Direct primary care is medical care the way it used to be. It prioritizes the relationship between you and your doctor and removes the middle man- insurance companies from meddling. Instead of paying insurance companies and copays with every visit and other hidden costs, for a low monthly membership, you have direct access to your doctor, will be seen in a timely manner, have longer more personalized visits.
Direct primary care is medical care the way it used to be. It prioritizes the relationship between you and your doctor and removes the middle man- insurance companies from meddling. Instead of paying insurance companies and copays with every visit and other hidden costs, for a low monthly membership, you have direct access to your doctor, will be seen in a timely manner, have longer more personalized visits.
Having health insurance is still necessary to cover complex conditions, procedures, certain imaging, emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Our goal is to reduce risk of hospitalizations and complications and therefore we recommend high deductible plans and cost sharing plans to cover for the mentioned scenarios or any catastrophic events.
Although both concierge and direct primary care practices have much smaller number of patients and offer personalized care, concierge practices bill insurances in addition to their monthly membership fees and members are responsible for copays and deductibles. Concierge membership fees are also much higher, usually between $2000-$10,000 dollars per year. In a direct primary care practice, not only are the fees lower, but labs and medications are offered to you at cost, making it much more affordable.
Although we do not accept insurance for care provided at our office, your insurance plans will continue to operate as usual at other doctors’ offices, hospitals and pharmacies. Some insurance plans do not require an in-network doctor for referrals, medications, tests, etc, so Monarch Primary Care can order those services as needed just as any other doctor would do.
We understand that your needs may change, so we make it easy for you. You can terminate your membership at any time with just a 30 day notice. If you do terminate your membership and later, would like to reenroll, we will accept you on a space available basis subject to a re-enrollment fee of $85. We do not accept re-enrollments for a third time.
