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Newton: 316.283.6655
Andover: 316.202.9990
You've probably been there. You call your doctor's office on a Monday morning, explain what's going on, and the next available appointment is two and a half weeks away. Or you go in for what feels like a routine visit and get a bill a month later that makes no sense. Or you have one quick question and spend three days trying to get a human being to answer it.
That's not a you problem. That's the traditional primary care system working exactly as it was designed, and it's driving patients in Newton, Kansas toward a different model entirely.
Direct Primary Care is growing in Newton and across Harvey County for a simple reason: it solves the problems that frustrate patients most. Integrity Medicine has offered Direct Primary Care in Newton since 2017, and this guide explains how it works, what it costs, and whether it's the right fit for your family.
Primary care is your foundation for health. It's where you go for annual physicals, sick visits, chronic condition management, preventive screenings, and follow-up care. It's where a doctor gets to know you well enough to catch problems early, before they become expensive or serious.
That kind of ongoing relationship makes a measurable difference. Research has found that patients with consistent Direct Primary Care relationships experienced approximately 40% fewer ER visits and more than 25% lower hospital admission rates compared to those in traditional care arrangements. Those numbers reflect what happens when a doctor actually knows you, not just your chart.
The challenge in Newton, as in much of mid-sized Kansas, is finding that kind of relationship inside a system that often works against building one.
Most people in Newton grew up with the traditional insurance-based model. You have a doctor, you schedule when something comes up, your insurance gets billed, and you pay whatever your plan requires.
That works fine when everything aligns. The problem is that everything rarely aligns.
Traditional primary care practices typically carry between 2,000 and 3,000 patients per physician. That number drives everything: shorter appointments, longer waits to get on the schedule, and less time for any individual patient to feel genuinely heard. Your doctor may be excellent. The system just doesn't give them room to show it.
In traditional healthcare, every office visit, test, or procedure requires approval and processing through an insurance company. Both the doctor and patient must navigate administrative steps that often result in unexpected costs and added complexity.
One family physician with over 30 years of experience described how this environment led to rushed patient visits, endless administrative box-checking, and referrals for simple conditions simply because a packed schedule didn't leave time to handle them in-office. The doctors aren't happy about it either.
For a detailed side-by-side breakdown, see our guide on how Direct Primary Care compares to traditional insurance-based care in Kansas. Direct Primary Care was designed from the ground up to fix these problems. It removes the insurance middleman, shrinks the patient panel, and puts the relationship between doctor and patient back at the center of care.
Direct Primary Care (DPC) is a membership model. Instead of billing insurance for each visit, patients pay a flat monthly fee directly to their physician's practice. That fee covers an extensive range of primary care services with no copays, no per-visit charges, and no insurance claims.
The monthly membership creates a level of predictability that appeals to a wide range of patients. Members have access to primary care services without worrying about co-pays or unexpected out-of-pocket costs, making it far easier to plan and budget for healthcare.
Because DPC practices don't bill insurance for routine care, they don't need high patient volume to stay financially healthy. Smaller panels mean more time per patient, faster access to appointments, and a doctor who actually knows your history.
DPC doctors can spend significantly more time with each patient. Longer appointments allow physicians to engage deeply with health issues, and patients typically experience shorter wait times and easier access, including same-day or next-day appointments.
For patients in Newton who are used to waiting weeks and feeling rushed when they finally get in, the difference is hard to overstate.
Integrity Medicine was founded in Newton in 2004. After years of watching insurance mandates and prior authorization requirements get in the way of good patient care, the practice converted to Direct Primary Care in 2017. That decision removed the insurance middleman entirely and gave the physicians the freedom to practice medicine the way they were trained to.
The Newton clinic is one of the most established Direct Primary Care practices in south-central Kansas. It serves patients of all ages, from newborns to seniors, with board-certified physicians handling care directly.
Dr. Robert Roeser has been practicing internal medicine in Newton for over 20 years and is the reason Integrity Medicine exists. He founded the clinic because he wanted to practice medicine with integrity, not paperwork. Board-certified in internal medicine, he is also a member of the medical staff at Newton Medical Center and is experienced in upper endoscopies and colonoscopies. Patients who've seen him describe a doctor who listens carefully, explains things clearly, and treats the person in front of him rather than the diagnosis on the screen.
