World of Wellness Healing Care Is Now Elevated Health in Oceanside
If you’ve been searching for World of Wellness Healing Care (WOWHC) in Oceanside and found Elevated Health instead, you’re in the right place.
The practice at 2125 S. El Camino Real, Suite 200, Oceanside, CA is now part of Elevated Health. The location remains open, and the Direct Primary Care (DPC) approach that patients knew from World of Wellness continues under the Elevated Health name.
For current or former WOWHC patients, there will be no changes in your current membership. This only means the change is the name and the practice behind it. For people looking for a Direct Primary Care doctor in Oceanside for the first time, it’s also an opportunity to learn more about how the model works and what care is available at the local office.
A Look Back at World of Wellness Healing Care
World of Wellness Healing Care was founded by Dr. Tina Edwards and became known in Oceanside for its membership-based approach to primary care.
Rather than billing insurance for individual office visits, WOWHC operated as a Direct Primary Care practice. Patients paid a monthly membership fee in exchange for primary care services, including routine visits, preventive care, and access to their doctor by phone, text, email, and telemedicine. The practice also offered same-day or next-day appointments when patients were sick.
That model appealed to patients who wanted more time with their doctor and a more direct way to communicate about their health.
What Is Changing at the Oceanside Practice?
The Oceanside office is now part of Elevated Health, a California Direct Primary Care practice with locations in Huntington Beach, Redding, Irvine, and Oceanside. The Oceanside location is Elevated Health’s first location in San Diego County.
The practice continues to use a membership-based DPC model. Elevated Health does not bill insurance for its membership, and members have direct access to their providers. The practice also offers:
- Same-day and next-day appointments
- Longer appointments
- Telehealth
- Access to wholesale pricing on medications, labs, and imaging
- Direct access to their doctor & our staff via call, text or email
For someone who was familiar with WOWHC, the basic idea behind the care is therefore fairly familiar: instead of paying for each primary care visit through traditional insurance billing, patients have a direct relationship with their primary care practice through a monthly membership.
What Care Is Available Through Elevated Health?
Elevated Health’s membership covers a broad range of primary care needs, including:
- Preventive care
- Physicals
- Chronic disease management
- Women’s healthcare
- Pediatric care
- Minor procedures, and;
- Coordination with specialists when needed
The practice also offers access to lower-cost labs, medications, and other services. Its current lab program includes testing for areas such as:
- Cholesterol,
- Dabetes
- Hormones
- Women’s health & Men’s health
- Infectious diseases
- General health screening.
For patients interested in additional areas of care, Elevated Health also offers services such as hormone replacement consultations and medically supervised weight-management care, depending on eligibility and the services available through the practice.
The goal isn’t to make every medical need fit into one appointment or one service. It’s to give patients a primary care relationship where routine care, ongoing health concerns, and preventive care can be managed in one place.
What Does Direct Primary Care Mean in Oceanside?
If you’re new to Direct Primary Care, the basic idea is fairly simple.
Instead of paying a copay every time you see your primary care doctor, you pay the practice a recurring membership fee. In return, the practice provides primary care services directly to you.
The model is designed around having fewer administrative barriers between patients and their doctors. At Elevated Health, members can contact their provider directly by phone, text, or email, and appointments are generally scheduled in longer time blocks than a typical primary care visit.
DPC is not health insurance, however. The membership covers primary care services, while major medical expenses such as hospitalizations and other care outside the membership may still require separate insurance coverage.
Looking for Direct Primary Care in Oceanside?
If you were a patient at World of Wellness Healing Care, the Oceanside practice is now operating as Elevated Health Oceanside at:
2125 S. El Camino Real, Suite 200
Oceanside, CA 92054
The location is part of Elevated Health’s growing network of Direct Primary Care practices throughout California.
If you’re new to DPC and looking for a primary care doctor in Oceanside, you can learn more about the membership, available services, and how to become a patient through Elevated Health.