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Refer a Friend or Loved One!

Mary Brace - Friday, January 18, 2019 Refer a friend or loved one to join Wellcare MD! You have the best stories and examples of how amazing it is to have Direct Primary Care. Share your experiences with your friends and family so they too can have accessible, unlimited, quality primary care. Starting today this will be an ONGOING promotion!! The rewards will change each month - For now through the end of February you can CHOOSE between a $50 gift card at Mosaic (at the Sheraton in Redding) or a FREE MONTH at Wellcare MD.   Here are the details: This offer is only available to
Refer a Friend or Loved One!

Improving Balance and Preventing Falls

Mary Brace - Tuesday, May 16, 2017 Here is follow up info from our healthy lunch in April of 2017.     Drills for improving ones balance: 1.Standing with feet together and arms crossed over chest, close your eyes and count to 20. Repeat 5 times. 2.Standing in a toe/heel pattern with arms at 90 degrees for balance, move forward for several feet. As you become confident drop arms down to your side for even more of a balance challenge. 3.Same as #2 but walking backwards with same toe/heel pattern. 4.Standing on one leg, move arms slowly in different directions - overhead, lifting arms up from side
Improving Balance and Preventing Falls

Innovative Health Benefit

Mary Brace - Thursday, July 28, 2016 Tangible, valuable benefits such as direct primary care help set your business apart to keep and attract quality employees. In addition, by providing Wellcare MD, your staff is more likely to stay healthy and stay on the job thanks to the preventative care that is inherent to our in-depth Doctor-Patient relationship. Your workforce will benefit from text and email access to address concerns quickly as well as same and next-day appointments. Cut Costs A local small business was struggling to meet the rising costs of insurance for their small staff. They wanted to be able to keep their valuable employees
Innovative Health Benefit

Three Reasons Why Employers Should Care about Direct Primary Care

Mary Brace - Monday, April 18, 2016 By Dr. Samir Qamar, Founder & CEO, MedLion 1. Insurance is not necessary for all health care. 2. Not all health care is expensive. 3. Employers can use Direct Primary Care to lower health care costs. In times when employers are challenged with ACA compliance, high health care costs and dissatisfied employees, the above statements have a lot of power.  Even more important, the meaning of these statements is the essence of Direct Primary Care, America’s newest health care model, and one that is helping employers nationwide navigate traditional challenges. To effectively strategize a good health care plan, savvy employers
Three Reasons Why Employers Should Care about Direct Primary Care