Know your coverage start date
Your Medicare card and any health-plan card may show different information. Call the plan for enrollment questions and call our office to verify participation before scheduling. See Medicare’s plan enrollment guidance.
Starting Medicare
Start Medicare with a primary-care plan.
Choose a local office, verify your exact coverage, and prepare for your first appointment without guessing what comes next.
Have your Medicare and health-plan cards nearby. We verify participation before scheduling.
A step-by-step decision
Establish care when your Medicare coverage begins.
You do not have to wait until you are sick to identify a primary-care office. Coverage rules vary, so confirm the effective date and network shown on your cards.
Decide whether to keep your doctor
Ask your current doctor and your plan whether the clinician remains in network under your new coverage. If you choose a new office, a change in doctor does not always require a change in insurance.
Prepare the first appointment
Bring photo identification, insurance cards, a medication list, specialist contacts, and previous primary-care information. An appointment request is not a confirmed booking; staff will confirm the date and time.
Understand the Welcome to Medicare visit
The “Welcome to Medicare” preventive visit has specific timing and coverage rules and is not the same as every new-patient or problem-focused appointment. Review Medicare’s official explanation and ask the office what visit fits your needs.
Find and compare local care
Medicare Care Compare is an official source for finding and comparing clinicians.
Meet the care team
A local family-practice team.
These profiles are published by West Point Medical Group. Call to confirm which clinician, office, and exact plan are available for your care.
Atul Bembi, D.O.
Medical Director · Board-Certified Family Medicine
Medical Director serving West Point locations
Syeda Ameena, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Family Practice
Fontana officeFeatured in Inland Empire Magazine’s September 2025 Top Doctors special promotion (opens in a new tab)
Michael DeGuzman, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Family Practice
Fontana office
Eileen Vo, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Family Practice
Fontana officeTwo local offices
Choose the office that works for you.
Participation and availability depend on the exact plan, network, effective date, and office. Call to verify.
Common questions
Answers before you call.
Can I keep my current doctor when Medicare starts?
Often, but it depends on the clinician and the network for your exact coverage. Confirm with both the plan and the doctor’s office.
Does requesting a call schedule an appointment?
No. It asks clinic staff to contact you. An appointment is confirmed only after staff provides a date and time.
Official Medicare resources
- Find and compare Medicare providers
- How to join a Medicare health or drug plan
- Welcome to Medicare preventive visit
Accessed September 13, 2026. Medicare.gov controls Medicare coverage and enrollment guidance.
West Point Health Group and West Point Medical Group are not insurance agencies and are not affiliated with Medicare or the U.S. government. We do not recommend a specific insurance plan.