The first three items on this list are musts for everyone. They are your child's social security number, insurance card, including the insurer's name and address and the policy number, cash, check, or major credit card, such as Visa, MasterCard, or American Express to pay for services not covered by insurance. The remaining items may or may not be necessary. This includes a referral, if required by your insurance, name, address and phone number of your child's referring physician, your employer's (or your spouse's employer's) name, address and phone number, if you are covered by insurance provided by that employer, medical records, lab tests, X-rays, pathology slides or other tests if your child is coming here for a second opinion, a list of all medications your child is taking, including prescribed, over-the-counter, herbal and supplemental medication, birth history, a book or other activity to occupy your child in the waiting area.