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).

On May 27, 2025, Nebraska DHHS confirmed the first case of measles in Nebraska.  We would like to take a moment to remind you of some facts regarding measles:

- Measles symptoms include high fever, cough, runny nose, red and watery eyes, and a maculopapular rash (appears two to four days after symptoms begin. Starts at the hairline, spreads downward, to face, neck and trunk).

- If you think you think you may have measles, call the clinic before coming in.  A nurse will ask you questions ahead of time, and will need to make preparations for your arrival.

- The measles virus is transmitted through direct contact with infectious droplets or by airborne spread when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes, and can remain in the air and on surfaces for up to two hours after the infected person leaves the area.  If ten people, who are not vaccinated, are exposed to someone with the measles, nine of them will catch it.

- Measles is almost entirely preventable through vaccination, and was declared eliminated in the US in 2000.  MMR vaccines are safe and highly effective, with two doses being 97% effective against measles (one dose is 93% effective).  When more than 95% of the people in a community are vaccinated, more people are protected through herd immunity.  

- Yes, it is possible for someone who is appropriately vaccinated for their age to get the measles, however it is rare, the illness is usually milder, and they are less likely to spread it.

- If you or your children are traveling internationally or to affected areas, it is a good idea to know your vaccine status.  

- Children who are not traveling internationally should receive their first dose of MMR at age 12-15 months and their second dose at four to six years.   Those who are  young and traveling internationally can recieve them on an altered schedule.  Please visit with your provider.

- The CDC recommends that certain adults check their measles immunity and get a booster shot if necessary.  In general, if you were born between 1963-1967, you were given the inactive measles vaccine, which is not as effective, so you may not be protected.  If you are in health care or a setting with high exposure risk and have only had one dose of measles vaccine, you may want to visit with your provider about a booster.  In addition, if you don't have documentation or a history of measles infection, you may opt to get a dose of the MMR vaccine. 

We have become aware of what appears to be a potential scam circulating in Nebraska.  

Patients of ours, and individuals we have never seen, have received notice that one of our doctors has  ordered supplies/equipment for them that was not previously discussed.  These calls/letters appear to be coming from their insurance company, but we do not know who is initiating this.  

If you are not a patient of ours, we suggest you contact your insurance company directly.  If you are a patient of ours, you are certainly welcome to contact us to check on the validity of the claim.   

We will never prescribe or order something for you that we have not discussed with you.

Thank you.

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.