Parking Logistics at the Plum Health DPC Office in Detroit

Plum Pack,

We've been in our space for the last year and we have enjoyed free parking on the strip of Michigan Avenue immediately in front of our office.

There were pros and cons to this free parking situation. The obvious pro is that parking had been free. The con is that several people who live in the apartments above us kept their cars on the street, and that sometimes made it difficult for our patients to find a good/close parking spot.

As of today, the area in front of our office will be metered as Zone 206 via the City of Detroit Parking App. This means that if you drive down to our office, you'll likely find ample parking options in front of our office. It also means that there will be a cost to park in front of the office at $1.00/hour.

If you do not want to pay for parking, you can still enjoy free parking on Cochrane street and Trumbull street, the streets perpendicular to Michigan Ave on either side of our office building.

If you park in front of our office on Michigan Ave, please use the Park Detroit App, which is easy to find and download via the App Store. The app can store your license plate info and credit card info for future visits to our office or other locations in Detroit where metered parking is required.

Please let us know if we can help in any way, and thank you all for your continued support of our practice,

- Drs. Paul Thomas, MD and Raquel Orlich, DO at Plum Health DPC

Plum Health Featured in The Jewish News

Plum Health DPC Featured in The Jewish News

This week, Plum Health DPC was featured in The Jewish News by writer Ben Falik. My favorite excerpts are as follows:

It’s simpler to describe how direct primary care works than how — let me count the ways — traditional fee-for-service, even with “good” insurance, does not:

I am a member of Plum Health Direct Primary Care. Membership costs $49 a month. Raquel Orlich is my doctor.

I guess she’s other people’s doctor too.  But I can call, email or text (from my $50/month phone) Dr. Orlich anytime I’m having an issue and, if she can’t solve it remotely, she can always see me that day or the following.

At one point, there were some balloons celebrating Dr. Orlich’s 300th patient. Ultimately, she’ll have around 500. That seems like a lot, I thought, especially compared to my prior impression that I was her only patient.

The writer, Ben Falik, discusses when his daughter got a splinter in her finger and she was brought to our Plum Health DPC office for care:

Phoebe got a splinter in her finger recently. We texted “Dr. Raquel.” She wrote me right back with her availability. I brought Phoebe to the office at Michigan and Trumbull. Free street parking. Splinter gone. Respectable Band-Aid selection.  No charge. And now Phoebe wants to be either a doctor or Great Dane when she grows up.

Dr. Raquel Orlich removes a splinter within 24 hours of being notified of said splinter.

Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day,

-Dr. Paul Thomas with Plum Health DPC