With Primary Health Partners (PHP) direct primary care model, you gain an advocate ready to help you through even some of the most uncertain medical symptoms. As a membership-based program, there’s no worry about insurance or copays, and that means you can turn to a primary care provider (PCP) for many of your needs.
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What Is a Primary Care Provider?
At Primary Health Partners, a PCPx is the cornerstone of your healthcare. You gain an advocate who will help you navigate your health needs, whether in preventative treatment, care for an injury, or support for diagnosing and treating a disease. Your PCP can help you with:
- Providing primary care
- Maintaining preventive care and wellness
- Supplying urgent care when you need it the most
The best primary care provider can help you maintain your health holistically. They will treat all your symptoms and underlying conditions that lead to complications. At the same time, they will provide personalized services that fit your needs and goals.
How to Get a Primary Care Provider
If you’re asking, “Where can I find a primary care provider near me accepting new patients?” consider making the switch to Primary Health Partners. Our board-certified physicians treat a wide range of conditions and provide low-cost care. To find a provider available in your area, schedule a consultation with the PHP location closest to you.
Who Can Be a Primary Care Provider?
Your primary care provider could be a medical practitioner who fits your needs. Your PCP could be a medical professional you trust. Some practices utilize licensed medical doctors, board-certified physicians, registered nurses, physician assistants, and others. You will only work with those with all the same training you would expect from any other service. Primary care doctors meet all state requirements for providing medical services.
This could include:
- A licensed male or female PCP you select
- A family practice
- Primary care physician and physician assistant team
- A nurse practitioner working under a physician
- Internal medicine doctors who provide very specific care to you
What Does a Primary Care Provider Do?
These professionals can help you in many ways, and there’s no limit to the type of needs you can turn to them for. If they cannot provide a specialized service, they have a network of providers offering low-cost care to meet those needs. Consider some of the ways a PCP from our team can help you:
- Evaluate your blood pressure and overall vital statistics and health.
- Help you manage a chronic condition you already have, such as type 2 diabetes, skin conditions, high blood pressure, or others.
- Provide you with screening for medical conditions you could have, including following all age- and risk-related care levels.
- Treat patients of all ages with care that fits your lifestyle, from injury help when a child falls during practice to your aching back after a long day at work.
- Disease prevention through encouraging and supporting healthy lifestyle changes
- Family medicine’s full scope includes age-specific care needs, such as vaccinations for children or vision testing for seniors.
No matter the type of health care you need, these individual and family practitioners are there for you.
Making the Change
Can I Change My Primary Care Provider?
You can change your primary care provider whenever you would like to do so. You may wish to change your PCP if you’re unhappy with the service or want a different type of care. You never have to stay with a provider that does not work for your current needs.
You can also move to PHP at any time. Changing to a direct primary care model like the one we offer gives you the flexibility you need to ensure your health needs are always met. Unlike a health insurance company that may have to approve such changes, PHP has a whole roster of providers and locations you can easily switch to.
How to Get a New Primary Care Provider
If you’re in one of our covered service areas, we encourage you to contact us now to get a new primary healthcare provider. You can learn how to switch primary care provider services from typical insurance plans to Primary Health Partners membership programs in just a matter of minutes. If you’re outside of our covered areas, we encourage you to look for a direct primary care provider in your own area.
How Our Team Is Ready to Help You with PHP Direct Primary Care
Contact Primary Health Partners now to learn more about our family practitioners and other providers with office hours that work for your needs.
Primary Care Provider FAQs
Yes, nurse practitioners are qualified to provide care as a PCP. That means they can handle checkups, prescribe medications, and conduct screenings for disease and injury treatment.
A physician assistant, or PA, can provide primary care services as long as they are working under a licensed physician.
Yes, primary care providers can prescribe most medications for illness and disease treatment or prevention.
Yes, you can expect your PCP to diagnose conditions and prescribe medications such as Adderall. Note that if the physician's areas of service are outside the scope of the specific diagnostics you need, they can refer you to another provider offering low-cost testing.
Yes, your PCP can prescribe birth control. Some may have limitations on the types of birth control they offer.
Yes, your primary care provider can prescribe antidepressants and diagnose anxiety, depression, and other disorders or refer you to a professional who can do so for more complicated cases.
Most primary care providers will write an Emotional Support Animal (ESA) letter for you if you meet the criteria they set and they meet all state-licensed healthcare recognitions required.
Many times, your PCP will be able to diagnose conditions like ADHD, or if they are unable to do so, they can refer you to providers who can offer this service. That is possible in more complex situations.
