Membership Questions
The fee covers excellent primary care through unlimited office visits, annual wellness exams, basic office procedures, in-office testing, treatment of acute illness and 24/7/365 access to your doctor via telemedicine, all with minimal wait times in the office.
Our patients will also have access to discounted labs, generic medications, cardiac diagnostics and imaging.
There is no sign-up fee. Just sign-up for the membership, enroll in the easy monthly, quarterly or annual payment system and start accessing great care. It’s that simple.
We expect to have an open, honest, respectful relationship with you. If you have voiced a complaint that we cannot satisfy together, either party can terminate the membership with 30 days of notice.
General Questions
Under the Direct Primary Care (DPC) model, the patient (you) receives comprehensive primary health care directly from their DPC physician. The patient pays for this care through a monthly, quarterly or annual fee, paid directly to YourChoice Direct Care.
Because DPC practices do not accept insurance payments, the providers are able to avoid the ever-increasing and costly documentation demands and administrative intrusions that come with accepting insurance payments. DPC practices also avoid the onerous patient data collection responsibilities which many plans impose. These require staff, time, and money, often amounting to substantial intrusions on patient privacy.
Because DPC physicians avoid these obligations to insurance companies, they are free to spend that time listening to and treating patients. And because DPC physicians eliminate the significant overhead costs of participating in insurance, they can pass the savings on to you, the patient – and give compassionate, attentive and timely care at an affordable cost. At YourChoice, you are not a “covered life” but a person.
Please find a complete list of our prices here.
We treat acute and chronic health problems.
No. Patient privacy is a natural benefit of this medical model. We will never provide any third party with a copy of your records, unless you specifically ask us to do so or if YourChoice Direct Care is subject to subpoena or search warrant.
In the age of telemedicine, many conditions can be diagnosed and treated via a simple conversation by phone or webcam. If appropriate, we will locate the nearest pharmacy and order medication most suited for your circumstance. Many Healthcare systems charge more for telemedicine with a doctor who doesn’t know you – at YourChoice, you get telemedicine with your doctor at no additional cost.
Absolutely! It’s how we do custom healthcare. After normal office hours our members can call their physician’s cell phone number which is provided to practice members.
Charges can be added and applied to your preferred method of payment at the time those services are rendered.
Medicare & Insurance Questions
We unequivocally recommend that you carry insurance or health sharing coverage to comply with Federal Law. YourChoice Direct Care does not replace insurance, and ideally we encourage our patients to carry a health sharing plan or a high deductible/major medical plan with a health savings account. This ensures financial help should hospitalization or referral to a specialist be necessary, but offers the potential for huge overall savings when combined with our discounted prices. You should consult with your insurance provider to help you find a plan that works best with our medical model and that will meet your specific needs.
Still need help? Lisa Spitler is an outstanding Brighton area insurance agent who is well versed in the Direct Primary Care model and can assist you in finding a compatible insurance product. Lisa can be reached at (810) 229-5212.
Absolutely, just not for direct payment of us. We work for you. We are your advocate. With most PPOs or Christian based Health Sharing, YourChoice Direct Care can still order labs, x-rays, medications and make referrals to the facilities preferred by you or your insurance. The one exception can be certain HMOs.
Absolutely. However, just like with traditional insurance companies, we work for you. Thus, your monthly membership fee cannot be submitted to Medicare for reimbursement. You may need to sign a waiver that declares that neither you nor YourChoice Direct Care will directly bill Medicare for your membership fee with our practice. You can still use Medicare for specialists, labs, medications and services outside of our practice.
Medicare and Medicare supplemental insurance will still cover medical costs that you incur outside of YourChoice Direct Care. For example, prescriptions that you fill at an outside pharmacy, labs run at an outside lab, hospital charges, physical therapy, x-rays and scans, just to name a few, should be covered at their usual rate. You do not lose your Medicare coverage for other medical needs just because you are a patient of YourChoice Direct Care.
Many times patients purchase expensive “Cadillac” plans that require little or no co-pay and that cover all lab costs and prescription costs. However, with YourChoice Direct Care your membership covers all office visits at our practice, in-office tests and many procedures without copays or hidden charges. Combined with our discounted labs, imaging, and generic medications, our patients may find it worthwhile to change from a high priced “Cadillac” health insurance plan to a low cost basic health insurance plan to potentially save thousands.