You finally have your physician in front of you, and the clock is already running.
The reports from the specialist? Not seen.
The sore shoulder? Not addressed.
Because today, you came in for a cough.
With membership, the visit works differently.
There’s time to talk about more than what brought you in today.
No deciding which concern gets discussed before the conversation begins.
Your visit has room for you, not just the reason you scheduled it.
DIRECT PRIMARY CARE
One physician. Your whole story. Primary care that has time for both.
Questions You May Have
Direct Primary Care is a membership model for primary care. Instead of billing insurance for your visits with Dr. Fotopoulos, you pay a monthly membership fee for your primary care with her.
That allows her to care for a much smaller number of patients and build the kind of ongoing physician-patient relationship this page describes.
DPC is not health insurance, and we recommend keeping insurance for care outside the practice, including specialists, hospitalization and emergencies.
If Dr. Fotopoulos recommends testing, we'll help coordinate it.
We have negotiated self-pay pricing for many commonly ordered labs and imaging services. Depending on your insurance plan, paying the negotiated self-pay rate may cost less than having the service billed through insurance—particularly if you have a high deductible or coinsurance.
You can decide which option makes the most sense for you.
Labs, imaging, medications, and other services provided outside the practice are not included in your membership fee.
Yes.
Direct Primary Care is not health insurance, and we recommend maintaining health insurance or other appropriate coverage for care outside the practice.
Your membership covers your primary care with Dr. Fotopoulos. If you need a specialist, hospital care, surgery, emergency care, or other services outside the practice, those costs aren't included in your membership.
But your primary care physician doesn't disappear when another doctor gets involved. Dr. Fotopoulos can help coordinate your care, communicate with your specialists, and make sense of what happens next.
Not every medical concern requires a trip to the office.
Depending on what you need, Dr. Fotopoulos may be able to help through the patient portal or a virtual visit. If you’re traveling and need to be seen locally, she can help you determine the appropriate next step and follow up with you afterward.
If an in-person evaluation is necessary, she’ll let you know. Emergencies should always be treated as emergencies wherever you are.
That depends on what you want from your primary care.
If you rarely need medical care and are happy using primary/urgent care only when something goes wrong, membership may not be the right fit for you.
But many healthy patients want something different: a physician who already knows them when something does change, routine and preventive care that doesn't feel rushed, and a place to ask the smaller questions before they become bigger ones. A chance to be proactive rather than reactive.
You don't have to be sick to benefit from having a physician who knows your baseline.
Yes. Current rules allow HSA and FSA funds to be used for Direct Primary Care membership fees.
Individual plans can have their own rules, though, so it’s a good idea to check with your plan administrator before using those funds.
Yes. We ask for an initial six-month commitment because good primary care is built over time—not in a visit or two. After that, you may cancel at any time with 30 days’ notice.
As our services and membership offerings evolve, membership fees may change. We’ll let you know in advance of any change, and future membership periods will be at the then-current rate.
And because Dr. Fotopoulos limits her practice to 300 patients, if you cancel and later decide you’d like to return, we can’t guarantee that a spot will be available.
Start with a complimentary Virtual Discovery Appointment with Dr. Fotopoulos.
It’s a chance to meet the physician who would be caring for you, ask the questions that matter to you, and talk honestly about what you want from your primary care.
Dr. Fotopoulos will want to understand what you’re looking for, too. The point isn’t to convince you to join. It’s for both of you to decide whether this feels like the right fit.
If it does, we’ll take it from there and help you get started.