What is Direct Primary Care?​

What's included in my membership?*

  • ​Unlimited visits without insurance hassles--for well AND sick care
  • Relaxed, extended appointments of 30-60 min
  • Same or next business day scheduling available for truly urgent concerns
  • Most point-of-care lab tests included (e.g. rapid strep test, rapid mono test, urinalysis dipstick)
  • Wholesale rapid flu testing (usually $10-17 depending on brand of test)
  • Wholesale COVID-19 antibody testing for members (usually a $20 test administration fee)
  • Steeply discounted pricing on send-out labs** (e.g. blood count $2; thyroid screening blood test $2; blood draw fee $6; pap smear $28)**
  • Wholesale pricing for many common medications** (e.g. cetirizine/Zyrtec $6 for 90 tabs; atorvastatin/Lipitor $15 for 90 tabs; omeprazole/Prilosec $9 for 100 caps; plus wholesale pricing on common antibiotics)**
  • Most office procedure fees included​​ (e.g. mole removals, stitches, free wart treatments (usually $150 or more on the outside), joint injections, IUD insertions, EKGs)
  • Negotiated discount rates for imaging** (e.g. 1-4 view x-ray plus reading $60)**
  • Gynecological services
  • ​Access to your doctor's personal cell number for after hours concerns by text or phone
  • Phone or video appointments available--great for individuals who travel (e.g. long haul truckers)
  • Ability to email with your doctor​​​
  • eConsults with U.S. board certified specialists included
  • Ear flushes free
  • ​Home visits may be offered at times for members (in a 15 mi radius & with add'l per visit fee)
* Minimum membership is one full month
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** If you prefer, you may use your non-HMO insurance for outside services (e.g. labs, x-rays, prescriptions, referrals)

About Direct Primary Care

"Direct Primary Care (DPC) is an innovative alternative payment model for primary care being embraced by patients, physicians, employers, taxpayers and policymakers across the United States. The defining element of DPC is an enduring and trusting relationship between a patient and his or her primary care provider."
The Direct Primary Care Coalition, 2014​​

Can DPC lower your costs?

The DPC Coalition estimates that payer-related costs add up to 40 cents of every healthcare dollar in a practice.  Eliminating insurance from primary care, according to the coalition, "makes that 40 cents available for actual healthcare".

How is it possible to be so affordable?

Because we don't accept insurance (other than Medicare for our Medicare Concierge patients), we can afford to keep our staff and overhead down.  There is no longer a need for coders, billers and the layers of staff that go with an insurance-based primary care model.  Low overhead means low fees for you!  

Membership Plans

Individuals and Families
Interested in a Direct Primary Care plan for yourself or your family members? Learn more about the individual and family membership plans for health care at Glover Family Medicine.
Businesses
Run a small, medium or large business? We can be part of your solution. We offer membership packages for businesses.