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can of beans and you cut yourself pretty badly. You can go ahead and text a photo to our emergency line, and say‘ What do you think I should do?’ I can go ahead and meet you at the clinic, and get you sutured up. I’ ll get you fixed up and you can go about your day and enjoy the rest of your weekend.”
Bame-Anderson loves the immediacy of direct primary care— being able to quickly snap into action, and being part of the process from start to finish.
“ You get to fix the person right there and you get to see it,” she said.“ You get that immediate gratification.”
And if it’ s something less
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( PHOTO BY LAUREN FLAUM)
Motivity Health is currently accepting new patient members, and serves communities throughout the area from its centrally-located office in the Conroy Law Building at 261 East Broadway in Monticello.
serious that doesn’ t require a visit to the exam room, she’ s happy to still be able to help via text, phone or video chat.
“ I can just guide them through over-the-counter remedies or holistic treatments,” she said.“ A lot
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of times things can be addressed virtually, without them having to come in.”
Growing practice
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In addition to Bame-Anderson, patients may also get to interact with phlebotomist Angie Krautbauer |
of Monticello, who draws blood at the clinic. While Motivity is staffed by just the two for now, Bame-Anderson is looking to bring on another team member— either a Licensed Practical Nurse( LPN) or Certified Medical Assistant( CMA).
That will be key as the business continues to blossom, with about 90 members and growing.
Several local employers have already taken notice of Motivity, opting to purchase memberships for their workers as opposed to traditional health insurance.
“ We have three different small businesses in town that pay for their employees to have memberships here, because they can’ t afford to buy health insurance for their employees,”
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Bame-Anderson said.
At Motivity, it’ s not just the care model that’ s different. The office itself is also far from the norm of what people may expect, with a stylish design brightened up by live plants, comfy couches, artwork with some personal meaning to Bame-Anderson and a cute coffee bar where patients can help themselves to a cup of joe.
“ We wanted it to be more homey,” she said.“ We didn’ t want it to feel sterile like a doctor’ s office.”
Bame-Anderson got some help from her family, including handy husband Jason Anderson, in turning the former eye clinic into what she envisioned.
“ When I took over, it had purple wallpaper and purple carpet. Even the furniture was purple— including
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the front desk,” she recalled.“ We did most of the work ourselves. We did the demo work. My sisterin-law paints and she did all the painting. We put up the light, new floors, a barn door. We had a friend custom make the sign for us.”
Now, when she walks into the clinic, she can’ t help but smile as she sees the revamped space and all that it represents.
“ I’ m pretty proud,” she said.“ Sometimes I have to pinch myself to remind myself it’ s real. Ultimately I just love to see how happy my patients are. I love getting to see the progression, from when they come in with some type of illness or struggle and then seeing the progress they’ ve made and how happy they are. It fills my love bucket.”
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