GETTING STARTED
Where do I start?
A discovery call. Twenty minutes, no charge. By the end of it you’ll know which service fits what you need, or you’ll know this isn’t the right practice for you and I’ll point you towards practices that might be. The Discovery Call is not a medical consultation.
What is a Discovery Call?
A conversation about what you’re looking for and whether this practice can provide it. It isn’t a medical visit. I won’t take a history, examine you, or give you medical advice on that call, and you shouldn’t share detailed health information over it. Everything clinical starts at your first real appointment.
Do I have to do a discovery call first?
No, but it is highly recommended.
THE SERVICES
Independent Medical Consultation — $500 (60 min) or $700 (90 min)
A single advisory visit. Useful for a second opinion, a set of results you want properly interpreted, or a decision you’re weighing. It doesn’t include a physical exam, new lab orders, prescriptions, or ongoing care, and you keep your own physician for all of that.
Diagnostic Assessment — $2,450
Two long visits. The first is a full history, physical examination, comprehensive laboratory testing and body composition. The second is the results, explained properly, with a written plan. If you join the practice within 90 days it counts as your comprehensive evaluation for the year and your first five months of membership dues are waived.
Metabolic Health Program — $895 to enrol, then $345/month for five months
Primary Care Membership — $495/month
Ongoing primary care with direct access to me. Unlimited office and telehealth visits, a comprehensive evaluation when you join and an annual review after that, annual laboratory panel and body composition, two house calls a year within ten miles, and messages answered the same or next business day.
BECOMING A PATIENT
Will you be my primary care physician?
Yes. That’s what the membership is. I handle your ongoing care, your prescriptions, your chronic conditions, your referrals and your records, the way any primary care physician would, with considerably more time and direct access to me.
Do you have room for new patients?
I take a limited number each year, and when the panel is full there’s a waiting list. The cap is deliberate. Fewer patients means I have the time for the ones I have.
What if I already have a primary care doctor?
Many people use Healthy Conditions for an assessment, a second opinion or the metabolic program while keeping the physician they already have. Membership is the one service that requires me to be your primary care doctor.
Do you see children?
Adults only, eighteen and over.
What happens if I need a specialist?
I refer you and I stay involved. I send the specialist the context they need, I read what comes back, and I explain it to you.
Do you offer telehealth?
Yes, for established patients located in Georgia at the time of the visit.
What if I need to be seen urgently during the week?
Message me. Same-day and next-day appointments are usually available, which is one of the practical differences a small panel makes.
What about nights, weekends and holidays?
Messages are answered the same or next business day. This is a solo practice and I don’t have after-hours coverage. For anything that can’t wait, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department, then let me know so I can follow up and coordinate what happens next.
COST AND PAYMENT
Do you take insurance?
No. Healthy Conditions doesn’t bill insurance and I’m opted out of Medicare. You pay the practice directly, and the price listed is what you pay.
I have Medicare. Can I still see you?
Yes. We sign a private contract and neither of us bills Medicare for my services. Medicare continues to cover laboratory testing, imaging, medications and specialist care that I order or refer you for.
Can I submit to my insurance for reimbursement?
You can submit a receipt. Most plans won’t reimburse an out-of-network cash practice, so plan on paying out of pocket.
Can I use an HSA or FSA?
One-time services such as the Independent Medical Consultation and the Diagnostic Assessment are generally eligible. Monthly membership dues fall under rules that changed in January 2026 and whether they qualify depends on your plan. Check with your plan administrator or your tax advisor before you assume either way.
What do laboratory tests cost?
Laboratory testing is included in the Diagnostic Assessment, in the Metabolic Health Program, and in your annual review as a member. Anything beyond that is billed at our negotiated rates plus a small processing fee, usually a fraction of what a hospital system charges for the same test.
Is membership a contract?
Membership runs on a twelve-month term, billed monthly.
ABOUT THE PRACTICE
Do you sell supplements or medications?
No. If you need a prescription you fill it at your own pharmacy at your own cost. If a supplement is worth taking I’ll tell you which one and you buy it yourself. The practice has no financial stake in anything I prescribe or recommend.
Do you prescribe weight-loss medication?
Where it’s clinically appropriate, yes, including GLP-1 medications. Getting the prescription is the easy part. It works best inside a plan that also deals with food, movement, sleep and protecting your muscle while the weight comes off.
Where are you located?
Inside Functionize Health, 5054 Nandina Lane, Suite A, Dunwoody, GA 30338.
What is lifestyle medicine?
An evidence-based medical specialty that treats and in some cases reverses chronic disease using nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, avoiding risky substances and social connection. It sits alongside medication rather than replacing it.
What is obesity medicine?
The evaluation and treatment of obesity as a chronic medical condition, using nutrition, behaviour change, medical assessment and medication where it’s clinically appropriate.
What is your training?
Board certified in family medicine, obesity medicine and lifestyle medicine, and a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner.
