A Letter to You, our future patient...
Our office is not like most traditional obgyn medical practices as our physicians have much more of an integrated and holistic approach towards patients. We appreciate your consideration of our practice and have written the letter below to explain a little bit more about our practice approach and why we think it is the best approach for women's healthcare. If you have any questions regarding this please feel free to visit our home page and send us your question! We look forward to seeing you as a patient!
Dear Prospective Patient,
Our society today is currently being plagued by chronic disease. Pick your poison from heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, allergies, auto-immune diseases, chronic insomnia/fatigue, chronic pain, stress, gastrointestinal issues, and obesity the list goes on and on of the things that are slowing killing us. As a physician in a practice pretty exclusively comprised of women the effects of of current health epidemic continues to show up through anxiety, depression, acne, chronic vaginal infections, fibroids, cancer, PCOS, and various other hormonal disorders. At last count 66% of Americans were overweight and obese and for those that aren't in this category a large majority are still nutrient deficient. All of this is also slowly bankrupting us--to think if you are just on 1 daily medication of what would be considered a low copay of $35/month that would cost you $420/year! Even for those lucky few that don't fall into one of these categories many of them feel failed by the current healthcare system.
Currently with the way that most medical practices that accept insurance are set up there is little room besides much else but continuing to perpetuate the cycle of repeat visits and more medications as education and spending time getting to know your patients, where they come from and what's going on in their lives, shopping with them, showing people how to read food labels, educating them about nutrition, teaching them how to cook a healthy meal or educating them about the hormone-brain-gut connection is not something that is typically valued in terms of reimbursement. Therefore most practices can't and don't spend the time to complete these foundational tasks of true healthcare.
At the same time more patients are desperate for a more personal connection with their physician. They have their suspicions that they may not be getting everything that they really need from their doctor but don't know where to turn for an alternative. They want to be able to reach out and touch their provider at a moment's notice in a way that is convenient for them and that moves at life's pace. They want to know that their doctor is truly a partner in their health and not just invested in an office visit. They don't want to be shuttled back and forth like cattle. It is because of all of these things that here we decided to do things differently.
Our doctors goal is to support you in a real life approach so that you actually succeed in achieving optimal mind-body balance, sleep and eat well, have healthy relationships, and ultimately have the physical capabilities to carry out your universal purpose all while being able to access all of the services that your insurance does cover. So we had ourselves a bit of a pickle! We had to either accept that we were going to continue to promote the status quo and ultimately not really benefit the health of our patients (not an option!) or we could move to not accept insurance and go directly towards cash based services which ultimately also would limit our ability to continue to help our insured patients (also not an option!) It wasn't until we put our creative thinking caps on that we found that we could provide all these things that patients needed for good health. We realized that in order to truly combat disease and to achieve optimal health in the mind, body and spirits of our patients certain things that currently are not covered by insurance are really not optional--they are essential. After all for you to be truly healthy our relationship has to be one of a partnership where you are also just as invested in your own health.
It was with that realization and acceptance of what our patients really need for harmonious health that our practice created our sister practice The Holistic Collaborative to service these non traditional Western Medicine aspects of patient care. This way we may the best of both worlds to patients are able to maximize their traditional aspects of their insurance while also being able to access functional and integrative care with the same provider outside of their insurance. Since The Holistic Collaborative does not take insurance our provider is able to have the flexibility that is needed to truly personalize care without the constraints of traditional insurance while still being able to service traditional needs through Crossroads ObGyn and Wellness.
So no matter what you are looking for:
Traditional Gynecologic Care Only or
Integrative, Holistic and Functional Gynecologic Care
Our providers have you covered!
If you would like to become a patient of our practice and are not interested in integrative care please know that we also offer more traditional insurance only visits and self pay direct care services for common health concerns. We understand that our practice is unique and you may not be prepared to contribute extra to your healthcare services at this time and you would just like to utilize our office for streamlined direct care services or only services that your insurance provides. We want you to know that although we strongly recommend every women consider integrative gynecologic care for an elevated healthcare experience we would still like the opportunity to still service your healthcare needs if you do not wish to participate in that type of care at this time. The doctor will indicate to you however during your visits as part of your care plan if she thinks that you could benefit from a higher level of care so that you may make that decision at the time of what is best for you.
With the COVID-19 pandemic we again had to go back to the drawing board to make sure that we were continuing to providing all our patients with top notch care and communication all while emphasizing health and safety. For more information on how the global pandemic further transformed our practice please see our letter to patients regarding COVID-19 and the list of precautions that we are actively taking to protect the health and wellness of patients.
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Wishing you the best in health!
Crossroads ObGyn & Wellness, P.A.