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"We treat you like family...providing quality care when you need it."
Dr. Michael Pond, Medical Director
Dr. Michael Pond is native of the Adirondacks and grew up in Saranac Lake. He is a Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician with 20 plus years of experience. Dr. Pond was the Director of Adirondack Medical Center’s two Emergency Departments for 17 years. Additionally, he founded and established the Adirondack’s North Country Life Flight medical helicopter organization and continued as its Medical Director over its first decade. He also brings twenty years of experience providing DOT drug testing as well as being a Certified Medical Review Officer.
Dr. Pond has played an instrumental role in EMS in the area as the Medical Director for 26 years. He was a volunteer for the ambulance services and Back Country Rescue. In addition he was chairman of the Regional EMS Advisory Council for 14 years. Dr. Pond has also served on the NYS Governor’s Medical Advisory Board.
“Our primary goal is to provide quality medical care for your employees, friends and family and return them to full function as quickly and safely as possible.”
— Dr. Pond
What is an Urgent Care?
Why Mountain Medical Urgent Care
Urgent care services are designed for acute, episodic care. Simply put, urgent care can treat most injuries or illnesses that are not life-threatening. If you put your family doctor on one side of a spectrum and the hospital emergency room on the other, then urgent care would fall right in the middle. Advantages of most urgent care clinics are that you do not need an appointment and in most cases, your insurance co-pay will be less than going to an emergency room.
Mountain Medical Urgent not only provides the basic advantages of urgent care services, but goes beyond: "We treat you like family...providing quality care when you need it." Additional rewards at Mountain Medical Urgent Care include:
- More Locations – four facilities, Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, Malone, & Massena
- Longer Hours – Saranac Lake, Massena, and Malone locations open until 8:00 p.m. and Lake Placid 6:00 p.m.
- Shorter Visits – our average visit lasts less than one hour
- Experienced Physicians - combined over 100 years of ER experience
- No Appointments Necessary
- Open Seven Days a Week/ 365 Days per year!
The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by Mountain Medical and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose.
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Mountain Medical Primary Care
Our Services
We are now providing primary care to those in the North Country. We have a friendly, experienced staff and flexible hours. Our easy accessibility makes routine follow-ups and physical exams less stressful for our patients. Primary care includes health promotion, disease prevention, health maintenance, counseling patient education, and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses.
Urgent Care Services
An Urgent Care facility is an acute care facility that provides evaluation and treatment of non-life threatening medical problems on a walk-in basis. We can also perform many minor surgical procedures including laceration repairs, removal of skin lesions, care of ingrown toenails, and more. We perform X-rays and Lab work on-site.
At Mountain Medical Urgent Care, we offer many services.
* Acute Illnesses
* Lacerations
* Fractures & Sprains
* Sports Injuries
* Fever
* Sore Throat
* Earaches
* Flu
* Rashes
* X-ray and laboratory services
* Women’s Medicine's
* Physical exams: pre-placement, DOT, school, sports, annual, insurance, executive
* Treatment of work related injuries
* Vaccine Services
* Other Emergency Medical Care
Dr. Pond,
"We want to thank you for everything. Your staff was very friendly and extremely hopitable. From the moment we entered the office in Lake Placid we were greeted with warm smiles. My husband had hurt his leg skiing, but you assured us everything would be fine. Thank you taking care of him."
~ Shelly
Mountain Medical Staff,
We want to thank you for be so caring with our children! You made them feel comfortable which in turn helped us. Your kindness made our family switch to your practice. Keep up the excellent work! ~ Jill, Tom, & Kids
Testimonials.
"You were amazing! Because of you, my I am back at work better than ever! You really pay great attention to your patients. Thank you,"
Lucy
"We were on vacation and our little girl became ill. She is very afraid of hospitals! A PA named Kristeen took care of her and made her feel very comfortable. She took her time with us and made us feel welcomed. She explained everything to us. Thank you Mountain Medical, you saved our vacation!"
~ Kim, Mike, and Melissa
"Dear Mt. Medical,
I am use to waiting in line at the ER for hours! You got me in and out in 30 minutes. I really appreiciate everything you have done for our family.
