FAQ
Direct Primary Care
The Family Clinic, LLC is part of a growing, National, Grass Roots, Movement of Primary Care Medical Providers who are Breaking Free of the Insurance-Based World so that they can Provide Unprecedented Care for You!
• DPC puts You and the Provider back on center stage in Your Healthcare Journey: No third-party insurance companies behind the scenes deciding YOUR Care.
• DPC brings back trust between Patients and Providers: No more insurance based red tape.
• DPC makes the relationship Real: The Provider Knows You! And You Know Us!
• DPC allows time for your care; there is NO RUSH: 30-90 min appointments!
• DPC is accessible: Same or Next day appointments!
• DPC allows Direct Access… Yep … Call, Email or Text Your Medical Provider.
• DPC advocates for you when You need services in the broader healthcare system!Help with finding better prices for imaging, tests, or medications!
• DPC provides help with coordinating your care, advocating for you with specialists!
• DPC Advocates for lower pricing for labs!
• DPC Advocates for Lower Imaging prices!
No, which we’re really excited about! We employ the Direct Primary Care model using a flat, monthly membership fee. We don’t participate in insurance so there is no middleman. Our only obligation is to YOU, the patient. We save enormously by cutting out the time and expense devoted to insurance companies’ endless paperwork and clerical demands. We devote our resources where they belong—in Taking Care of YOU.
Yes. The Family Clinic, LLC’s Direct Primary Care membership is not an insurance plan, nor does it replace insurance. We recommend carrying a high deductible or other catastrophic plan to cover you for hospitalizations, surgeries, and other care that is not included in the membership. Since they have no need for primary care coverage, many DPC members find that they save considerably by obtaining a high-deductible insurance plan.
No. We are working on necessary steps needed for opting out of Medicare so that Medicare patients can become members. Until then, you can join our wait list.
Once we are able to opt out of Medicare, you only need sign a one-time waiver declaring that neither you nor your medical provider will directly bill Medicare for our services. Medicare will still cover any laboratory testing, imaging, medications, or hospitalizations prescribed by our office. Due to insurance restrictions, we cannot accept Medicare patients with a Medicare Advantage plan.
No. The Family Clinic, LLC clinicians do not routinely prescribe birth control hormones for the purpose of aborting, interrupting, or suppressing fertility or pregnancy. Hormone therapy has many other medical uses than birth control, so at the clinicians’ discretion, hormone therapy may prescribed for other reasons.
Yes. However, unfortunately, at the time this was written, to our knowledge, DPC subscription memberships are not a covered service. We do not accept Medicaid/Minnesota care. We do not submit fees to insurence. Please check with your medicaid/Minnesota care plan to find out where you can get care.
We will help arrange any basic X-ray or advanced imaging test (MRI, CT, etc.) you may need wherever you would like to go. Best of all, we will follow-up the results with You.
In an ongoing basis, we try to find more inexpensive options for your imaging. Imaging fees are not included in the membership, but we look for options that are lower in cost.
No. If you decide that DPC is not for you (we don’t think you will), you can cancel anytime with 30 days notice — no questions asked.
Lifestyle and Weight Management
First Visit
- Once you are a Lifestyle and Medial Weight Management Program member, we will set up meet in person at our location in White Bear Lake MN. We believe that it is important to meet in person for the initial visit. At that visit you will have a comprehensive weight management and weight loss evaluation of health history, family history, prior programs attempted, current medications, other health related information, a physical exam, a weigh in, and a detailed discussion and custom plan that is tailored specific to you. That plan may or may not include medications for weight loss depending on many clinical factors.
On Going Visits
- For your convenience, most of the subsequent visits will be telemedicine (video visits). In this program, a person could potentially meet as much as weekly in the first month (phone or telemedicine visits). Depending on the program phase you are in, or at the discretion of the clinician, in person visits may be required and may range from monthly to every 3 months. See the Weight loss page or talk to us for details.
The short answer is only if you come to Minnesota! We would be glad to see you here! For both the in person and the telemedicine visits, all members are required to physically be in Minnesota at the time of the evaluation and treatment plan.
Yes! We want our DPC members to have access to the weight loss program, so there is a significant savings for the weight management program for DCP members. Please see the weight management page.
Yes! Absolutely! Weight-loss is one of our passions, and we want people to be empowered to lose weight along their journey to greater health, so we are offering our weight management program to people who do not want to be DPC members.
While it is encouraged to have a weight management membership for the ongoing coaching and follow-up, there is an option to pay per visit instead: $200 for the initial consult and $100 for each additional follow up visit. Please see the weight management page for more details.
No. However, it is our goal to negotiate with pharmacies to find cheaper prices for weight loss medications. Depending on the outcome of the negotiation, we eventually may be able to include the cost of the medication in the membership in the future.
No, which we’re really excited about! As with the DPC model, we employ a direct payment and membership fees. We do not participate in insurance, so there is no middleman. Our only obligation is to YOU, the patient. We save enormously by cutting out the time and expense devoted to insurance companies’ endless paperwork and clerical demands. We devote our resources where they belong—in taking care of YOU.
The Family Clinic, LLC does not accept insurance, so they will not submit the fees to your insurance. However, at your request, we could provide you with a receipt/invoice that you can submit to your insurance.
No. Unfortunately, at this time, we cannot accept Medicare patients into our weight management program. We hope to find a way in the future to offer medical services to Medicare patients by eventually opting out of Medicare. Please check in with us for a current status and we can place you on our waiting list.
No. Unfortunately, at this time, we cannot accept Medicaid or Medical Assistance patients into our weight management program. We hope to find a way in the future to offer medical services to Medicaid and Medical Assistance patients by opting out of Medicare. Please check in with us for a current status, and we can place you on our waiting list.
