Our Practice
Explore the topics below to find out some of the many ways Plant Based NP Lifestyle Care Center provides unique, excellent care!
Plant Based NP is operated in a Direct Primary Care Model
Direct Primary Care allows you to have a direct relationship with your provider, without the hassles and inconveniences of the traditional healthcare model. You pay a transparent monthly membership fee, and then get access to all of the services that our clinic provides. There are no surprise or hidden fees. You can have as many appointments with your provider as you need, at no additional cost. We are able to spend extended time with you to improve your health and wellness - appointments may be up to 1 to 2 hours in length. We partner with a Medical Laboratory Testing Center, and can offer you very affordable, transparent prices for your lab work; passing on up to a 95% discount off the conventional price. We take insurance companies out of the equation - that means no prior authorizations, arguing to get the care you received covered, and no more worrying about getting hard to understand, high cost bills. Plant Based NP believes that an excellent provider-patient relationship is of the utmost importance to achieving optimal health; and DPC allows us to provide that to you!
If you are not interested in a DPC Membership, we also offer services and appointments for non-members as well!
Plant Based NP is a Micropractice
In a traditional healthcare delivery model, a healthcare organization hires providers, the providers have support staff (nurses, medical assistants, office managers, receptionists, etc.), and they all work in a medical office that is often rented. All of those things require a significant amount of overhead money when added up: rent and utilities, equipment, salary and benefits of staff and providers; and on top of that, the healthcare organization wants their cut of the money as well. In order to make this system work, pressure is put on the providers to see more patients in a day, which means spending less time with each patient. Healthcare costs continue to increase, while quality of care tends to decrease.
Things are different at Plant Based NP Lifestyle Care Center, because we are a micropractice. This means that we do everything possible to keep the overhead of our practice as low as possible. We aren't a part of a larger organization that takes a cut of the money. There is only one employee in the entire practice; who performs all the functions of the clinic. We strive to keep our rent and utilities as low as possible. We utilize technology to provide more affordable, yet better services. By not operating in a broken system, we can spend as much time as we want and need with our patients. The care we provide is higher quality, and more personalized and focused. Because our overhead and costs are so low, we are able to provide superior quality of care at a fraction of the price; and pass the savings onto our patients in the way of affordable services.
Plant Based NP provides Holistic Care
Holistic care is providing care for the whole person; including their health, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social needs.
The traditional model of healthcare delivery isn't really "health" care - but rather, "disease" care. For example: a patient comes in for an appointment, their blood pressure is high, they are diagnosed with hypertension, and started on a blood pressure medication. The focus is on the presence, or lack of disease, rather than the patient.
At Plant Based NP Lifestyle Care Center, we focus on the patient, rather than the disease. We try to discover why the blood pressure is elevated. We look at all facets of the patients life to discover potential causes. We come up with a personalized plan to treat the high blood pressure; including dietary modifications, physical activity, emotional wellness and mindfulness techniques, and other lifestyle modifications. If possible, we also try to use scientific, evidence based alternative/complementary treatments and therapies, rather than medications, as the first line treatment. In the end, the patient may reverse their high blood pressure, may not need medications for treatment, and actually improve their lives and health in many other ways not related to their blood pressure!
Plant Based NP provides both In Person and Virtual Care
Life can be busy and hectic, and it can be difficult to make time to take care of your health. Sometimes, situations or concerns can arise at inconvenient times, or when you're out of town. Or, sometimes you just really don't feel like leaving your house. No matter the reason it may be difficult to make it to our office, Plant Based NP lives in the 21st century, and can use Telehealth Services to address a lot of your health needs!
At Plant Based NP Lifestyle Care Center, we embrace technology, and use it to enhance the care we provide our patients. We have a wide array of easy to use methods of communication and patient monitoring at our disposal. We can often be flexible and provide you care when, and wherever, is most convenient for you. We can provide Telehealth Services to anyone physically located in the state of Ohio at the time of their appointment. Don't worry if you're not the most tech savvy person - we will help you understand how our technology works, and you will be a pro in no time!
Plant Based NP provides compassionate, non-judgmental Care
At Plant Based NP Lifestyle Care Center, it doesn't matter what your race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, size, disability status, nationality, or any other personal factor is - you are welcome here, and will be treated with the utmost respect and dignity. Conversely, we expect all of our patients to be respectful of everyone as well, and we will not tolerate any harmful speech or intolerance at any time.