What Is a Direct Primary Care Membership?
The model that makes better primary care possible.
Healthcare Built Around You, Not Insurance
Most people accept traditional healthcare as the only option: long wait times, rushed seven-minute appointments, and hidden bills weeks later.
The problem isn't the doctors, it's the system. Standard practices are forced to focus on patient volume rather than patient care.
At Integrative Family Medicine, we do things differently through Direct Primary Care (DPC). By removing insurance from primary care visits, we restore what medicine was meant to be: personal, proactive, and accessible.
What DPC Means for You
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Unlimited Access: See or contact your provider whenever you need care—without co-pays or claim forms.
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Time That Matters: Enjoy extended 30-to-60-minute appointments where you're actually heard.
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Predictable Costs: Pay one flat monthly rate with zero surprise bills.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
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Individual: From $110/month
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Employers/Teams: From $105/employee/month
(One-time $80 enrollment fee per membership)
What Your Membership Includes
And how it will change the way you experience primary care
Unlimited primary care visits
See your provider as often as you need to — for acute illness, chronic disease management, preventive care, follow-up, and everything in between. No per-visit charge. No co-pay.
Same-day and next-day access
When something comes up, you can reach us. We offer same-day and next-day urgent appointments in person, by video, and by phone. You are not competing with hundreds of other patients for an opening three weeks from now.
Direct access to your care team
Text, call, or message your provider directly. Real access — not a phone tree, not a nurse's voice mail not a message that gets answered three days later.
Longer, unhurried appointments
Our appointments run two to three times longer than the national average. Because the quality of care you receive in a conversation that actually has time to breathe is categorically different from one that does not.
Significant savings on labs, medications, and procedures
We have negotiated wholesale pricing on in-house lab work, common procedures, and an extensive medication formulary. Most members save hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars per year on these costs alone.
Health coaching
Our health coaches work alongside your provider to support your nutrition, lifestyle, fitness, and wellness goals. This is included in your membership — not billed as a separate service.
Community education and wellness events
Members receive access to our community workshop and education series - talks, panels, and wellness events designed to give you the knowledge and tools to take better care of yourself.
After-hours support
You are not on your own outside of business hours. We provide after-hours support for urgent concerns so you have somewhere to turn before defaulting to an emergency room.
Care That Sees the Whole Picture
Because our providers care for significantly fewer patients, they have the time and bandwidth to give you true personal attention. They actually get to know you—not just your chart.
Direct Primary Care isn't just a business model; it’s the foundation that makes integrative medicine possible. When your doctor has the time to understand your history, lifestyle, goals, and stressors, care transforms:
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Connecting the Dots: We notice when fatigue is tied to sleep disruption, stress, or nutrition—uncovering root causes rather than handing out quick prescriptions.
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Proactive Care: By knowing your personal baseline, your provider can spot subtle health shifts and address issues before they become problems.
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Personalized Plans: Get a health strategy tailored to your real life, values, and capacity—not a generic protocol stamped onto a diagnosis.
This is integrative primary care: medicine practiced on the whole person, not just a symptom.
How DPC Works Alongside Insurance
Direct Primary Care is not insurance, and you do not need insurance to become a member.
For members who do carry health coverage, DPC creates a smarter, more cost-effective way to manage your healthcare:
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Use Your IFM Membership for Everyday Care (80%+ of Needs): Routine checkups, urgent visits, chronic disease management, wellness screenings, discounted labs, and generic medications.
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Use Your Insurance for Major Medical Events: Hospitalizations, surgeries, specialist visits, and unexpected emergencies.
Pairing DPC with High-Deductible Plans Many members pair their IFM membership with a High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) or health share. Because HDHPs have significantly lower monthly premiums, the combined cost of your IFM membership plus insurance is often less than a traditional health plan—while giving you dramatically better care.
Uninsured? An IFM membership gives you comprehensive, transparent primary care at a predictable monthly price, with no surprise bills.
Why Employers Choose DPC
For businesses, a Direct Primary Care membership is one of the most impactful investments in employee health available - and one of the most underused.
When your employees have a provider who knows them, they use the healthcare system more appropriately. They catch problems earlier. They spend less time in urgent care waiting rooms. They have fewer unaddressed chronic conditions quietly affecting their energy, focus, and productivity. And they have a benefit that communicates something important: that you take their wellbeing seriously.
Business memberships at IFM start at $105 per employee per month. You receive a simple employer dashboard to manage enrollment, a monthly invoice for active members, and a care team that will show up for your people the way great medicine should.
We are happy to meet with your team, answer questions at an employee information session, and support a smooth rollout. The goal is simple: make it easy for your employees to access the best primary care available — and let us take it from there.
The Membership That Pays for Itself
When you add up the co-pays you no longer pay. The urgent care visits you avoid because you can reach your provider the same day. The labs drawn at wholesale cost. The medications filled at a fraction of retail. The specialist referrals you did not need because a problem was caught and addressed early.
For most of our members, the membership more than pays for itself — in dollars, in time, and in the kind of care that actually moves their health forward.