Blue Ridge Premier Medicine

Blue Ridge Premier Medicine offers three annual membership tiers: a single rate, a couple rate, and a part-time rate. Call the office directly to obtain current pricing. The part-time rate applies to individuals who reside in North Carolina fewer than six months per year and maintain a primary care physician elsewhere. Membership fees do not cover medical services such as lab work or office visits.

Insurance typically does not cover membership or executive physical fees at Blue Ridge Premier Medicine. However, your tax advisor or plan administrator can clarify whether those fees qualify for reimbursement from a Health Savings Account or another tax-advantaged plan. The practice does bill your insurance for annual physicals, office visits, labs, and other clinical services.

Yes. Blue Ridge Premier Medicine bills your insurance for your comprehensive annual physical, office visits, laboratory services, and other clinical care. Members pay applicable deductibles and copayments as required by their plan. The practice works with both Medicare and commercial insurance on your behalf.

Each Blue Ridge Premier Medicine physician is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by office phone, cell phone, text, or email. After-hours calls route automatically to your own doctor, not a nurse line or answering service.

You see your physician at every visit. Blue Ridge Premier Medicine does not use physician extenders for patient appointments. Each doctor limits their panel to 300 patients, which allows them to provide that direct, personal attention consistently.

The annual comprehensive physical at Blue Ridge Premier Medicine runs two to three hours. Your physician reviews your medical records and laboratory data before the appointment. During the visit, your doctor addresses all active medical problems, builds an individualized preventive health plan, and discusses lifestyle recommendations tailored to your situation.

Yes. Blue Ridge Premier Medicine physicians serve as attending physicians at Mission Hospital, a nationally recognized referral hospital system. They make daily hospital visits, coordinate specialist consultants and diagnostic testing, and arrange direct admissions to bypass the emergency room when appropriate. They also follow patients to Givens and Deerfield nursing care facilities.

Yes. Blue Ridge Premier Medicine offers group business plans for companies seeking to support the health of executives and key personnel. Arrangements include annual executive physicals or full annual memberships. Contact the office to discuss options for your organization.

Yes. Visiting adult family members or friends with urgent medical concerns can receive care as guest patients. The practice applies standard fee-for-service insurance billing for those visits.

Yes. The physicians guide patients through specialist referrals within Asheville's subspecialty community and beyond. For complex or rare conditions, they help identify the right academic medical center and coordinate referrals to programs for rare diseases, experimental therapies, or transplant evaluations.