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Istarted my career as a Family Nurse Practitioner in a rural healthcare setting doing full spectrum family practice, emergency room, and in-patient hospitalization. It was a fantastic experience, but I quickly noticed what felt like a conflict of consciousness, especially in the family practice setting. Patients weren’t having access to me as their Provider, care was fragmented, and care was often driven by the patient’s financial abilities or whether or not they could afford primary care.
What instantly appealed to me is that members would have access to Providers and nursing staff as often as needed and still only pay the flat monthly fee. WELL & Company, my practice, was born based on providing accessible, affordable, and high-quality healthcare in a primary care and urgent care setting.
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With that being said, I started a personal search on how we could better deliver high-quality healthcare PLUS cost-effectiveness for both parties and ultimately bring primary back to prevention. In my search I discovered Direct Primary Care. DPC is described as “the new ‘old’ way of medicine,” resulting in more intimate care between patients and their Providers,
Our communities have been so responsive to this business model, and we currently provide care to individuals, families, local businesses, and their employees. WELL & Company has sub-specialties in integrative health including weight loss and hormone management.
– Saundra Lauer DNP, FNP-C
Owner & Founder of WELL & Company