Thank you,
Bill, Grace, and Allison
Feel free to contact us:
Mountain Medical Pediatric Services
Mountain Medical Services of Lake Placid and Saranac Lake would like to introduce Clark Jon Knutson, MD, to the communities we serve. Dr. Knutson has practiced pediatrics in Plattsburgh, New York, for the past ten years. Because of expanding needs for pediatrics care here in the Adirondacks, Mountain Medical Services proudly announces the services of Dr. Knutson for those families seeking experienced pediatric health care right here at home.
Dr. Knutson has been in pediatric medicine since 1977. His travels and interests in child health care have taken Dr. Knutson, his wife, and three daughters to Turkey, Germany, Japan, Australia, Central America, and coast to coast in the United States. Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, Dr. Knutson has interests in the full spectrum of pediatric health care from infectious diseases to sports medicine, and from behavior disorders to general health assessments. Initially, Dr. Knutson will be seeing patients in our offices in Saranac Lake and Lake Placid two days per month. Office hours will expand as necessary to fulfill our community's needs. Patients seeking his care can be seen in either location, or if necessary, in his Plattsburgh office, Plattsburgh Pediatrics. For inpatient and newborn baby care, Dr. Knutson utilizes Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh.
Anyone interested in meeting Dr. Knutson can make an appointment to do so by calling 523-7575. If you are looking for quality health care for your children, give Mountain Medical Services a call. We are confident you will be pleased!
OUR PURPOSE
It is the mission of Mountain Medical Pediatrics to provide the most up-to-date and advanced pediatric medical care to the children of the North Country in a friendly, convenient, and family-centered setting.
HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH THIS?
Our board-certified pediatrician is trained in the most current, cutting-edge pediatric medicine.
ABOUT OUR PRACTICE
Mountain Medical Services offices are open 7 days a week, and are staffed by talented and compassionate physicians and physician assistants.
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital
Mountain Medical is a member of (DATIA),
The Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association
Offices:
Lake Placid- (518) 523-7575
Saranac Lake- (518) 897-1000
Mountain Medical can assist your company with:
* DOT Physicals
* Breath Alcohol Testing
* Urine Drug Collections
* Collection services at our three convenient locations
* Medical Review Officer
* Randomization Management
* Mobile Collections
* MIS Reports
* Non-Mandated Testing
* 24 Hour Availability…and much more
For more information contact:
Program Managers: Mike St. Louis
Mountain Medical Services at Lake Placid
Tel. # (518) 523-7575 and Fax (518) 523-7577
* 14 million Americans are currently using illegal drugs
* 24 Million admit to illicit drug use at least once in the past year
* 74 million say they have used illicit drugs at some time in their lives
* 76% of current illicit drug users 18 and older are employed
* Everyday, more than 42,000 Americans go to work stoned or high
* Substance abusers utilize 300 percent more medical benefits than non-using coworkers
Source: 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health-SAMHSA
Statistics show that small businesses have a substantially higher drug use rate than larger businesses. Employers often do not recognize the signs of drug abuse.
* Absenteeism is 66% higher among drug users
* 47% of workplace accidents are drug related
* Employee turnover is significantly higher
Provides specialist assessment and treatment for the full range of spinal problems.
Mountain Medical Specialty Services
SERVICES
SPECIALTY SERVICES
Women's Medicine Including:
Cryoprobe
LamProbe
Mountain Medical Membership Plan
With Mountain Medical Plan offered by Mountain Medical Services, you pay a monthly membership fee of only $49 per month (per person) that allows you to receive a dramatic discount on your cost of health care.
As a member of Mountain Medical Plan, you pay a $20 utilization fee each visit. In the event that your visit requires additional services or extensive medical attention (for example, off-site labs, stitches, or x-rays) you will be charged an additional fee under the plans tiered services fee schedule. There is no limit to how often you use your Medical Plan.
