Welcome to Plum Health Van Buren!

Plum Health is now accepting patients in our Van Buren clinic.

Van Buren Twp, MI

47095 McBride Ave., Van Buren Twp, MI 48111

Hours
Monday–Wednesday, 8am–5pm
Thursday, 10am-7pm

Phone
(734) 201-1531

Fax
(877) 409-1350

 

What Is Direct Primary Care?

Direct Primary Care, or DPC, is monthly membership that provides unlimited access to a doctor without copays, deductibles and without billing or using insurance.

Plum Health members get to call, text, email or visit their provider anytime to get primary care services like physicals, preventive care, urgent care, managing chronic diseases, and mental healthcare, without worry about hidden fees.

Meet Your Van Buren Care Team:

Tamika Hawkins, DNP

Dr. Tamika Hawkins, DNP has been working in the healthcare field for over 20 years. She received a Bachelor's degree in Nursing from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. She received her Masters degrees in Womens Health and Nursing Education from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She obtained her Family Nurse Practitioner degree at South University in Savannah, Georgia. She obtained a Doctorate and a Masters in Business Administration with a healthcare focus from the University of Michigan in Flint, Michigan. She is a licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, a Clinical Nurse Specialist, and a Certified Nurse Educator. Dr. Hawkins has practiced in Primary Care for 6 years working with both Pediatrics and Adults. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Psychiatric Mental Health. She is passionate about her work, is a strong patient advocate and is always working to promote excellent patient care and outcomes in a healthy work environment.

What our members are saying about us

Check out our 100+ ★★★★★ reviews on Google

The best experience I have ever had at the doctor...Really glad I found this place!
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— Jacob S
...the concept that Plum health uses is truly the future of sustainable healthcare in America
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— Paris R
I’m highly satisfied...I have direct communication with my Dr by phone or email and she responds quickly.
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— Kaitlin B

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • No, we don't bill or use health insurance at Plum Health DPC. We focus on delivering excellent health care services, focusing on you as an individual. We have 1 hour appointments so that we can really get to know who you are and understand your health goals, and help you meet those health goals.

  • The monthly membership covers excellent primary care by providing open access to our services. Feel free to visit us in our office, call us when you need us, text us, or email us. You can schedule your annual wellness exam, receive basic office procedures, and optimize your health while under our care. Our members will also have access to at-cost laboratory testing, at-cost imaging services, as well as whole-sale medications. See a list of our services here.

  • No, we see our patients on time so there is typically little to no wait. We also guarantee same-day or next-day appointments during the week. So, when you're a member, you can have the peace of mind that you'll be seen when you need it.

  • First, we use a wide variety of tools to help you with any diagnosis. As family medicine specialists, we are trained in a broad and diverse methods of caring for any diagnosis. The biggest tool that we have is time - time to read and understand about your diagnosis and do our best work for you.

    We also have a tool called RubiconMD, where we can take your symptoms and story, and any diagnostic work (labs, imaging) that we perform in our office, and send it to any specialist that we need to employ to help us answer your clinical question at no cost to you. We can send your case to psychiatry, dermatology, cardiology, orthopedics, etc... there's over 200 board-certified specialists on the platform that can help us with your diagnosis or treatment.

    Next, if you have PPO insurance, we can refer you to any doctor in your PPO network. If you are uninsured, we have a list of specialist doctors like cardiologists, ophthalmologists, or dermatologists that offer cash pricing for their medical services.

    Finally, if you have an HMO insurance plan, we could attempt to make a referral on your behalf to a specialist in your HMO network. About half of the time, our referrals via the HMO get rejected because the HMO administrators are restrictive. In that case, you'd have to see the primary care physician on the back of your insurance card to get a referral to the specialist of your choice. We can provide a letter for you to take to your PCP of why we think that referral is necessary.