Dr. Chris Sudduth, owner and CEO of Remedy Health, explained to Logan County’s Board of Commissioners on July 15 the many positive services his metro-based company can offer residents.
Remedy Health is a direct primary care physician business that allows people to maximize the benefits of the service by simplifying the entire process.
Members pay one flat monthly fee and receive unlimited office visits with their doctor, as well as on-demand care through texts, phone calls, video chats and even house visits.
“We’re already a member of the Guthrie Chamber of Commerce,” Sudduth said. “We’ve had some great interaction with the city, and we’re really excited about the potential of coming into Guthrie with our service.”
Sudduth, a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma Medical School, said Remedy Health gives patients unprecedented access to medical help.
“Access is the key. Access is the key in economic development,” he said. “You want more business coming to Logan County, coming to Guthrie? Well, you have got to have access to care.And that’s what we do very well, better than anybody. We guarantee same-day or next-day office visits for those (with) acute issues.”
Sudduth told the Board that Remedy Health charges a flat monthly service fee of $109 for individuals, $69 for children, and a cap of $349 for families.
He said their patient care is not rushed.
“When folks come in and see us, we spend a lot of time with our patients,” he said. “And that’s why our mission at Remedy Health is to rescue patients and physicians from the broken, abusive, harmful, greedy, predatory healthcare system.
“So, when patients come in, we block out an hour and a half for new patient visits. We block out 45 minutes for follow-up visits. If you have two issues or 10, it doesn’t matter. We’ll talk about every single one of them, we’ll address them.”
Sudduth said Remedy Health also serves employer groups both in the private and public sector.
“And on the public side, there are several municipalities that we serve. The City of Edmond is one of our clients,” he said. “We take care of all their police and fire, all their employees, their spouses, and their dependents all the way up through age 25, just like with insurance.”
Sudduth said they do not file claims with insurance companies.
“We’re not insurance; we’re healthcare. And that’s the key,” he said. “We do not file any claims with insurance. We don’t mess with insurance for the service that we provide, but our service can be combined with any type of insurance or no insurance. It can be combined with any type of health plan design, whether it’s a fully insured plan, where it’s something off the shelf like a Blue Cross or Community Care, etc., or it’s a self-funded plan. Just about any plan design you can imagine.”
Remedy Health has brickand- mortar locations in the Oklahoma City metro area, in Edmond and Tulsa.
“We provide so much care in-house, under one roof, we reduce specialist visits anywhere from 65 to 75%. We reduce hospitalizations anywhere from 20 to 40%. ER reduction is about 50%, and urgent care is almost 100% reduction,” he said. “In fact, we view it as a failure if any of our patients go to urgent care because that’s what we’re here for.”
Sudduth said they also have a pharmacy available.
“We have a pharmacy onsite, so about 100 or so of the most common prescribed generic medications are available for free for employer groups,” he said. “No additional charge for that. We do all blood work on-site. Any labs that need to be done, that’s all included for free as well.
“We have great pricing on imaging. Heck, we can get an MRI done for $209 cash. How about that? CT scan for $190 bucks. That’s amazing. It’s a free market. You go out and negotiate, and you get those kinds of good deals.”
Sudduth said Remedy Health provides a variety of other services, too.
“We have all immunizations on-site,” he said. “We also provide a variety of other services, including IV therapy, not just IV fluid, other forms of IV therapy, bio-identical hormone replacement therapy for men and women. We have an incredibly robust weight loss program.”
Sudduth said Remedy Health would like to open a clinic in Guthrie.
“We need about 500 paying patients in any location for us to have sustainable feasible money,” he said.