Mountain Medical Plan's Cost Examples
Example 1 -- Belly Ache
Patient Visit without Insurance
Office Visit: $135.00
Total Visit: $135.00
Patient Visit with Medical Plan
Utilization Fee: $20.00
Total Visit: $20.00
SAVE $115.00
Example 2 -- Strep Throat
(Tier I Service)
Rapid Strep: $30.00
Total Visit: $165.00
Patient Visit with Mountain Medical Plan
Rapid Strep $10.00
Total Visit $30.00
SAVE $135.00
Example 3 -- Laceration/Cut Repair
(Tier V Service)
Stitches: $ 250.00
Total Visit: $385.00
Stitches: $50.00
Total Visit: $70.00
S AVE $315.00
Mountain Medical Plan's Advantage
** Plan must be purchased for 3 or 6 months at a time.
Mountain Medical Plan's Cost
Utilization Fee: $20 per visit
Tier I Services: $10
Tier II Services: $20
Tier III Services: $30
Tier IV Services: $40
Tier V Services: $50
Most office visits will not require a tiered service fee.
MOUNTAIN MEDICAL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE PRICES AT ANYTME. FOR MORE DETAILS PLEASE CALL OR STOP BY ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS.
Jennifer Furnia
Practice Mananger
Medical Director
Dr. Gaedtke
Dr. Cooper
Dr. Chagnon
Dr. Knutson
Dr. Montalbine
Nicole Conger, RPA-C
"Skip" Parker, RPA-C
Joel Stretch, RPA-C
Dave Griffin, RPA-C
Rob Stout, RPA-C
Lake Placid
1927 Saranac Ave
Lake Placid, NY 12946
Tel: (518) 523-7575
Fax: (518) 523-7577
Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday CLOSED
Mountain Medical is conveniently located across the street from Price Chopper in Lake Placid at 1927 Saranac Avenue. If you are traveling from downtown to us, you will drive toward Saranac Lake. From downtown is approximately 1 mile. You will pass a McDonald's on your left, Howard Johnson's on your right, and two mini-golf courses. We are just past the Whiteface Lodge on your right. Please call us for any additional information you may need. We look forward to hearing from you.
Saranac Lake
354 Broadway
Saranac Lake, NY 12983
Tel: (518) 897-1000
Fax: (518) 897-2128
Monday thru Friday 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Mountain Medical is conveniently located at 354 Broadway in Saranac Lake. If you follow Main Street thru the center of town in will merge into Broadway. We are located approximately 1 mile from the Village Town Hall. We are at the intersection of Lake Colby Drive and Broadway on the right-hand side. Please call us for any additional information you may need. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Malone
3372 State RT 11
Suite H-Cedar Commons
Malone, NY 12953
Tel: 518-521-3322
Fax: 518-521-3464
Massena Office
2 Hospital Drive
Massena, NY 12662
(315) 705-0700
Fax: (315) 705-0800
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Things to Bring to Your Visit
Please bring the following with you to your visit;
* Photo identification
* Insurance card
* Payment (copayment /coinsurance / deductible) - we accept cash, personal check, American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa
Forms and Policies
For your convenience, we have provided our most frequently used forms and policies online. You may choose to print and complete these forms, as applicable, prior to your arrival at our office.
A completed patient registration and signed financial policy are needed to receive services.
Our Financial Policy.pdf
Patient Consent for Treatment.pdf
PATIENT REGISTRATION.pdf
About Dr. Michael Pond
Dr. Michael P.M. Pond is native of the Adirondacks and grew up in Saranac Lake. He is a Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician with over 20 years of experience. Dr. Pond was the Director of Adirondack Medical Center's two Emergency Departments for 17 years. Additionally, he founded and established the Adirondack's North Country Life Flight medical helicopter organization and continued as its Medical Director over its first decade. He also brings twenty years of experience providing DOT drug testing as well as being a Certified Medical Review Officer.
Dr. Pond has played an instrumental role in EMS in the area as the Medical Director for 26 volunteer ambulance services and Back Country Rescue. In addition he was chairman of the Regional EMS Advisory Council for 14 years. Dr. Pond has also served on the NYS Governor's Medical Advisory Board.
