Mayo Clinic Health System
  • Patient Online Services
  • Pay Bill Online
  • Request an Appointment
    • Services
    • Providers
    • Locations

      Minnesota

      • Adams
      • Albert Lea
      • Austin
      • Belle Plaine
      • Blooming Prairie
      • Butterfield
      • Caledonia
      • Cannon Falls
      • Fairmont
      • Faribault
      • Janesville
      • Kenyon
      • Lake City
      • Le Sueur
      • Mankato
      • Montgomery
      • New Prague
      • New Richland
      • Northfield
      • Owatonna
      • Plainview
      • Red Wing
      • Sherburn
      • St. James
      • St. Peter
      • Waseca
      • Waterville
      • Wells
      • Zumbrota

      Wisconsin

      • Arcadia
      • Barron
      • Bloomer
      • Chetek
      • Chippewa Falls
      • Eau Claire
      • Ellsworth
      • Glenwood City
      • Holmen
      • La Crosse
      • Menomonie
      • Mondovi
      • Onalaska
      • Osseo
      • Prairie du Chien
      • Rice Lake
      • Sparta
      • Tomah

      Iowa

      • Decorah
      • Lake Mills

      View map
    • Classes/Events
    • Blog
    • Wellness
    • Referrals
    • COVID-19
    • Request an Appointment
    • Patient Online Services
    • Pay Bills Online
    • Refer a Patient
    • Home
    • Billing & Insurance
    • Careers
    • Online Services
    • Patients & Visitors
    • Services & Treatments
    • Volunteer
    Need to make an appointment?
    • 715-568-2000

    Family Medicine

    • Overview
    • Choosing a Primary Care Provider
    • Medicare Annual Wellness Visit
    • Specialized Care Just for Children
    • Parenting Tips & Resources
    • Annual Exam for WIAA Sports

    Choosing a Primary Care Provider

    Everyone should have a primary care provider. A primary care provider cares for the majority of your nonemergency care, learns your health history, recommends tests and screenings needed to maintain health and detect illness, and notices changes in your health. A primary care provider also coordinates overall care, even if you receive specialty care elsewhere.

    Important considerations

    Choose a primary care provider who:

    • Makes you feel comfortable discussing health topics
    • Answers your questions
    • Communicates well, speaking in terms you can understand
    • Suggests ways to improve your health
    • Recommends screenings and exams appropriate for your age and sex
    • Treats common illnesses and injuries
    • Involves you as a partner in your care — asks what you think, listens to your concerns and expects you to follow through with action when required
    • Explains the options when you need treatment
    • Offers referrals to highly qualified specialists when necessary
    • Is board-certified, indicating the provider has had additional training after medical school and has passed an exam in a medical specialty

    Primary care providers include:

    • Family medicine physicians
    • Pediatricians (for children)
    • Physician assistants
    • Family nurse practitioners

    Find a provider today. Select a medical service and the location you want to be seen at, then click on Search. If you have questions about who you should see, please call our Primary Care Provider Referral Line at 1-866-711-2702 (toll-free).

    Stay Connected

    • Contact Us
    • Notice of Nondiscrimination
    • Notice of Privacy Practices
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • About Us
    • Careers
    • Volunteer
    • Donate
    • For Patients & Visitors
    • Financial Assistance
    • Community Resources
    • Mayo Clinic Connect
    • For Medical Professionals
    • Press Room
    • Mayo Clinic
    • Home
    © 2018 - 2022 Mayo Clinic Health System