No, there will be initial and periodic lab costs in the program that would be an additional cost. However, we plan to negotiate with labs for a lower costs. Please talk directly with The Family Clinic, LLC about current lab prices and options.
If an EKG is needed for the Lifestyle and Weight Management program, we will cover the cost when it is in the Family Clinic, LLC. It will be your responsibility to pay any tests or labs outside of The Family Clinic, LLC.
FAQ
Direct Primary Care
The Family Clinic, LLC is part of a growing, National, Grass Roots, Movement of Primary Care Medical Providers who are Breaking Free of the Insurance-Based World so that they can Provide Unprecedented Care for You!
• DPC puts You and the Provider back on center stage in Your Healthcare Journey: No third-party insurance companies behind the scenes deciding YOUR Care.
• DPC brings back trust between Patients and Providers: No more insurance based red tape.
• DPC makes the relationship Real: The Provider Knows You! And You Know Us!
• DPC allows time for your care; there is NO RUSH: 30-90 min appointments!
• DPC is accessible: Same or Next day appointments!
• DPC allows Direct Access… Yep … Call, Email or Text Your Medical Provider.
• DPC advocates for you when You need services in the broader healthcare system!Help with finding better prices for imaging, tests, or medications!
• Help with Coordinating You Care, Talking to and with Advocating for You with Specialists!
• Advocating for Lower pricing for labs!
• Advocating for Lower Imaging prices!
No, which we’re really excited about! We employ the Direct Primary Care model using a flat, monthly membership fee. We don’t participate in insurance so there is no middleman. Our only obligation is to YOU, the patient. We save enormously by cutting out the time and expense devoted to insurance companies’ endless paperwork and clerical demands. We devote our resources where they belong—in Taking Care of YOU.
No. We are working on necessary steps needed for opting out of Medicare so that Medicare patients can become members. Until then, you can join our wait list.
Once we are able to opt out of Medicare, you only need sign a one-time waiver declaring that neither you nor your medical provider will directly bill Medicare for our services. Medicare will still cover any laboratory testing, imaging, medications, or hospitalizations prescribed by our office. Due to insurance restrictions, we cannot accept Medicare patients with a Medicare Advantage plan.
No. If you decide that DPC is not for you (we don’t think you will), you can cancel anytime with 30 days notice — no questions asked.
No. The Family Clinic, LLC clinicians do not routinely prescribe birth control hormones for the purpose of aborting, interrupting, or suppressing fertility or pregnancy. Hormone therapy has many other medical uses than birth control, so at the clinicians’ discretion, hormone therapy may prescribed for other reasons.
weight loss program
First Visit
- Once you are a member, we will set up a plan to meet in person our location in White Bear Lake MN. We believe that it is important to meet in person for the initial visit. At that visit you will have a comprehensive weight management and weight loss evaluation of health history, family history, prior programs attempted, current medications, other health related information, a physical exam, a weigh in, a and a detailed discussion about a plan that is tailored specific to you. That plan may or may not include medications for weight loss depending on many clinical factors.
On Going Visits
- For your convenience, most of the visits will be telemedicine (video visits). In this program, a person could potentially meet as much as weekly in the first month (phone or telemedicine visits). Depending on the program phase you are in, or at the discretion of the clinician, in person visits may be required and may range from monthly to every 3 months. See the Weight loss page or talk to us for details.
The short, answer is only if you come to Minnesota! AND We would be glad to see you here! For both the in person and the telemedicine visits, all members are required to physically be in Minnesota at the time of the evaluation and treatment plan.
Yes! We want our DPC members to have access to the weight loss program, so there is a significant discount for the program for DCP members. Please see the weight loss page.
Yes! Absolutely! Weight-loss is one of our passions, and we want people to be empowered to lose weight along their journey to greater health, so we are offering our weight loss program to people who do not want to be DPC members.
No. At this time, it is required to have memberships for this program. We do not offer a la cart office visits for our weight loss program. The payment programs we offer are memberships as outlined on the Weight loss program page.
No. However, it is our goal to negotiate with pharmacies to find cheaper prices for weight loss medications. Depending on the outcome of the negotiation, we may be able to include the cost of the medication in the membership in the future.
No, which we’re really excited about! As with the DPC model, we employ a flat membership fee. We don’t participate in insurance, so there is no middleman. Our only obligation is to YOU, the patient. We save enormously by cutting out the time and expense devoted to insurance companies’ endless paperwork and clerical demands. We devote our resources where they belong—in Taking Care of YOU.
The Family Clinic, LLC does not accept insurance, so they will not submit the fees to your insurance. However, at your request, we could provide you with an itemized receipt that you can submit to your insurance.
No. unfortunately, at this time, we cannot accept Medicare patients into our weight loss program. We hope to find a way in the future to offer medical services to Medicare patients by opting out of Medicare. Please check in with us for a current status and we can place you on our waiting list.
No. unfortunately, at this time, we cannot accept Medicaid or Medical Assistance patients into our weight loss program. We hope to find a way in the future to offer medical services to Medicaid and Medical Assistance patients by opting out of Medicare. Please check in with us for a current status, and we can place you on our waiting list.
No, there will be initial and periodic lab costs in the program that would be an additional cost. However, we will negotiate with labs for a low or discounted rate. Please talk directly with The Family Clinic, LLC about current discounted lab prices.
If an EKG is needed for the Medical Wellness and Weight Loss program, we will cover the cost when it is in the Family Clinic, LLC. It will be your responsibility to pay any tests or labs outside of The Family Clinic, LLC.