About Dr. Clark Knutson
Dr. Knutson is our resident Pediatric Specialist. Dr. Knutson has 25 plus years as a medical doctor. After joining the United States Air Force he received a B.S. in Pre-Medicine and Computer Science in June of 1972. He received is M.D. from the University of Iowa Medical School in June of 1977. He received his Pediatrics specialty training from the Travis AFB and became Board Certified in 1982. He has worked at the Mackay Base Hospital in Queensland, Australia, Piscataqua Pediatrics in Portmouth, NH, the North West Regional Hospitalin Burnie, Tasmania, Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, MI, United Stated Air Force Clinic in Izmir, Turkey. He has also been a general pediatrician assigned to Incirlik, Turkey, US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO; and KI Sawyer Air Force Base, Marquette, MI. He provided a full spectrum medical care in clinical, in-patient and newborn nursery settings. He was especially active in teaching residents and medical students, and instructing in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and in Pediatric Advanced Life Support. In 1994 he worked at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. He was second in command for the Air Forces second largest Medical Center. Dr. Knutson was the Senior Officer in charge of the largest ambulatory medical center in the United States Air Force located in Okinawa, Japan. He provided leadership for 450 plus people providing health care to more than 250,000 people. Dr. Knutson was also the Senior Office for our local Plattsburgh AFB before it closed. He is a member of the American Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics. He brings a wealth of knowledge to the Mountain Medical Urgent Care. Dr. Knutson believes in treating you like one of the family.
About Joel Stretch, RPA-C
Joel has over 25 years of impeccable experience as a PA. He has been a Physician Assistant since 1984. He worked as an Emergency Room PA for 20 years. He brings both depth of knowledge and an understanding of patients to the Mountain Medical family. He is a highly personable, competent, and team spirited PA who puts the patient's care first. Joel demonstrates superior diagnostic skills and treatment planning and execution proficiency.
About Dr. Karen Cooper
Dr. Cooper has been with Mountain Medical since December 2007. She brings 25 plus years of experience to the practice. Dr. Cooper attended Medical School at the Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv, Israel. Her Internship and Residency was completed at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. She completed her Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Her specialty is Oncology. She ran her own solo Hematology/Oncology practice for almost 20 years before joining the Mountain Medical family. She has been published in numerous pieces of literature regarding her specialty in cancer. She has also given copious talks on the topic. She is a member of the American College of Physicians and America Cancer Society. She is also a member of the PA Medical Society, American Medical Association and the Pennsylvania Society of Oncology and Hematology. She has served on the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute Board of Directors, Luzerne County Medical Society Board of Directors, and the Blue Cross of Northeast Pennsylvania Patient Care Management Committee
About Roy "Skip" Parker, RPA-C
"Skip" as he likes to be called, joins the Mountain Medical family with over 33 years of experience. He has worked extensively in family practice, surgery, emergency medicine, geriatric medicine, trauma, correctional medicine, and frontier medicine. He has licenses and training in each of the following: National Commission on Certification of Physicians= Assistants, Advance Trauma Life Support, Advance Pediatric Life Support, Board Certified PA, Board Certified in Surgery, Advance Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation. In addition to this he is all a member of the following: American Academy of Physician Assistants, New York State Society of Physician Assistants, Adirondack Society of Physician Assistants, Society of Emergency Physician Assistants, Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants, and Georgia Association of Physician Assistants.
About Dr. Paul Montalbine
Board-certified in internal and emergency medicine, Dr. Montalbine had 30 combined years of practicing emergency medicine in the Syracuse and Tri-Lakes regions. He started with Mountain Medical in June 2010. He is also certified in Advanced Pediatric Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
About Rob Stout, RPA-C
Rob joins the team at Mountain Medical Urgent Care with more than seven years of experience in Emergency and Internal medicine. Rob attended the Albany Medical College where he earned is Certification as a Physician Assistant. Rob has worked as a solo provider in an emergency care setting with a patient volume of over 14,000 patients per year.
About Dr. Dorit Gaedtke
Dr. Gaedtke graduated from the Medical School at Ruprecht Karl University Heidelber in 1983. Her post Graduate training included time at Diakonissen Krankenhaus in Karlsruhe-Ruepurr from 1983-1985. She complete her Internal Medicine residency at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland, Oregon in 1988. She is board certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She is a member of the American College of Physicians. She was also part of the Franklin County Medical Association. She has over 20 years of patient care experience.
