With direct primary care, you pay a set monthly fee that covers all primary care and sick visits. Call today or message to schedule a 15 minute virtual meet and greet appointment with our provider. Direct Primary Care is an innovative alternative membership model that allows patients access to their primary care provider for a simple, flat, affordable monthly fee. This model allows patients and providers the time they need to create a trusting and enduring therapeutic relationship.
It allows for the use of technology and telemedicine to ensure patients have access to care in whatever manner is most convenient for them. As a direct primary care clinic, we do not accept insurance, though we do partner with labs that will bill your insurance for labwork. This allows us to practice unencumbered by the restrictions imposed by insurance companies, and provide the best and most comprehensive care possible.
We do partner with Liberty Healthshare, which is a cost-sharing community that functions much like insurance, which reimburses a portion of the monthly membership fee. This way your primary care needs are covered through Arbor Vitae, and you still have coverage if you need it for imaging, labs, emergency visits, hospitalizations, specialist visits, etc. Membership fees are simple. There is a one-time registration fee upon enrollment that is equal to one month of membership.
You must sign on for a minimum of 6 months. Provider vacations are scheduled in advance so that patients may be given as much notice as possible, and regularly scheduled visits or non-urgent issues can be taken care of in advance. Emergent issues will be directed to the nearest urgent care or emergency department. We do not carry vaccines in our office. We can refer you to Minute Clinic, the health department, or an urgent care that administers vaccines if you require these services.
Yes, we prescribe regular medications when needed. Although our aim is to use natural treatments when possible, we value and utilize conventional medicine when appropriate.
