Common Questions

Independent Family Doctors operates under the direct primary care model. 

Direct Primary Care is a healthcare model focused on putting the patient first. That means treating them when they need it, never rushing patients through appointments, and being proactive with healthcare treatment plans. 

Independent Family Doctors doesn't accept insurance. Rather, they choose to work directly with the patient and contracted service providers, providing wholesale labs and imaging, deeply discounted medication prices, and other cost savings along the way.

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Independent Family Doctors is a stand alone family medicine clinic, offering full scope care at low monthly membership prices  Our services  are timely, thorough, comprehensive, specific, easily affordable, and very, very personal.

Just like you, we have experienced that health insurance has raised the cost of health care to the point that even basic healthcare is no longer affordable.

We forgo insurance payments to save our patients from the arbitrary, intrusive decisions that inevitably follow with third-party payers. For example: Denied or delayed services because of a prior authorization hold up. 

 We have been fortunate to maintain our goal of providing excellent care by being easily accessable to our member patients. 

We believe that building long term relationships is essential to our patients long term wellness. 

Independent Family Doctors promises to be attentive to your needs, even when its the middle of the night. 

You have DIRECT text access to the physicain, almost 24/7. 

We have a low overhead cost, allowing us to provide you with lower monthly costs overall. 

Of course. We might argue that everyone benefits from a service tailored directly to them. That’s why we offer truly customized healthcare. A membership provides the opportunity to ask health-related questions any time, avoiding simple concerns escalating to serious urgent or emergent problems. One visit to the ER can easily cost you five times what a whole year of membership care would cost you.

 We do recommend our patients carry a major medical plan with a high deductible, a health savings account to ensure financial help should hospitalization or referral to a specialist be necessary, or enrolling into a health share group to help off set unexpected emergencies. 

YES! Dr Josh has ‘opted-out’ of Medicare and Medicaid for all billing purposes for our clinic. You need only sign a one-time waiver declaring that neither you nor your doctor will directly bill Medicare/Medicaid for our services. You will be required to pay your monthly membership fee as well as any other service fees obtained within our clinic. 

To the best of our knowlege, Medicare/Medicaid will still cover (within their limits) laboratory testing, imaging, medications, or outside services prescribed by our offices.

Unfortunately, no. Your retainer is not yet defined as a “medical expense” in most states and as such is not deductible. Please confer with your tax consultant to clarify tax consequences in your particular circumstances.

We seek to prevent or reduce hospitalizations and specialty referrals by providing excellent, accessable care from the first time we meed you. In instances where those types of care are required, we will certainly continue to work with your hospitalist during your hospital stay as well as work closely with any specialist. In some cases, depending on the level of care and expertise required, we may rely on specialized caregivers to manage your treatment.

Yes. We are happy to accept the children (birth to 18 years of age).  At this time, we are not able to provide routine vaccinations for young children, but we will happily work with you to arrange these.

By all means, yes! We understand that illness and injury do not respect regular office hours, because of this, you may text your physician any day, at any hour.  When you become a member patient with Independent Family Doctors you are provided with a direct line of access to the physician.

We believe that direct care is the best form of medical attention while away, so naturally we provide such care. You can contact us directly with questions and even do a virtual visit if needed. This is yet another freedom we enjoy together because of our independence from the restrictions of third-party payment. Because we know you well, we can streamline your care when you’re sick away from home. Many illnesses can be diagnosed and treated with a simple conversation by text or phone call. If needed, we can order the medications most appropriate for your circumstances from a pharmacy that is close to where you are. Being available to our patients while they travel has proven to save them money on costly urgent care visits, as well as saving them time away from whatever it is they are traveling for. We can help you determine how urgent your condition is, and if you need to seek urgent care or ER.

We are never obligated to provide any third party with a copy of your records unless you specifically ask that we do so.

Come get to know us! Schedule a free, no-obligation visit to our staff and see our clinic. 

It’s the only reasonable way to begin what we trust will be a long, productive, healthy relationship.