Direct Primary Care (DPC) is a healthcare model where you receive comprehensive primary care directly from your personal physician through a simple monthly membership. This includes office visits, telemedicine, and ongoing care—without insurance billing or hidden fees.

By removing insurance from the exam room, DPC allows for longer visits, direct access to your doctor, and care that’s focused on prevention, relationships, and long-term health.

Lifestyle medicine is an evidence-based approach to care that focuses on addressing the root causes of illness and supporting long-term health. It recognizes that nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, relationships, and daily habits play a powerful role in how we feel—and how well we stay.

At Athena Direct Primary Care & Lifestyle Medicine, lifestyle medicine is integrated into your medical care, guided by science and personalized to you. It’s not about quick fixes—it’s about proactive, practical changes that help you stay well, now and for years to come.

Athena Direct Primary Care uses a membership-based model that allows us to work directly for you, not an insurance company. By removing insurance billing and its administrative demands, we’re able to spend more time listening, explaining, and building meaningful relationships with our patients.

This approach reduces overhead, protects patient privacy, and allows us to deliver thoughtful, timely, and affordable care—without rushed visits or bureaucratic barriers.

You’ll still use insurance for medications, labs, imaging, specialists, and hospital care.

The monthly membership fee is often comparable to what many people pay for a cell phone plan. For that fee, you receive direct access to your physician, and any primary care services that can be done in-office are included. No surprise charges.

Membership options and the most up-to-date pricing can be found on our Services page.