The South Bend Clinic, in partnership with DirectCare offers DirectClinic. local, innovative alternative delivery and payment model for employee health and wellness. Located conveniently near large employers in Elkhart, DirectClinic’s healthcare model is based on the premise that routine primary care (like office visits) should not burden insurance policies. Instead, DirectClinic charges a flat fee, eliminating the need for insurance for day-to-day routine healthcare services. Rather, the use of insurance can be reserved for those very rare occurrences such as ER visits, hospitalizations, or specialist visits. Families save with flat rate medical care. With locations currently in Fort Wayne and Topeka, DirectClinic is excited to expand into the Elkhart market. This clinic will be located at 1723 E. Bristol St., Elkhart.
DirectClinic offers a solution to local businesses who have been struggling to provide their employees affordable and quality healthcare, which leads to increased employee satisfaction and employee retention. Employers may now offer DirectClinic as an exclusive benefit as part of employees’ benefits outside traditional insurance. DirectClinic is not an insurance and does not require health insurance. DirectClinic can keep health care costs low by eliminating the wasted overheads and reducing unnecessary and expensive trips to the hospital and emergency room. Our healthcare model proves that it can reduce costs while enhancing patient care.
According to Sudhakar Krishnan, president and CEO of DirectClinic, “we chose to start DirectClinic in partnership with South Bend Clinic primarily because of an observation that there is a shortage and a lack of easy access to health care providers in the area and unaffordable cost escalation. Local community leaders and businesses were struggling to figure out how to continue to offer easy and great health coverage to their members and employees without breaking their bank,” he said.
“We are very excited to be a partner in offering solutions to keep healthcare costs down,” stated Kelly Macken-Marble, CEO of the South Bend Clinic. “Providing and growing these clinics further demonstrates South Bend Clinic’s goals of promoting health care models that prioritize coordinated physician led, high quality and low-cost care in concert with local employers, the largest purchasers of care. In addition, joining forces with employer clinics allows us to more directly transition services between the employer clinics and our existing primary care providers and surgeons when circumstances are necessary to best serve patients.”
Please join us on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 4pm, 1723 E. Bristol St., Elkhart IN to take a tour of our facility and learn how DirectClinic can be a solution for your business’ healthcare needs.
About the South Bend Clinic
The South Bend Clinic is the largest physician owned and led multi-specialty group practice in the State of Indiana. The physicians at the South Bend Clinic work in a collaborative care environment where primary care physicians and specialists deliver integrated and coordinated patient care.
Inspired by the Mayo Clinic’s patient care model, South Bend surgeon Dr. Walter Baker and five other physician specialists founded the South Bend Clinic in 1916.
In June 2020, the South Bend Clinic and Allied Physicians of Michiana, a multi-specialty health care group merged to create a model focusing on providing greater value for patients and employers alike. The physicians collectively believe there are substantial patient benefits to be derived through in an independent, physician led, multi-specialty model of care, that this merger will help to preserve.
Today the newly merged South Bend Clinic strives to be the leader of guiding improvements and joint ventures that drive down the cost of care. The South Bend Clinic continues to grow with nearly 200 providers, 15 locations and over 30 different board certifications.
About DirectCare
DirectCare is an employer based, socially responsible, Direct Health and Wellness delivery solution based in Fort Wayne, IN. DirectCare offers DirectClinic, an innovative alternative delivery and payment model for employee health and wellness. Founded on the Direct Primary Care (DPC) model of provision, DirectClinic charges a low monthly membership fee, allowing its members to receive unlimited and greater access to their providers and their services not only when they’re ill, but also before they become ill.
DirectClinic is offered to employers, Unions, individuals, and families across NE Indiana, who directly fund routine outpatient care (preventive care, immediate care, acute care, and chronic illness) outside the insurance and the use of insurance will be limited to those very rare occurrences such as ER visits, hospitalizations or specialist appointments; therefore, reducing wasted overhead of delivering healthcare costs (billing, administrative and processing). DirectClinic’s objective is to enhance the delivery of healthcare by controlling costs, improving quality and engaging individuals in their healthcare and wellness.
To learn more about DirectCare LLC, visit www.DirectCareLLC.net.
