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                                                                                                    VERITAS

                                                                                                    INTEGRATIVE

                                                                                                    MEDICINE


                                                                                                    DIRECT
                                                                                                    PRIMARY CARE

                                                                                                        new Direct Primary
                                                                                                    A Care (DPC) oppor-
                                                                                                    tunity has popped up in
                                                                                                    the  Rogue Valley  at Veritas
                                                                                                    Integrative Medicine Clinic
                                                                                                    (VIMC), located in Medford.
                                                                                                    Rebecca Bolling, NP, owner
                                                                                                    of VIMC expanded her inte-
                                                                  grative medicine practice to include a DPC membership option as of
                                                                  March 2022. “This type of primary care model is meeting the needs of
                                                                  many patients who are looking for more personalized, relational, acces-
                                                                  sible, and affordable healthcare all for one low monthly fee,” she says.
                                                                  “People are tired of the overpriced, impersonal and inaccessible ‘sick
                                                                  care.’ I offer something very different – a unique personalized whole-
                                                                  person approach combining the best of both traditional and alternative
                                                                  medicine through an integrative medicine model.”

                                                                  After completing a two-year fellowship in Integrative  Medicine  at
                                                                  University of Arizona, Bolling found she could no longer practice in
                                                                  the typical healthcare model. “Healthcare as we know it today mostly
                                                                  focuses on high volumes of patients, short, rushed office visits. I knew
                                                                  there was a better way to offer true personalized healthcare, but it would
                                                                  require a different healthcare mode – a model that allowed more time
                                                                  with patients, easier access, affordability, personalized care, and many
                                                                  more healthcare options through an integrative medicine lens.”



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