History
Vantage Physicians, serving Olympia and surrounding areas since 2006, is a Direct Medical Practice: a unique and growing model of healthcare where the consumer pays the physician a direct monthly fee. This billing process reduces paperwork as well as the labor and waste involved in billing and rebilling insurance carriers. We are a full-service family care, primary care and geriatric care clinic. We strive to get to know our patients well and provide personal services such as house calls, physician phone and email visits. The reason our doctors have chosen to work this way is to be able to spend more time with their patients. Not working with insurance companies is a great way to free up time otherwise spent doing insurance paperwork. Our standard appointment is 30 minutes long; up to 90 minutes if need be. We save a block of same day and next day appointments for urgent and emergent needs. Our doctors will return phone calls or communicate via email if you're comfortable with that.
Specialties
We provide concierge comprehensive primary care to patients of all ages. Common conditions we treat include hypertension, diabetes, emphysema, depression, and obesity. We also provide well woman care and comprehensive physicals. By limiting our practice size, we have time to individualize care for each patient. We are able to personally contact consultants and coordinate care in a way that minimizes duplication of tests and out-of-pocket expenses. This level of coordination also results in healthier and happier patients. Types of services we provide include: Well-woman exams School and work physicals Vaccinations and travel medicine Acute primary care, such as sinus and bladder infections, sports injuries, etc. Chronic illness management, such as for diabetes, high blood pressure, emphysema, depression, and obesity Pre-operative consultations with EKG and lung function testing Joint injections Skin biopsies Geriatrics End of life care