Magnolia Primary Care

At our office, one visit. You bring your medication list and your history, we do the intake and any labs that are due, and from that point you have somewhere to call. Larger systems often book new patient appointments six to ten weeks out, which is the single most common reason people give up partway through.

Almost never. PPO plans do not require one. Some HMO plans want you to name a primary care provider through your insurer first, which is a phone call to the number on your card, not a doctor visit.

For the routine work of primary care, which is prevention, chronic disease management and common illness, outcomes research has generally found comparable results. What matters more in practice is continuity, meaning you see the same person each time and they know your history.

No appointment needed. Pick the tests you want, or one of our panels, and we handle the order and draw you here. Call (817) 970-3400 and we will set up a time.

No, and that is deliberate. You pay for the labs and nothing else. If you want someone to go through your results with you, book a visit, which is priced separately, so nobody pays for a conversation they did not need.

Your results come to you. If something looks off, or you would simply like it explained, book a visit and we will go through it with you and put a plan together. A telehealth visit is often the easiest way to review labs.

Because a hospital outpatient lab applies its chargemaster markup on top, and often sends the sample to the same Quest or Labcorp facility anyway. Studies have found hospital outpatient labs running roughly 400 percent higher for a blood count and 530 percent higher for a metabolic panel than an office or standalone lab.

Usually, and often you should. We are in network with most major carriers, and labs run through insurance may cost you less depending on your deductible. Cash pricing is there for people who are uninsured or who would rather not run it through a plan.

Call the office with your plan name and the member ID from your card. Plan names are close enough to each other that guessing from the carrier logo alone gets people into trouble.

Most PPO plans do not require one. Some HMO plans require you to name us as your primary care provider first, which you do through your insurer rather than through us.

It depends on your plan, your deductible and the type of visit. Preventive visits are usually covered in full. Sick visits and chronic care visits apply to your copay or deductible. We tell you what we know up front, though only your insurer can confirm your benefits.

Ask about self-pay pricing. We would rather quote you a clear number than have you skip care entirely.

If we spend part of a preventive visit managing an active problem, like adjusting a blood pressure medication, that portion is billed separately. It is a rule set by insurers, not by us, and we say so in the room before it happens.

Yes. We are a new practice with openings now, which means appointments are easy to get and you will not wait a month for a routine visit. That changes as a practice fills, so if you have been meaning to establish care, this is the easy window.

We accept most major commercial plans and Medicare. Networks change every year, so check our insurance page or call the office with your specific plan name before you book. Plan names are similar enough that guessing from the carrier logo gets people into trouble.

One of our two providers: Rachael Bowen, NP, a Family Nurse Practitioner, or Dr. Farhan Abdullah, DO, board certified in Internal Medicine and our Medical Director. Both work from the same chart. If you would like to keep seeing the same person, book with them each time; if you need to be seen quickly, book whoever has the earliest opening.

No. We see patients age 16 and older only. We do not provide pediatric care, and we would rather tell you that on the phone than after you have driven over.

Often, yes. We hold openings each day for patients who are sick, and as a new practice our schedule has more room than most. Call as soon as we open and we will tell you honestly what we have. See our sick visits page.

About 45 minutes for a new patient visit or an annual physical, and 20 to 30 minutes for a follow-up. We build the schedule around that rather than trying to compress it, which is the main practical difference between a small practice and a large one.

Yes. Bring your medication bottles or a printed list, and sign a records release at your first visit so we can pull your recent labs instead of repeating everything. Your old office can fax records to (817) 887-3433 ahead of the visit.