About Nicole Conger, RPA-C
Nicole joins Mountain Medical Urgent Care with experience in Veterans Affairs Psychiatry. She has worked with patients of varying degrees of psychiatric illnesses. She also has experience in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, General Surgery, OBGYN, and Pediatrics. She graduated from King's College in Wilkes-Barre, PA. She has a Masters degree in Physician Assistant Studies and Bachelor degree in Medical Studies with a minor in Health Care Administration. She has been published in ADVANCE for Physician Assistants. Ovarian Cancer During Pregnancy - March 31, 2010. It was a case study on a 22 year old female diagnosed with ovarian cancer during her pregnancy. She is BLS, ACLS, and PALS certified.
About Jennifer Furnia, Practice Manager
Jennifer is the Practice Manager. She joined the Mountain Medical family after having worked at the Lake Placid Sports Medicine facility for 10 years as their Assistant Office Manager. She has toiled in the many facets of the medical office setting. She has experience as a Medical Transcriptionist, and outside of the office she has served as an Independent Contractor to Physician Offices. She is the one that keeps things running smoothly at Mountain Medical. She has a myriad of responsibilities. As the office manager, she supervises the office staff and coordinates administrative and staff support activities. Jennifer is responsible for seeing that their jobs are done in an efficient and timely manner. She ensures that the practice has the highest qualified individuals in the positions they hold. She is the quality control person in terms of patient care. Jennifer will often redefine duties in order to achieve maximum efficiency. Much of her time is spent planning and developing work schedules that best meet the patient's needs. She is also responsible for reporting to higher management and acting as a liaison between staff and the senior management. She reports on the progress made in meeting the company goal - "We treat you like family...providing quality care when you need it." In addition, she is decisive, observant, and innovative. She possesses the ideal analytical ability as well as tact that Mountain Medical needs to continue to meet the needs of its customers.
Contracted Insurance Plans
Accent Urgent Care contracts with a number insurance plans, listed below. If your health care services are covered by one of these plans, we will request a co-payment at the time of your visit. You also will be responsible for any deductibles or other special conditions required by your insurance company. To expedite your insurance claim, please bring your current insurance card and valid photo identification to the office when you visit.
Co-payment or Co-pay
A co-payment is a predetermined fee that an individual must pay for each office visit. It is the insured individual's contractual obligation to pay the co-payment. The dollar amount of the co-payment is established by an individual's insurance company. It is collected at the time of service.
Deductible
Many insurance plans require that you pay a certain annual amount of healthcare expenses before the insurance company will cover your health care costs. Accent Urgent Care will attempt to verify the current status of your deductible. If we determine that you have not met your deductible, we will calculate the amount that you are responsible for based on your insurance plan's contracted rates and collect the correct deductible amount at the time of service.
About Dave Griffin, RPA-C
Dave joins MMUC with a background in Emergency and Internal Medicine. He has worked in various ER's in the North Country. He especially liked the time he spent in the Family Practice setting. Dave has over 15 years of experience as a PA. He has had his New York State Physician Assistant License since 1996. He graduated from SUNY Stonybrook Cum Laude in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Dave is also NCCPA Board Certified with golden seals in Primary Care and Surgery. He is ACLS, ATLS, and PALS certified. He also worked in the US Army as a Medical Specialist.
Mountain Medical Employment Opportunities
If you are interested in seeking employment with Mountain Medical Urgent Care,
please email all inquiries to us at: ladams_mountainmedical.net
Tell them you saw it on the website!
Due to our practice expansion, we are in need of goal oriented, multi-tasking, talented professionals for the following positions.
We have openings for full-time, part-time, and per-diem in the following practice areas.
For all four locations
Also, we have openings for full-time and part-time positions in the following areas at the Saranac Lake and Lake Placid locations only.
About Dr. Chagnon
Dr. Denis Chagnon was born and raised in Albany NY. A graduate of Georgetown University and Georgetown School of Medicine in Washington, DC, he completed a Residency in Family Practice at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse NY before settling in Latham NY where he has been in a group practice of Family Medicine at the Latham Medical Group ever since. A Past-President of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians and a member of the Board of Trustees for the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, Dr Chagnon was honored by being listed as one of the “Best Doctors in New York “ for the past three years.
Dr Chagnon has had a home in Lake Placid since the 1980’s, and is very excited about establishing a part time practice in the North Country here at Mountain Medical, and moving to the area full time in 2012. He is an avid golfer, cross country skier, distance runner, and lover of the outdoors. He and his wife Brita have two sons and one grandchild.
