TIME FOR CHANGE

 
 

It is time to try something other than the insurance fee-for-service system for our healthcare. Direct Primary Care (DPC) seeks to make medicine simple and direct again by removing the negative impact of insurance on the doctor-patient relationship. With Olive Branch DPC, I hope to provide affordable, accessible, quality, compassionate, and direct healthcare. 

By not billing insurance, I will have more time for taking care of patients and focus on what a patient needs during the office visit, rather than what insurance requires doctors to do at the visit or document a certain way to get paid appropriately. 

As a family doctor, I will be providing traditional outpatient medicine in a clinic setting through Olive Branch DPC. It’s just a different payment model. A patient will pay a monthly fee for me to be their doctor,  and this will cover for all the clinic visits that month, which means no additional co-pay for routine physical, follow up on chronic conditions, or acute and new problems. Procedures that results in less than $10 in supplies cost will be included in the monthly fee, and the patient will be charged supply fees over $10 for procedures. Patients can email me through the electronic medical record system regarding non-urgent issues or questions, and patients will have my direct number to call or text after hours for urgent matters. I will have lab and imaging prices available for patients to know how much their care would cost before they get the tests done. 

If this sounds like something you’d be interested, please keep reading about different aspects of a DPC clinic and the Frequently Asked Question page

 
 
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Traditional Family Medicine Outpatient Services Provided at Olive Branch DPC

  • Routine physical and health screening, such as annual physical visit, biometric screening, well-woman visit, sports physical, camp physical, well-baby and well-child visit

  • Management and follow up on chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, asthma, allergic rhinitis, insomnia, depression, and anxiety

  • Treatment of acute illnesses, such as infection, rashes, and injuries

  • Office procedures, such as laceration repair, joint aspiration and steroid injection, skin biopsy, freezing treatment for warts and pre-cancerous skin lesions, and skin tag removal

  • Preventive services recommendation and coordination, such as vaccines, colon cancer screening, mammograms, and bone density test

  • Pre-travel consultation, including recommendation and/or prescription for travel immunization and medications 

  • Women’s health services, including pre-conception counseling, treatment of common menstrual problems, pap smear, counseling on birth control options, but not including obstetrical and prenatal care.

  • Health improvement services, such as evaluation and assisting with smoking cessation, weight loss, stress management, and lifestyle changes

Office Hours

Monday            8am to 5pm

Wednesday   9am to 5pm

Thursday        4pm to 8pm

Friday            8am to 5pm

           You can always reach me by email, text, or phone. For truly urgent issues, as long as I’m available,  I will try to see you at the clinic same day, next day, or outside of office hours.