu (6)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (207)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (425)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (596)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (646)
  • 1 Star And Higher (680)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • Northshore University Healthsystem Evanston Hospital (221)
  • Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital (122)
  • Advocate Condell Medical Center (82)
  • Northwest Community Hospital (69)
  • Vista Medical Center East (41)
  • Highland Park Hospital (39)
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Of Chicago (39)
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital (37)
  • Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (30)
  • Swedish Hospital (30)
  • Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital (19)
  • Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital (17)
  • Glenbrook Hospital (13)
  • Skokie Hospital (12)
  • Presence Saint Francis Hospital (12)
  • Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital (11)
  • Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (8)
  • Presence Resurrection Medical Center (7)
  • Gottlieb Memorial Hospital (7)
  • Saint Alexius Medical Center (7)
  • Advocate Sherman Hospital (6)
  • University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics (5)
  • Loyola University Medical Center (5)
  • John H Stroger JR. Hospital (4)
  • The University of Chicago Medical Center (4)
  • Macneal Hospital (4)
  • West Suburban Medical Center (4)
  • Silver Cross Hospital (4)
  • Ascension All Saints Hospital (4)
  • Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital (4)
  • Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1 (4)
  • Advocate Christ Medical Center (3)
  • Aurora Medical Center-Kenosha (3)
  • Deaconess Henderson Hospital (3)
  • Community First Medical Center (3)
  • Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center (2)
  • FHN Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Methodist Hospital of Chicago (2)
  • Carle Health Proctor Hospital (2)
  • Franciscan Health Olympia Fields (2)
  • Weiss Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Saint Anthony Hospital (2)
  • Ingalls Memorial Hospital (2)
  • OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center (2)
  • Barnes Jewish Hospital (2)
  • Rush Oak Park Hospital (2)
  • UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale (2)
  • Humboldt Park Health (2)
  • Holy Cross Hospital (2)
  • Swedish American Hospital (2)
  • Aurora West Allis Medical Center (2)
  • Ascension Saint Francis (1)
  • St. John's Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Progress West Hospital (1)
  • McLaren Bay Region (1)
  • Westlake Hospital (1)
  • SSM Health St Anthony Hospital-Oklahoma City (1)
  • Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center (1)
  • Uniontown Hospital (1)
  • Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (1)
  • Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital (1)
  • Trinity Hospitals (1)
  • Deaconess Hospital (1)
  • Uams Medical Center (1)
  • Los Alamitos Medical Center (1)
  • University of Kentucky Hospital (1)
  • Union Hospital (1)
  • Thorek Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago (1)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (1)
  • Union Hospital Clinton (1)
  • Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (1)
  • Mercy Harvard Hospital (1)
  • Prov Sacred HRT Medical Center and Childs Hosp. (1)
  • Morton Plant Hospital (1)
  • Franciscan Health Munster (1)
  • Carle Foundation Hospital (1)
  • University Hospital-University of Michigan (1)
  • HSHS St. Vincent Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas (1)
  • St. Joseph's University Medical Center (1)
  • OSF Saint Clare Medical Center (1)
  • Paris Community Hospital (1)
  • McLaren Greater Lansing (1)
  • Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital (1)
  • Kadlec Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Saint Bernard Hospital (1)
  • Presence Saint Joseph Hospital Elgin (1)
  • Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital (1)
  • Parkview DeKalb Hospital (1)
  • Hurley Medical Center (1)
  • Jefferson Healthcare (1)
  • St. Louis Children's Hospital (1)
  • Memorial Hospital Belleville (1)
  • Riverview Hospital (1)
  • Medical City Plano (1)
  • Miami Valley Hospital (1)
  • North Country Hospital and Health Center (1)
  • UChicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenOaks (1)
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (1)
  • Parkview Noble Hospital (1)
  • Aurora Medical Center Burlington (1)
  • Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (1)
  • Metropolitan Hospital Center (1)
  • Javon Bea Hospital-Rockton (1)
  • Augusta Health (1)
  • Beckley ARH Hospital (1)
  • Morrison Community Hospital (1)
  • Adventist Health Sonora (1)
  • Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center-Janesville (1)
  • MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (1)
  • Elmhurst Hospital-Main Campus (1)
  • University of Missouri Health Care (1)
  • Sutter Davis Hospital (1)
  • MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital (1)
  • University Hospital TriPoint Medical Center (1)
  • Kingman Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (1)
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (1)
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  • Aurora Medical Center-Grafton (1)
  • Ascension St. Vincent Hospital-Indianapolis (1)
  • Beloit Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center (1)
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  • Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital (1)
  • Sentara RMH Medical Center (1)
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  • Memorial Hospital of South Bend (1)
  • The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (1)
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  • ECU Health Medical Center (1)
  • St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center (1)
  • NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn (1)
  • Research Medical Center (1)
  • Forbes Hospital (1)
  • Saint Joseph Hospital (1)
  • UNC Lenoir Health Care (1)
  • Carthage Area Hospital (1)
  • Island Hospital (1)
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Primary Care Frequently Asked Questions

Medically reviewed by Meredith Goodwin, MD, FAAFP – Written by Megan Lentz
What is a primary care doctor?

Primary care physicians (PCPs) — also known as primary care providers — are a vital part of your preventive care and wellness. All your routine care needs such as annual physicals, vaccinations, and lab work can be addressed by your PCP.

A PCP can be a family medicine provider, internist, or some other healthcare professionals who practice general medicine.

By working with other members of your healthcare team, your PCP can help you manage your overall health.

How often should I see a PCP?

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It's recommended that you see a primary care doctor once a year. You may need to see them more often if you have new healthcare concerns or are living with a chronic health condition.

What procedures do PCPs perform?

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Primary care physicians can perform the following procedures:

This is not an exhaustive list. Reach out to your PCP to find out what they can do or what might need a referral to a specialist.

What conditions do PCPs treat?

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Primary care physicians can treat a wide range of symptoms and conditions. Some conditions your PCP may be able to treat are:

PCPs are also great resources for all of your health concerns. Even if you see your PCP for a condition that they don't directly treat, they can help refer you to a specialist.

Types of PCPs

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The following are specific types of primary care physicians:

  • Family practitioners can treat everyone in your family, regardless of age.
  • Internists only treat adults.
  • Geriatricians specialize in treating older adults.
  • Pediatricians specialize in treating babies and children under the age of 18.

You can also receive primary care from a physician's assistant (PA) or nurse practitioner (NP).

What should I ask a PCP?

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Top questions to ask a primary care physician during your next appointment include:

  • Do you have a specialty or area of interest?
  • Are there vitamins or supplements you recommend?
  • Do you recommend seeing a specialist? Can you refer me to one?
  • What are common health concerns for people my age? What can I do to reduce my risk?
  • Can I manage this condition with diet and lifestyle changes?
  • Is this test necessary? Are there other tests you recommend?
  • Do you have recommendations for managing my weight?
  • How much sleep should I get at night? What can I do to improve my sleep?
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