Dr. Rob Dillard spent 14 years as an ER physician at Wesley Medical Center before transitioning to family medicine. That background shows. He is exceptionally skilled at in-office procedures and acute care, and he brings a level of calm and decisiveness to complex situations that comes from years of working under pressure. Board-certified in Family Medicine, he moved his practice to Newton Medical Center in 2013 to serve the community he lives in.
Dr. Leah Inman grew up in Galva, Kansas and has a clear sense of what it means to practice medicine close to home. She is an internal medicine physician who completed her residency in Spokane, Washington, and spent five years in outpatient internal medicine before joining Integrity Medicine. She is known for taking time to understand what matters most to a patient, not just what's bothering them today. She has also pursued additional training in osteopathic manual treatments, which gives her more tools to work with when standard approaches aren't enough.
All three physicians see patients directly. There are no physician assistants or nurse practitioners substituting for your primary care doctor at this clinic. You can read more about each physician on our meet our doctors page.
A monthly membership at Integrity Medicine's Newton clinic covers an extensive range of services with no additional fees. Members have direct access to their doctor via email or phone for non-emergency needs, and via text or call for urgent concerns.
Preventive and primary care: Unlimited office visits, annual physicals, preventive screenings, well-child exams, well-woman exams, and well-man exams.
Chronic condition management: Ongoing care for diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, asthma, COPD, thyroid disorders, and more, including regular monitoring and medication management.
In-office testing and procedures: EKGs, pulmonary function testing, allergy testing, food sensitivity testing, skin biopsies, laceration repair, joint injections, abscess drainage, mole and wart removal, lipoma removal, toenail removal, and foreign body removal.
Specialized services: School and sports physicals, gynecologic procedures including Nexplanon and IUD insertion and removal, medical weight loss, and ganglion cyst decompression.
Beyond what's covered in-office, members also benefit from wholesale-priced prescriptions through Integrity Medicine's own generic pharmacy, typically around 15% of standard retail cost, along with significantly discounted lab work and coordinated referrals for specialist or imaging needs.
Here's a number worth keeping in mind: a single urgent care visit without insurance averages around $180, with typical costs ranging from $125 to $300, and that's before any labs or procedures. A working-age adult in Newton pays $60 a month for unlimited primary care visits at Integrity Medicine. One urgent care visit costs more than a month of membership.
Many patients also find that prescription savings bring their net cost even lower. Medications that run $80 or $100 at a retail pharmacy often cost $10 to $15 through Integrity Medicine's wholesale pharmacy. For a full breakdown of what's included at each tier, see the Integrity Medicine pricing page.
Annual payment is accepted, and patients who pay for the full year receive one month free. Individual memberships are not currently tax-deductible, but they are eligible for HSA reimbursement. There are no long-term contracts. Membership can be cancelled with 30 days' notice.
Three things come up consistently when patients describe what changed after switching to Direct Primary Care.
Same-day and next-day appointments are standard for Integrity Medicine members, not exceptions carved out for urgent situations. In research on Direct Primary Care patient experiences, participants consistently described scheduling as far quicker and easier than anything they had experienced in traditional care, where waits of months were common. For parents with sick kids or adults managing conditions that don't follow a convenient schedule, that access matters enormously.
Every Integrity Medicine member gets their physician's direct email address and phone number at enrollment. Non-emergency questions go directly to the doctor via email or phone. Urgent concerns get a direct text or call. No triage line. No message left with a receptionist. No waiting 48 hours for a response from someone who isn't the person you need to talk to.
One Newton patient described the adjustment this way: "It took a while to get used to actually being able to get a hold of my own physician via email or text. That felt weird, but it was so great. Many times, there were just simple questions I needed answered that did not need an appointment."
Smaller patient panels mean your physician has time to learn your history, understand your patterns, and remember what you talked about last time. This continuity leads to higher patient satisfaction over time and better management of chronic and ongoing conditions, because the doctor is treating someone they know rather than starting from scratch at each visit.
At Integrity Medicine, some appointments are quick. Others run close to an hour. Your doctor is not watching the clock.
Yes. Most patients at Integrity Medicine maintain some form of health insurance or medical sharing plan alongside their membership.
Direct Primary Care covers the vast majority of your everyday healthcare needs. It does not cover hospitalization, emergency surgery, specialist treatment, or complex imaging. For those situations, separate coverage still matters.
