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Grand Rapids physicians offer non-traditional tele-medicine services

As recently as 2017 the average Telemedicine visit cost anywhere from $60-$145 per single visit, as opposed to the average in person office visit of $120-$200. Telemedicine typically will only treat a small fraction of health concerns due to limitations set by the service such as lack of patient continuity, state laws, standards of medical practice etc… In traditional telemedicine a patient is talking to a physician they have never met before and there is no doctor-patient relationship. This can lead to anxiety and lack of coordinated care.

At Nova Direct Primary Care you know you will get either Dr. Nick or Dr. Matt when you have a health concern. Nova DPC offers telemedicine at no additional cost for our members. This not only increases access for our patients, but also continuity of care.

For a flat rate per month (see here for more details) we can offer broad scope family medicine services, such as wellness visits, non emergent acute sick care, chronic care management, and procedures at no additional cost to the member (see here for list of services). There are no co-pays or charges per visit. There is virtually no limit on number of visits whether they be in person, video call, or over the phone.

Telemedicine not only allows us to be more efficient in our health care delivery, but also more effective and accessible for our patients at a LOWER COST. It truly is a win-win situation!

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Large Health Benefit for Employers in Grand Rapids and West Michigan

The Covid-19 pandemic is going to have long lasting effects in the social realm (i.e social distancing), but also the economic realm. A recent article on The Hill mentioned that insurers will likely be increasing premiums more next year, due to instability of the market, but also delayed procedures, wellness visits etc…all happening next year instead of this year. This will absolutely affect employers and their employees with increased out of pocket expenses, layoffs, decreasing benefits etc…

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/health-insurance/492619-health-insurers-warn-of-higher-premiums-without

Nova Direct Primary Care is a way for employers to decrease their overall health spending, claims, and premiums every year. For a fixed cost their employee can have access to Primary Care Physicians virtually 24/7. Direct Primary Care is known to decrease costs, decrease employee absenteeism, all while providing evidence based primary care services. Some of the best data associated with this is from the John Locke Foundation in North Carolina.

https://www.johnlocke.org/policy-position/direct-primary-care/

Based in Grand Rapids, MI, Nova Direct Primary Care is in a position to assist employers around West Michigan. For larger employers with employees around the state, and even to other states, we can work with independent Direct Primary Care practices to create a high quality, cost saving solution as well.

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