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There are 315 Primary Care Doctors in New Bedford, MA and 36% of those with reviews are rated 4-star or higher. Popular hospitals in the area include Charlton Memorial Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital.
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Insurance
  • First Health (205)
  • Tufts Health Plan (201)
  • Cigna (186)
  • UnitedHealthCare (180)
  • Aetna (174)
  • MVP Health Care (174)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (157)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (133)
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (123)
  • Connecticare (119)
  • Anthem (65)
  • Humana (64)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (51)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (29)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (25)
  • Coventry Health Care (21)
  • Buckeye Community Health Plan (17)
  • MultiPlan (17)
  • Commercial Insurance Company (13)
  • Fallon Community Health Plan (12)
  • Health Net (8)
  • Midwest Health Plan (8)
  • EmblemHealth (7)
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (6)
  • Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union (5)
  • Oxford Health Plans (5)
  • Amerihealth (4)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (4)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma (3)
  • Anthem Blue Cross (1)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company (1)
  • Blue Care Network of Michigan (1)
  • Blue Care Network of Michigan (BCN) (1)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. d/b/a Florida Blue (1)
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  • Capital Blue Cross (1)
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  • Cigna-HealthSpring (1)
  • Delta Dental (1)
  • Delta Dental of Minnesota (1)
  • Delta Dental of New York (1)
  • Delta Dental of Washington (1)
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Florida Blue (1)
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (1)
  • Humana Benefit Plan of Illinois (1)
  • Humana Employers Health Plan of Georgia (1)
  • Humana Health Benefit Plan of Louisiana (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Ohio (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Texas (1)
  • Humana Veterans (1)
  • Humana/CompBenefits (1)
  • HumanaOne (1)
  • 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)
  • Medicaid (1)
  • Medicaid of Alabama (1)
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  • Medicaid of Arkansas (1)
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  • Medicaid of Colorado (1)
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  • Medicaid of Idaho (1)
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  • Medicaid of Iowa (1)
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  • Medicaid of Kentucky (1)
  • Medicaid of Louisiana (1)
  • Medicaid of Maryland (1)
  • Medicaid of Massachusetts (1)
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  • Medicaid of Minnesota (1)
  • Medicaid of Mississippi (1)
  • Medicaid of Missouri (1)
  • Medicaid of Montana (1)
  • Medicaid of Nebraska (1)
  • Medicaid of Nevada (1)
  • Medicaid of New Hampshire (1)
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  • Medicaid of New York (1)
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  • Medicaid of Oregon (1)
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  • Medicaid of Rhode Island (1)
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  • Medicaid of Texas (1)
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  • Medicaid of Washington State (1)
  • Medicaid of West Virginia (1)
  • Medicaid of Wisconsin (1)
  • Medicaid of Wyoming (1)
  • Medicare of Oklahoma (1)
  • Medicare of Texas (1)
  • Premera Blue Cross (1)
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah (1)
  • Regence Blue Shield of Washington (1)
  • Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon (1)
  • Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • United Concordia (1)
  • UnitedHealth Group (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Benefits of Texas (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare of California (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley (1)
  • UnitedHealthOne (1)
  • Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield (1)
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Gender

Gender
  • Female (158)
  • Male (157)

Distance

Distance
  • 1 mile (124)
  • 5 miles (296)
  • 10 miles (315)
  • 25 miles (1182)
  • 50 miles (9023)
  • 100 miles (20397)
  • National (436659)

Specialty

Specialty
  • Internal Medicine (162)
  • Family Medicine (98)
  • Pediatrics (54)
  • Geriatric Medicine (6)
  • Internal Medicine & Pediatrics (1)
  • Family Medicine (Nurse Practitioner) (1)

Age

Age
  • Under 40 (61)
  • 41-50 (71)
  • 51-60 (65)
  • 61-70 (52)
  • Over 70 (39)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (5)
  • Tomorrow (7)
  • Accepts new patients (168)
  • Telehealth (94)

Language

Language
  • Adangme (1)
  • Albanian (1)
  • Arabic (10)
  • Bengali (1)
  • Burmese (2)
  • Chamorro (1)
  • Chinese (9)
  • Chinese, Cantonese (2)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (1)
  • Czech (1)
  • French (14)
  • German (2)
  • Greek (2)
  • Hebrew (1)
  • Hindi (2)
  • Italian (1)
  • Laotian (1)
  • Mandarin (1)
  • Portuguese (35)
  • Russian (4)
  • Spanish (17)
  • Tagalog (2)
  • Telugu (1)
  • Turkish (1)
  • Urdu (1)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (70)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (112)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (161)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (175)
  • 1 Star And Higher (191)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • Charlton Memorial Hospital (158)
  • Saint Anne's Hospital (27)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (7)
  • Newport Hospital (6)
  • South Shore Hospital (6)
  • Cape Cod Hospital (5)
  • UMass Memorial Medical Center - Memorial Campus (5)
  • Brigham And Women's Hospital (5)
  • The Miriam Hospital (4)
  • Sturdy Memorial Hospital (4)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth (4)
  • Saint Luke's Hospital Of New Bedford (4)
  • Good Samaritan Medical Center (3)
  • South County Hospital (3)
  • Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital (3)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton (2)
  • Heywood Hospital (2)
  • Morton Hospital (2)
  • Rhode Island Hospital (2)
  • Miami Valley Hospital (2)
  • Lawrence General Hospital (2)
  • Milford Regional Medical Center (2)
  • Umass Memorial Healh Harrington Hospital (2)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham (2)
  • Kent Hospital (2)
  • HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood (1)
  • Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Parker Adventist Hospital (1)
  • Lawrence and Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Southcoast Hospitals Group – Tobey (1)
  • UMass Memorial HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital, Leominster Campus (1)
  • St. Francis - Emory Healthcare (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Joplin (1)
  • Southern New Hampshire Medical Center (1)
  • Central Maine Medical Center (1)
  • NYU Langone Hospital - Manhattan (1)
  • Berkshire Medical Center (1)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (1)
  • Northern Dutchess Hospital (1)
  • Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center (1)
  • Saint Francis Hospital (1)
  • Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital (1)
  • Sentara Careplex Hospital (1)
  • Baystate Medical Center (1)
  • Landmark Medical Center (1)
  • Harlem Hospital Center (1)
  • Martha's Vineyard Hospital (1)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (1)
  • Sisters Of Charity Hospital (1)
  • Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (1)
  • Reid Health (1)
  • Rapides Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Health Alliance Hospital (1)
  • Westerly Hospital (1)
  • Lowell General Hospital (1)
  • Riverside Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital (1)
  • Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center (1)
  • Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center (1)
  • Kenmore Mercy Hospital (1)
  • Saint Vincent Hospital (1)
  • Legacy Silverton Medical Center (1)
  • Arkansas Children's Hospital (1)
  • Fairview Hospital (1)
  • Baptist Hospital Of Miami (1)
  • Jacobi Medical Center (1)
  • Marlborough Hospital (1)
  • Oakbend Medical Center (1)
  • Houston Methodist West Hospital (1)
  • NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn (1)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (1)
  • Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital (1)
  • Howard County General Hospital (1)
  • Glens Falls Hospital (1)
  • Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital (1)
  • Wyckoff Heights Medical Center (1)
  • Holy Family Hospital – Methuen (1)
  • Vassar Brothers Medical Center (1)
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315 Results for Primary Care near New Bedford, MA
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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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