Looking to get to or stay at a healthy weight? Both diet and physical activity play a critical role in controlling your weight. You gain weight when the calories you burn, including those burned during physical activity, are less than the calories you eat or drink. For more information see our section on balancing calories. When it comes to weight management, people vary greatly in how much physical activity they need. You may need to be more active than others to achieve or maintain a healthy weight.
Nutritional Counseling
Pediatric Care
Jefferson Hospital has thirty seven private rooms and ten swing bed private rooms. Our patient population ranges from pediatrics to geriatric patients. Nursing Care is provided by Professional Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses as well as Certified Nursing Assistants and unit clerks. Though your medical care is of primary importance, our team of caring professionals will do everything possible to make you as comfortable as possible during your stay and will treat you and your family and other visitors with the utmost courtesy and respect.
Primary Care
Dr. James W. Pilcher, Jr, MD, is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is an active member of our medical staff at Jefferson Hospital. Dr. Pilcher provides primary care in our Physician’s Health Group Clinic in Louisville. Dr. Pilcher has been practicing medicine for over 40 years.
Family Practice
A base salary, incentive plan, and comprehensive benefits are offered. For more information, please contact Wendy Martin, CEO at (478)625-7000 Ext. 1201 or email at wmartin@jeffersonhosp.com.
Emergency Care
When you get emergency care or get treated by an out-of-network provider at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, you are protected from surprise billing or balance billing.
Electrocardiogram
Independent laboratory and radiology series will also bill you separately for reading and interpreting EKG’s, X-rays, EEG’s and lab work.
Immunizations
Dr. Suraj Sukumaran, MD, FAAP, is a Board Certified Pediatrician who has been serving at Physician’s Health Group Louisville Children’s Clinic since 1997. He provides treatment for ages 0-17 years old. He specializes in immunizations, health screening, well baby check-ups, routine checkups, and sports physicals.
Dr. James W. Pilcher, Jr, MD, is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is an active member of our medical staff at Jefferson Hospital. Dr. Pilcher provides primary care in our Physician’s Health Group Clinic in Louisville. Dr. Pilcher has been practicing medicine for over 40 years.
When you get services from an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, certain providers there may be out-of-network. In these cases, the most those providers may bill you is your plan’s in-network cost-sharing amount. This applies to emergency medicine, anesthesia, pathology, radiology, laboratory, neonatology, assistant surgeon, hospitalist, or intensivist services. These providers can’t balance bill you and may not ask you to give up your protections not to be balance billed. Under Georgia law this rule also applies to imaging centers, birthing centers, and similar facilities in addition to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers. If you get other services at these in-network facilities, out-of-network providers can’t balance bill you, unless you give written consent and give up your protections.
Out Rehabilitation Department offers Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy for services including Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Wound Care and Worker’s Compensation.
Wound Care
Examples of diagnoses that may meet Swing Bed criteria include: stroke recovery, diabetes, rehabilitation following major procedures such as hip replacement or knee replacement, pain management, amputations, traumatic injuries, IV therapy and wound care.
Jefferson Hospital offers a Swing Bed program as an alternate discharge plan from acute care. Some patients may be ready for discharge from the acute care but may not be ready yet for discharge home, due to skilled care needs. The Swing Bed program offers additional services until patients are ready for discharge. At Jefferson Hospital, our Swing Bed Program offers 24-hour nursing care, Physical Therapy services, IV antibiotic administration, respiratory treatments and a variety of other services. We have excellent physicians, nurses and ancillary staff as well. For more information on this program, please contact our Director of Nursing, Debra Dayton, RN.
Occupational Therapy
Services available include physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, IV medication therapy, rehabilitation after a stroke, post-surgical care, wound care, skilled nursing care and nutrition.