The most practical setup for many Newton families is pairing a Direct Primary Care membership with a high-deductible health plan (HDHP). The membership handles routine care and the ongoing primary care needs you'd otherwise be paying copays and deductibles for. The insurance protects you from catastrophic costs. Over 90% of Integrity Medicine patients maintain some form of medical sharing or insurance coverage alongside their membership for exactly this reason.
For patients without insurance at all, Direct Primary Care isn't a complete substitute for major medical coverage. But it does provide genuine, ongoing primary care at a cost that's actually manageable, which is more than most uninsured patients currently have access to.
Direct Primary Care tends to deliver the most value for certain kinds of patients. Here's where it tends to fit best. For a deeper look at this question, our post on whether Direct Primary Care is worth it for Kansas families walks through the tradeoffs in detail.
Families with children. Kids need frequent care: sick visits, well-child exams, school and sports physicals, and quick answers when something feels off at 7 p.m. At $30 per month per child with a paid adult, membership covers all of it. Every child is seen by a board-certified physician, from birth through age 20.
Adults managing chronic conditions. Diabetes, high blood pressure, thyroid disorders, and asthma all require regular check-ins and easy communication between visits. Direct Primary Care makes both of those things significantly easier than the traditional model does, with a physician who tracks your progress over time rather than treating each visit as a standalone event.
Self-employed adults and small business owners. When your healthcare doesn't come through an employer, unpredictable costs are a real problem. A flat monthly membership fee turns primary care into a predictable line item, with no surprise bills and no insurance forms to navigate after every visit.
Patients without insurance. Direct Primary Care isn't a replacement for major medical coverage, but it provides real primary care access at a fraction of what out-of-pocket traditional visits cost. For people who currently skip care because it costs too much, that's a meaningful difference.
Anyone worn down by the traditional system. If you've stopped going to the doctor because it's too much of a hassle, or you've avoided following up on something because you couldn't face the scheduling process again, Direct Primary Care removes those barriers. That's the whole point.
Integrity Medicine's Newton clinic serves patients from throughout Harvey County and beyond. Families from Hesston, Halstead, Buhler, Hillsboro, and Moundridge make up a meaningful part of the patient community. For many of them, the draw isn't just convenience. It's that Direct Primary Care gives them a consistent physician relationship they couldn't find closer to home, with a doctor who knows their history and picks up when they call.
For patients coming from smaller communities west of Wichita, the Newton location offers something genuinely practical: a practice that handles most of what you need in a single office, without bouncing you between specialists or urgent care for issues that a good primary care physician can manage directly. The clinic sits at 715 Medical Center Drive, Suite 200, just south of Newton Medical Center, which also makes it easy to coordinate any specialist or hospital care that comes up.
At a traditional clinic, an uninsured patient typically pays $100 to $200 or more per visit before any additional charges for labs or procedures. At Integrity Medicine, the $60 monthly adult membership covers unlimited visits with no per-visit fees. For anyone who sees a doctor more than once a year, the membership almost always costs less.
Yes. Integrity Medicine has offered Direct Primary Care in Newton since 2017 at 715 Medical Center Drive, Suite 200. The clinic serves patients from Newton, Hesston, Halstead, Buhler, Hillsboro, Moundridge, and surrounding communities in Harvey County.
At Integrity Medicine, same-day and next-day appointments are the standard for members. Traditional primary care practices in Kansas commonly have wait times of two to four weeks for non-urgent visits.
Integrity Medicine provides care for patients 65 and older at $100 per month. The clinic does not bill Medicare or any insurance plan, so Medicare would not reimburse the membership fee. Patients who have Medicare can still be members and receive primary care at the clinic.
Yes. The Newton clinic cares for patients from birth through the end of life. Children under 17 are $30 per month with a paid adult. All pediatric care is provided by board-certified physicians.
Yes. Individual Integrity Medicine memberships are eligible for HSA reimbursement, though they are not currently tax-deductible for individual accounts.
Integrity Medicine physicians handle the vast majority of primary care needs in-office. When specialist or hospital care is needed, the physicians coordinate referrals and help patients find lower-cost options for labs and imaging. If a member is admitted to the hospital, Integrity Medicine physicians continue to see them there at no additional cost from the clinic.
Yes. A Spanish-speaking interpreter is available at the Newton location.
