Welcome!
Welcome to Riverside Mathews Medical Center. We offer comprehensive medical services for the entire family. Our focus is on helping you maintain the best health possible through preventing illness, managing disease and coordinating your care.
At Mathews Medical Center, we encourage you to take an active role in decisions related to your health and that of your family. First, we'll listen. Then, together, we'll develop a health care plan that's right for you.
We are a part of Riverside Medical Group, a network of more than 300 doctors practicing in nearly every medical specialty. You can expect timely appointments, easy access to our office via MyChart, fast referrals and coordinated care with Riverside specialists.
We look forward to a lifelong medical partnership with you and your family.
Our team
Riverside Mathew Medical Center provides comprehensive medical care including:
- Treatment of minor and acute conditions
- Long-term management of chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart conditions or arthritis
- Referrals to specialists
- Coordination of care by a Riverside hospitalist, if you are hospitalized
- Coordination of home care or long-term care for you or a parent
- Access to your electronic medical records including online requests for appointments, referrals, immunization records and prescription refills
Services we provide include:
Prevention and Healthy Living Services
- Flu shots
- Weight management
- Immunizations
Wellness Visits
- School physicals
- Sports physicals
- Well baby/child exams
- Well woman exams
- Well man exams
- Adult physicals
Medical Screenings
- Hearing screenings
- Vision screenings
- Diabetes
- Blood pressure
- Cholesterol
- Cancer screenings
- PAP tests (screening test for cervical cancer)
- Breast exams
- PSA tests (screening test for prostate cancer)
- Rectal exams
- Depression
- Behavior disorders (attention deficit disorder and others)
On-Site Laboratory Services
- Glucose, finger (diabetes monitoring)
- Hemoccult (to look for blood in your stool)
- KOH/WET (to test for vaginal infection)
- Pregnancy, urine test
- Rapid flu test
- Rapid strep test
- Urine dipstick
- Microscopic urinalysis
- Basic metabolic test
- Comprehensive metabolic test
- Electrolytes
- Hepatic function (liver function)
- Lipid panel (cholesterol screening)
- Shared/venipuncture (drawing blood)
Chronic Disease Management
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Asthma
- High cholesterol
- Thyroid conditions
In-Office Procedures Performed
- Audiogram (assessment of hearing ability)
- Breast/pelvic exam
- Destruction of benign lesions
- Ear irrigation
- Joint injection
- Inhalation treatment
- Peak flow (monitors ability to breath out air)
- Pulse oximetry (measures oxygenation of blood)
- Spirometry (measures the amount and speed of air inhaled and exhaled to assess asthma, COPD, pulmonary fibrosis and other conditions)
- Wound repair
- EKG (checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart
- Med EKG
- Excision lesion (removal of skin lesions)
- Foreign body removal
Injections
- Allergy
- Bicillin
- B12
- Depo Estradiol
- Depo Medrol
- Depo Provera
- Rocephin
- Solu-Medrol
- Toradol
Dermatological Conditions
- Acne
- Eczema
- Rashes
- Skin infections
- Bug bites
- Skin tag removal
Welcome to the Riverside Mathews Medical Center. We provide comprehensive primary care services for adults and children of all ages including infants.
Appointments
To make an appointment, please call our office at 804-725-5005. We accept walk-ins, but recommend that you call in advance to reduce waiting. If you need to change your appointment time, we appreciate notification at least 24 hours in advance of your scheduled visit.
Your first appointment
Please arrive 30 minutes early for your first appointment so that we may get to know you and obtain important health information. Please bring:
- Insurance card
- Photo I.D.
- Co-payment, if applicable
- List of medications and dosages or the original prescription bottles
If you have been or are currently being treated by a physician of Riverside Medical Group, we can access your medical records electronically. Otherwise, please bring the name, address and phone number of your previous physician.
Insurance
We accept most major insurance and are accepting new Medicare patients. When you make your appointment, please confirm that we accept your insurance.
Medical records
As a means of expediting care and increasing patient safety, we store medical records electronically. This secure system facilitates fast, clear communication among your physicians and specialists. In the event of an emergency, our physicians have immediate access to your medical history. This information can be critical and sometimes lifesaving in helping to properly diagnose and treat your emergency. Be assured that your personal medical records are confidential, and we will not release information without your permission. Please review Riverside Health System's Privacy Statement for more information.
Manage your health online
We've introduced a new electronic health record, which you can access via Riverside MyChart. You will have 24/7 access to parts of your health record by enrolling in MyChart.
Riverside MyChart has many new features and enhanced functionality that will allow you to:
- Communicate with your doctor
- Read open notes about your visits
- Access your test results
- Request prescription refills
- Manage your appointments
- View bills and pay online
- Manage your loved one's health through proxy access
We've provided this information in response to the most frequently asked questions from our patients. Please don't hesitate to contact us, if you need additional information.
This practice serves all patients regardless of ability to pay. Discounts for essential services are offered based on family size and income.
Billing questions
For questions about billing, please call Riverside Billing Services at 800-621-7677 or 757-594-4308.
Pay your bill online
You can pay your medical bill online using Riverside's secure service. Visit Pay Your Bill Online.
Insurance
We accept most major insurance. If you change insurance and need assistance, please call our office.
Medicare
Becoming insured through Medicare can be confusing. We recommend reading about the program at the government's official site www.medicare.gov. Feel free to call our staff with any questions.
Check-up guidelines
One of the keys to lifelong good health is to have regular health screenings. The National Institutes of Health recommends these medical screenings based on your age and gender.
Riverside Nurse telephone service
What can you do if you develop a cough at midnight? Call Riverside Nurse, a free service that's available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A registered nurse trained in telephone triage will answer your questions and, if needed, refer you to a physician for treatment. Call (800) 675-6368. Of course, if you have a life-threatening situation, call 911.
There are multiple ways you can contact our office. We encourage you to ask questions or call us.
Riverside Mathews Medical Center
PO Box 747
10976 Buckley Hall Road
Mathews, VA 23109
Phone: 804-725-5005
Fax: 804-725-3204
Office hours
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Appointments
Please call the office at 804-725-5005 for an appointment or use MyChart. We are unable to accept walk-ins. Please provide 24 hours notice if you need to reschedule an appointment.
After hours
Please call the physician-on-call at 804-693-8800. In case of an emergency, call 911.
Refills and referrals
If you need a refill or referral please call the office during office hours or make a request through MyChart.