Welcome to Medicine by Manisha MD: Comprehensive Internal Medicine Primary Care Doctor on the Treasure Coast

Hello, and welcome to our very first blog post! I am Dr. Manisha Patel and I am thrilled to share my journey and the vision behind Medicine by Manisha MD, your new direct primary care practice located in Stuart, FL.

What is Direct Primary Care?

Direct primary care (DPC) is a refreshing approach to healthcare with a foundation on the patient-physician relationship. In a DPC model, there is a monthly membership fee that patients pay directly to their physician office. This allows for a more personalized, accessible, and transparent healthcare experience. DPC does not bill or participate in the health insurance industry in order to provide highly personalized quality care and improve health outcomes over lifetime. As a result, DPC members save significant amount of time and money over their lifetime when compared to traditional insurance and corporation-based healthcare.

Why Choose a Direct Primary Care Doctor?

Personalized Care: At Medicine by Manisha MD, I believe getting to know my patients is a core aspect of practice: your health goals, concerns, and lifestyle choices matter and I want to know about all of them. I keep my patient panel small so I can offer you longer appointment times. Together, we can focus on what’s important to you.
Affordability: DPC often results in lower overall healthcare costs. Without insurance overhead and bureaucracy, I get to spend my time providing high-quality care with a transparent monthly fee, allowing you to budget better for your healthcare expenses. Having worked in traditional and value-based Medicare, private-insurance, and other models, I believe DPC is the best way to care for patients as individuals rather than billing codes and 5-minute appointments.
Accessibility: No more long waits! At Medicine by Manisha MD, you gain access to same/ next-day appointments directly with me, and you have direct cell phone access to me for phone and text consultations, ensuring you have access to care when you need it most. You will also have access to Video Visits which is included in your membership.
Comprehensive Services: We are a modern personalized Internal Medicine primary care practice. This means we can help with everything from routine check-ups to chronic disease management to incorporating advanced biomarker testing to best manage, prevent, and reverse disease. I offer a wide range of services: acute urgent care type visits, primary care, preventative care, hormone testing and therapy, cancer screening, geriatric medicine, poly-pharmacy management, complex chronic disease management, wellness coaching and more. We continue to improve and add additional services overtime to provide the best healthcare experience to our patients. Feel free to explore our services.
Transparency: Our practice is built on transparency at every step of the process to avoid any surprise bills ever: from membership benefits, monthly or yearly membership costs, diagnostic approaches, medication benefits and risks, scope of practice etc. We ensure you receive clear and easy to understand information when making decisions that affect your health. Our clinic is independently physician-owned: excludes insurance industry limitations or private corporation influence (which results in significant cost savings for our members) and you will always see a physician at your appointments.

Our Vision

Our vision is simple, we want to empower everyone to live life to the fullest through quality and personalized medicine.

What’s Next?

It is my pleasure to utilize this blog as a platform to provide valuable health tips, delve into significant and intricate facets of medicine, and explore general healthcare subjects that impact you. I aim for this space to serve as a valuable resource for you, so please do not hesitate to contact me with any topics you wish for me to address in order to keep you well-informed.

If you’d like to know more about whether direct primary care can help you on your health journey, I invite you to explore our memberships and schedule a complimentary meet & greet with me. Together, we can redefine your healthcare experience.

Stay Well,

-Dr. Patel