Welcome to Family Practice Associates!e

If you are an established patient and have a non-life threatening health care issue that needs immediate attention, and just can't wait until office hours, call us first!

Family Practice Associates has a provider on-call, at 308-865-2767, 24 hours a day  for your immediate health care needs.  We can direct you to the best course of action, and help keep you out of the emergency room when it is not necessary, saving you time and money!

If you think you or a loved one may be having a medical emergency, such as a heart attack, stroke, or serious injury, you should call 911 or go to the emergency room right way.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Vaccines are among the most powerful inventions in history, making once-feared diseases preventable".   

In fact, a recent study shows that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives over the past 50 years, with 101 million of those being infants.

At FPA, we believe in evidence-based medicine which shows the safey and necessity of vaccines.  We strongly advocate for their use throughout the lifespan, and will emphasize this with our patients at their visits.  We are happy to answer questions and concerns patients may have.

To learn more, please visit with you provider.  Strong sources of accurate vaccination information include The the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Immunization Task Force of Nebraska (ITF).

Recently, Tylenol was put in the national spotlight in regard to its use in pregnancy.

We would like to confirm that multiple medical academies and societies, including the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and the American Academy of Pediatrics have confirmed that no reliable studies exist that point to a causel link between Tylenol during pregnancy and autism.  In other words, there is no scientific reason to believe Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism in children.

Our providers will continue to follow evidence-based medicine and years of research in recommending Tylenol during pregnancy.

If you have questions, please visit with your primary care physician.

The Healthy Blue Medicaid plan ended on December 31, 2023.  As of January 1, 2024, we will not be in network with Molina, the Medicaid plan replacing Healthy Blue.  

Patients who did not make a choice to move to UHC Community Plan or Nebraska Total Care once Healthy Blue ended were auto-transferred to Molina.

We are still in-network with Nebraska Total Care and United Healthcare Community Plan.  

Medicaid patients can choose a new Medicaid plan for the 2025 year.  Please contact DHHS at 888-255-2605 for more information. 

Thank you!

Our lab performs certain tests in-house and sends other tests out to reference labs.

As such, certain laboratory tests collected at our office may be performed and billed to your insurance company or directly to you by:

•  UNMC
•  Regional Pathology Services
•  Kearney Regional Medical Center
•  BryanLGH
•   or CHI Health Good Samaritan.

If your insurance company is not in-network with certain providers, facilities, or reference labs, it is your responsibility to let us know.   If you are unaware of what labs are in-network for you, please check with your company or visit with a member of our Billing Staff at 308-865-2767.

Please note, if your testing is sent to an out-of-network lab, you may be responsible for a higher out-of-pocket cost.

You may receive calls and/or texts from Family Practice Associates to remind you of your appointments or that it is time for a check-up, lab or vaccination.   You may also receive calls from a company named PRC to survey you about your visit - this is required by a CMS program we are part of that is studying care.  These are valid, legitimate calls.

Recently, we have been told that patients have received calls from scammers claiming to be Medicare or Family Practice Associates.  The scammer states the patient's insurance card will be cancelled if the patient doesn't answer a series of questions that may compromise personal information.  Or, the company tries to set the patient up with medical equipment, and bill insurance on the patient's behalf. This is typically equipment the patient has never discussed with a provider.  Some of these companies are legitmate.  Some are not, and may be defrauding Medicare and other payers.

If you are in doubt of whether a caller is really affiliated with us or not, please hang up and call us directly at 308-865-2767.