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Ideal Family Health was created
out of the confusion that is our current healthcare system.
Our plan is not a new idea but a collection of many concepts
developed by physicians, hospitals and other organizations such
as the Institute for Healthcare
Improvement. These concepts aim to create
practices that achieve results in safety, effectiveness, timeliness,
availability, affordability, and patient-centeredness.
We believe to achieve this aim, we must focus on
the most basic building block of healthcare...the doctor-patient relationship.
To do this, we choose to build-up our relationship with our patients while
tearing-down barriers that the government and insurance companies set up.
At Ideal Family Health, we use a one room-one doctor-one-patient approach.
We see one patient at a time in one state-of-the-art exam room with no waiting.
We only have two staff members,
Dr. Purcell and his nurse Brenda Beebe. All appointments are booked
for 25 minutes allowing maximum time for your care and
questions. When you arrive, you are greeted by
the nurse so none of your time is spent waiting.
When you leave, your doctor will check you out and collect
your payment. As long as you are at Ideal Family
Health, you are always with your providers.
We also believe family healthcare can be affordable
when done in this setting. We have seen how insurance company red tape,
paper work, government bureaucracy, and law suits have pushed medical care
beyond availability of most hard working Americans. Because our expenses
are low, we can provide ideal family medical care for reasonable
prices. Due to extensive
regulations, paperwork, and red tape, we DO NOT
accept insurance, Medicare or Medicaid.
However, our fees paid at the time of service are usually
less than a monthly phone bill, cable TV bill, or tune-up
for your car. Isn't your health worth it?
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Learn more about our ideas on providing affordable, quality
healthcare.
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 Why we DO NOT
take Insurance:
The majority of insurance companies are in business to make money, not provide
healthcare. We continue to see increasing premiums for less service along
with more paperwork, denials and red tape. Each year insurance companies
expect patients to pay more and doctors to receive less, so they can make a huge
profit. We at Ideal Family Health are not against capitalism--we believe
in it--however, we aim to see healthcare put back in the hands of patients
and their physicians. Our solution for this issue is affordable
family health care that can be paid for before you leave the office. If
you do have insurance, we can provide you with the
appropriate documentation to file with your insurance
provider if you want to submit a claim. See
pricing.
Why we DO
recommend some kind of high-deductible insurance:
We do encourage all of our patients to purchase some type of health insurance to
protect them from financial trouble if an emergency or hospitalization is
required, so called "catastrophic" insurance. These health plans
are known as high-deductible policies and can be purchased for a few
hundred dollars a month or even less. They usually have a $2000 to $4000
deductible but cover fully after that amount is reached, keeping your medical
expense from leading to financial ruin. These plans also work well with
healthcare
savings accounts which allow you to save money tax free to be used as you
see fit for medical purposes.
We Believe In Prayer: We believe only God heals, and we
have seen His great power in our lives through prayer. Multiple studies in
the US have shown that on average 80% of patients want their physician to pray
with them. We are happy to share your concerns in prayer that God and his
son, Jesus, be glorified.
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