Unfortunately, today’s traditional medicine is symptom based and the doctor will design a plan to alleviate the symptoms. This usually means prescribing a pharmaceutical to treat the symptom, while that can be helpful, it does not necessarily get to the root of the problem. Functional Medicine is about getting to the cause. Symptoms go away because the health issue goes away.

NO! I believe that Rx are a tool for the doctor to use just like a stethoscope. I am not against Rx in any way, I just believe that when we made the focus of our healthcare system the elimination of our symptoms instead of Health, we ran off the tracts. Your health is not just the reduction or the elimination of symptoms. It is even in the name of the system “HEALTH CARE SYSTEM”. But we as a nation are getting sicker and sicker with chronic disease every year. Something needs to change in our system! Functional Medicine is the answer that we have been looking for. Health Care 2.0

One of the biggest complaints we hear from patients is that their doctor spends little time with them and does not explore the many other symptoms that may be contributing to the problem. Patients fill out a long personal questionnaire including their past health history, which is rarely looked at or even considered. Don’t be angry with your doctor. There just isn’t time with our current insurance based medical delivery system to spend more than just 5-10 minutes with you. Our clinic schedules at least 30 minutes for each visit. We will take the time necessary to get to the cause of your health issue.

Unfortunately it has to do with money, insurance companies call the shots. At Tucson Functional Medicine, we do not utilize insurance. We will not allow an insurance company to decide what level of health your deserve.  That means you pay out of pocket. More and more people are moving away from insurance based medicine, because they are just not getting the results they need to be well. I read a study online that stated – the average person is now spending between 6000 – 7000 dollars out of pocket for health care a year. And these are people that have health insurance. So non insurance care is becoming more and more normal in America.

We offer many ways to pay for this exceptional service: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Credit cards, HSA, packaged services, payment plans. We want to show you what excellent functional medicine care looks like and how you have not been getting the intensive care you need & deserve, starting with the correct diagnosis and treatment plan to manage your chronic conditions. Many people have multiple conditions that need to be managed concurrently and synergistically for optimum results

At Tucson Functional Medicine Clinic we do not bill insurance. Insurance companies reimburse for what they deem to be “usual and customary“.  At our clinic you will receive care that is anything but “usual and customary.”  We pride ourselves on having a clinic that achieves outstanding results. We will provide you with a summary of all that was done on each visit with all the information necessary for you to submit the claim to your insurance company yourself. We cannot make any guarantees on reimbursement.