Wed May 11, 2022 – 4:38 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A non-profit, faith-based, “direct-pay” healthcare organization opened a second facility at the behest of leaders in an underserved Michigan community where residents would have to travel hours to get basic care.
“The doctor-to-patient ratio in Newaygo County was 3,000 patients per doctor, which is three times more than ideal for doctors to be able to provide the kind of care that patients need at the primary level,” said Mark Blocher, president, CEO, and co-founder of Christian Healthcare Centers (CHC). “There are a total of 21 doctors in the entire county and not all of them are in primary care, so what happens is people in the county end up having to travel significant distances in order to get basic care.”
CHC was the first direct primary care (DPC) practice to open a dedicated facility in the Grand Rapids, Michigan market in 2017. DPC does not accept insurance. Instead, patients pay a monthly membership fee, often less than $100 a month, for unlimited primary care, often with a physician, within 24 hours. Members can also get free routine lab work and low-cost prescription drugs and imaging. Members pay
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