My patients are always at the center of what I do as a physician. The health stories they bring, the challenging, and the happy ones, inspire me to keep doing what I do. Preserving that relationship is the reason for a major change in the way I practice medicine.
I am excited about my personalized private practice, and invite you to join me.
Why make a change?
Patients in the Houston area have increasingly been told physician appointments are weeks or months away or they are being sent to a same day clinic or urgent care, or even the emergency room, because their doctors are too busy.
It is disrespectful to the patient and their time, and disrespectful to the doctor who genuinely cares and wants to take time to learn about you.
In order to bring control back, I have designed my private practice as a membership model. This new model will help me invest more in the precious patient-physician relationship. I will have more time to be directly involved in every level of my patients’ care, at any stage of their life.
What does joining us at AlereMD mean for you?
By combining a lifestyle medicine approach with a much smaller practice you can enjoy many important benefits not found in a typical medical practice:
- Enough Time: Time to be heard, understood, and cared for thoroughly.
- Always your own doctor: Every visit. Every call. Every time.
- Peace of Mind: Sometimes a text, email, or phone chat with your doctor is all you need.
- Consideration: Same- or next-day office or virtual visits. On time, unhurried and relaxed.
- Health and Wellness: Emphasis on the root cause of illness, prevention, and lifestyle factors.
- Advocacy: Help navigating and coordinating your specialty care in a complex system.
- Savings: Save time and expense of unnecessary urgent care visits, hospitalization, and medications.
- Home visits as appropriate.
- Annual Lifestyle Medicine-based Comprehensive Exam: I will gather detailed information on your health and lifestyle and do an in-depth review of your wellness goals all beyond what is covered by a typical insurance-covered annual evaluation. Together we will create a customized plan of care to help you achieve your goals – with an emphasis on the root cause of illness, prevention, and lifestyle factors.
- Ongoing health support and communication: Throughout the year I will provide you with close monitoring and necessary adjustments, and follow-up visits to promote and reinforce healthy lifestyle habits. Your support includes health coaching for Nutrition, Fitness, Stress Management, and Sleep Health, and other holistic strategies.
By using such a membership model, it has been shown patients have fewer urgent care visits and hospitalizations, less need for specialist referrals, and require less medication. And they feel more in control of their own health.
My practice will redefine your expectations for medical care
How to join my practice
Once we meet capacity, a waiting list will be started, so please inform us as soon as possible to ensure your place and benefit from the lower Founders’ pricing – offered for a limited time (see pricing details here). There is a family maximum and additional discounts are available, plus our program is designed to be eligible for HSA, HRA or FSA funds.
Membership is not an insurance plan, so you will use your health insurance coverage just as you always have.
Are you ready to join our practice?
Fantastic! Here are the easy ways to join:
- Apply securely online.
- Contact Meredith, our Membership Coordinator, at 832-669-6773 or info@AlereMD.com and she will assist you.
Want more information?
Attend an upcoming Information Session with me. Space is limited, reserve your spot here.
We are happy to talk with you and answer your questions. You may also fill out our website contact form here.
One more thing…what’s behind the name AlereMD?
“Alere” is a Latin word meaning “to nourish, support and sustain”. Helping my patients truly nourish themselves is at the heart of my work and life philosophy. I believe we should address and nourish the whole person, not just one organ or system.
Nourish health. Live well.
I am very passionate about what my new practice will offer. It will allow me a better opportunity to practice medicine as it was meant to be – directly between a physician and patient – which should lead to a healthier and happier you. It would be my privilege to be your physician.
Warmly,
Charles Rismyhr, MD