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