At River Bend Medical Associates, we believe in preventative medicine. Preventative medicine is the understanding that many serious diseases can be avoided entirely if their causes are addressed long in advance. Preventative medicine typically includes tools in order to attack problems from multiple angles: recommending lifestyle choices, encouraging annual physicals, scheduling screenings for certain diseases Read More
Updates From Your Doctors
Meet Our New Nutritionist Spencer Safty
The next time you have an appointment, we hope you’ll take a moment to give a friendly hello to one of the newest members of the River Bend Medical Associates team, nutritionist Spencer Safty. With Spencer joining our team, our patients will have access to a nutritionist who has mastered the art and science of Read More
Meet Olivia: How Our Communications Liaison Improves Your Care
You may not know her by name, but if you’ve visited River Bend Medical Associates before, then there’s a good chance you’ve spoken to Olivia Garcia, our Communications Liaison and Quality Management Analyst. Olivia spends much of her time being mom to her two year old son. But somehow, she still finds time between home Read More
Your Child and their Healthcare Rights in California
River Bend Medical Associates is a family medical practice, which means that our staff has the profound joy and privilege to watch the children we treat grow up into young men and women. But as these growing boys and girls are accompanied by their parents to appointments over the years, there inevitably comes a time Read More
Senate Bill 277 Frequently Asked Questions
See these questions and answers in Spanish These FAQs were last updated on 5/25/2016 (this included edits to question 19). This content is considered current until any future update is made. Immunization Requirements for 2015 1. In 2015 and future years, which vaccines are required to enter child care or school in California? For child Read More
Why should I use the River Bend Patient Portal?
Our Patient Portal is one of the best services we offer our patients, and we would really like to motivate more of our patients to use this program. Here are a few reasons why you should consider using the Patient Portal: No need to use the phone! One of our most common patient complaints is Read More
Where to Find After Hours Care
At River Bend Medical Associates, your health is our priority. We work with local urgent care centers to ensure that you have access to after-hours care. Our on-call physician can provide an after hours phone consult, but urgent care facilities allow for a medical assessment. Urgent care facilities offer many of the services that an Read More