Preventative Care
The most common causes of disability and death in the US between 1990 - 2010 are related to diet, tobacco smoking, high blood pressure, obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes, and elevated cholesterol as per a global epidemiological study in Journal of America Medical Association:
The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors. JAMA. August 13, 2013.
It is all too common to see patients come into the hospital due to end results of these preventable conditions, such as stroke, heart attack, heart failure, kidney disease, etc. Often, there was some kind of barrier preventing patients from following up consistently with a primary care physician, whether due to lack of insurance, prior poor experience/communication with healthcare teams, fear of surprise bills/high copays, etc.
One of the main reasons I created this practice is to help address these issues. At Tandem Health, you know exactly how much you will be charged, regardless of insurance coverage, there’s no extra billing to insurance so you don’t have to worry about a surprise in the mail, and you’ll have my direct number for questions and concerns - no phone trees, no call centers.