The process is straight-forward.  First, schedule a Discovery Call by clicking HERE. Next, we call you for a brief Q&A and information-gathering conversation. And then we schedule your first visit and ask you to fill out some questionnaires online.

All ages are welcome to apply.  Because we are specialists in Functional and Integrative Medicine, and our services are needed for people spanning all ages, we do not have rigid age restrictions.  However, in cases that require highly specialized or critical care, we may refer you elsewhere.

This varies according to many factors, but in general, Dr. Wells is scheduled out 6-8 weeks. Appointments with one our mid-level providers and nutritionist can generally be accommodated within 1-3 weeks.  

To the extent that our providers are able, we are more than willing to work with outside providers as part of your comprehensive care team.  We see many patients with complex, multi-faceted illnesses that require many angles of attack, so-to-speak.  We have even collaborated with physicians from other countries to round out our care.  

To this end, our providers will communicate with your other providers by whatever means necessary if/when needed.  But please be advised that time spent by our providers for your care may be billed to you at the normal per-minute rate for consultations. 

Yes, you do.  Our packages represent almost four decades of experience and thousands of patient visits.  We operated for much of our history using an ‘a la carte’ menu of visits and services, and with very rare exception, every patient has needed some combination of visits and services that you see listed in our New Patient Packages.  By packaging them in the way we have, we are able to keep our prices lower while giving you a much more realistic and transparent picture of what the actual costs and involvement when working with our clinic will be.

For your initial visits to our clinic, the answer is ‘no’.  As you may know, our clinic has a policy of remaining separate from the influences of insurance in any way possible.  In our experience, taking lab orders elsewhere increases errors (wrong labs are run), delays treatment, and often leads to unpleasant surprises in the form of large bills to the patient for labs that their insurance company did not feel were justified. 

After years of dealing with those headaches and frustrations, and having to increase our prices to everyone to make up for lost time and wasted resources, we stopped allowing it all together.  We have negotiated frequently with the labs to get the absolute lowest cash prices we can, and then pass those lower prices on to you.  We know it may be frustrating to not be able to use your insurance directly, but please keep in mind that you can always file for reimbursement if your policy has out-of-network benefits. Many of our patients do, and it works out well for them. 

Our approach to wellness deviates from the approach of conventional medicine from day one, with diagnostics.  Sometimes our providers are able to use recent bloodwork to assist in making a proper diagnosis, but one thing that sets our providers apart is their ability to study and consider multiple lab results in digging to the root cause of a problem.  This kind of analysis is only done properly if all blood tests are timed appropriately, meaning that they are all measured on the same day if necessary, or staged in relationship to some protocol or life event.  Therefore, our policy is to draw ALL necessary labs in-house, including those you may have already done recently.

Yes and No.  We like to send everyone off on their journey the very first day they visit our clinic.  Our providers are experts and can make many diagnoses and recommendations just based on their visit with you.  However, we will have a much better picture of your current condition after we have received and reviewed any and all lab tests that are ordered during your initial visit.  So in many ways, your first follow-up visit will yield more information and enable us to create a thorough plan. You should expect to have a well-established Wellness Plan on the date of your first follow-up.

This varies from person to person, so it’s hard to answer.  The first follow-up is the most critical and will usually happen within 4 weeks of your initial visit.  In fact, when you schedule your initial consult with us we will also schedule your first follow-up so that you have your spot reserved well ahead of time. Subsequent follow-ups will be scheduled as-needed, but it is very hard to know how many you will need until an examination and diagnosis has been made. 

We understand that not everyone needs a thorough exam and diagnosis. However, we do not offer a separate package for generally well patients. You would need to establish under our Wellness Path Package, which costs between $750-$1,550 (depending on if you are a child or adult).

We love working with children and we offer a patient path that is conducive to our little ones. Healthy children can establish care under our Wellness Path Package, which costs between $750-$1,000. 

We understand that is a considerable amount of money for a well-check, but there are a couple of things to consider.  First, the high cost is only to establish.  Once your child is established, subsequent well-checks and sick visits are much more affordable.  Second, we are not a pediatric clinic nor a primary care facility.  We love working with healthy children, but our primary purpose is to serve people of all ages who are in need of healing and wellness.  Hence, we do not make financial concessions based on age or healthiness.