Your First Visit

When you first call to make an appointment with Balanced Family Natural Medicine, the receptionist will get some basic information from you including your insurance information so have your card available. They will then get an appointment set up for you and will call the insurance company to verify your benefits within 24 hours. If there is any confusion with the coverage, then you can expect a phone call to get any other necessary information before your appointment.

New patient forms can be found here. The clinic has now started using on-line forms, but if you are unable to fill those out before your appointment then please print these and fill them out or arrive 15 minutes early to finish all necessary paperwork.

Feel comforted, listened to, and cared for.

A key tenant of natural medicine is the connection between mind, body, lifestyle, nutrition, and person. We believe that medicine should be delivered on a personal basis. In a traditional Western medicine environment, there’s intense pressure on physicians to increase billable services on patients. Because of this, the agenda of these physicians is often to see as many patients as possible within a given day. In this environment, many patients feel anonymous or like “cattle”… being pushed through the corral only to see the Doctor for 5 minutes before they’re off to their next patient.

At Balanced Family Natural Medicine, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. The physicians initial visit with you is about getting to know you; your health history, your nutritional & dietary habits, your family health history, your personality.

The initial visit will include a thorough medical intake to obtain a comprehensive health history. The doctor will also perform a complete physical exam during this visit with emphasis on whatever your chief complaint is. They will also order any lab work or imaging that will aid in development of your treatment plan. It is often helpful to bring any old medical records that you have at home to this first visit. Treatment at this appointment will most likely be very basic so the doctor can take some time to get to know your case and get any pertinent lab work back before deciding on the best course of treatment. Most initial visits are approximately 60 minutes.