A simple, low monthly retainer fee insures unparalleled physician access, same-day appointments and thorough, unrushed visits at Desert Medical Consultants. You will have an unlimited number of visits and will experience improved personalized and individualized care. Dr. Brimhall, or his new associate, is available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to meet you and your family's health needs.

Business owners, more than most, understand the tremendous burden that employee health care can present to the success of their company. Small businesses in particular, are being strangled by the costs of even limited healthcare plans which in reality provide little benefit for their employees.

At Desert Medical Consultants, many businesses will find the ability to provide superior care for their employees, and in many cases, actually save money at the same time. Desert Medical Consultants can recommend insurance specialists who focus on arranging health plans for small businesses. These insurance specialists will meet with you and explain the benefits of Health Savings Accounts and how a healthcare model such as Desert Medical Consultants’ can be beneficial. Business benefits include an annual executive examination for each employee, occupational injury or illness assessments, pre-employment evaluations, drug screening, and other occupational related examinations.

As many of our members will soon discover, modifying existing medical insurance plans while retaining the services of Desert Medical Consultants may save a significant amount of money while actually improving healthcare. The use of higher deductible, lower premium Health Savings Account (HSA) insurance plans allows for both significant financial savings for the member, as well as assists in supporting the monthly membership fee at Desert Medical Consultants.

* Many patients are choosing to join high deductible insurance plans, thus greatly decreasing their medical care costs. If they remain healthy, their money has been spent on good care, not on expensive insurance. If they become ill, they will have to pay a deductible, but they still have good catastrophic insurance. Even better, many employers are moving to Health Savings Accounts (HSA) for their employees. These HSA policies effectively turn the money over to you for safe keeping. You decide what services to purchase and you determine the best use of your healthcare dollar. Dr. Brimhall encourages patients to look for high deductible catastrophic insurance plans and health savings accounts, which allow them to put away money, tax-free, for medical expenses. The savings on annual premiums will likely be much more than the membership fee of $1,200. For further information and a quote for your new Health Savings Account, please contact Dr. Brimhall’s office for a referral to a HSA specialist.

Neither Medicare nor private insurance will pay for or reimburse a patient’s membership (“retainer”) fee at Desert Medical Consultants or at any retainer-based medical practice. But in many cases your insurance premiums may be reduced by coupling a Health Savings Account with a higher deductible medical insurance plan. Ultimately, this may likely be less expensive than a standard low-deductible, higher premium plan which most insured currently have. The patient can now be more in-charge of their health care costs and the physician more in-charge of his patient’s medical care.