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What is Potomac Health & Wellness (PHW)? What health care services does PHW provide? What is your health care approach?

PHW is a highly regarded, boutique health care practice for adults. We provide comprehensive whole health care services with a holistic focus on your wellness inside out. Our mission is for you to attain optimal health, lifelong wellness, ageless vitality. Our vision is to provide you with the premier patient-centered experience. Our functional-integrative medicine approach carefully seeks the underlying root causes of your infection or disease, rather than just medicating your symptoms. We evaluate numerous personal health factors, including your genetics and metabolic pathways; immune system and gut health; food allergies and sensitivities; chemical, mineral, hormonal imbalances; toxins, heavy metals, parasites; and much more. Our innovative medical partners can precisely identify new or hidden underlying illness and disease factors through advanced testing. We precisely personalize specialized treatments specific to your unique health conditions and needs. We use a wide range of conventional and integrative modalities, including bio-available supplements and bio-medical therapies. As a relationship-based health care practice, PHW truly values the special connection with each of one of our patients. We continuously strive to earn your trust and confidence. We allot a generous amount of time for patient appointments to focus on personal health issues and concerns that truly matter to you. We closely partner with you to promote active participation during your office visits, and to ensure compliance with your personalized treatment plans, co-enablers for your healthy outcomes. PHW closely partners with your medical providers to better manage your health care from a 360 degree perspective. New patients and referrals welcome. By appointment only.

Does Potomac Health & Wellness (PHW) participate with any healthcare insurance plans?

PHW participates with Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) health plans. PHW is a Humana TRICARE East certified non-network, non-participating provider and does not participate with any other health plans, including Aetna, Assurant, Cigna, GEHS, Humana, United Healthcare, health maintenance organization (HMO), point of service (POS), exclusive provider organization (EPO), Medicare, Medicaid, etc.

NOTE: Some non-PPO BCBS plans have a indirect (e.g. BlueChoice Advantage) or triple option PPO benefit, which PHW may participate with. Other non-PPO BCBS plans may have a opt out open access, with a out of network provider benefit, which PHW does not participate with.

• Eligible BCBS PPO health plans patients, who have met their current calendar year deductible, are solely financially responsible for all assigned office visit co-pays, co-insurances, deductibles, account balances, etc., due at the time of your appointment. Our office submits your office visit claims directly to your specific participating BCBS PPO health plan. 
• Eligible BCBS PPO health plans patients, who have not met their current calendar year deductible, must self pay for each office visit, until your deductible has been 100% met, due at the time of your appointment. Our office provides office visit claims documentation to submit to your specific participating BCBS PPO health plan for self-reimbursement.  
• Non-eligible, uninsured, self pay, and non-participating health plans' patients must self pay for each office visit due at the time of your appointment. Our office provides office visit claims documentation to submit to your specific non-participating health plan(s) for self-reimbursement. 

NOTE: Payment is due upon the time of your scheduled appointment. We accept most major credit and debit cards as forms of payment. Office consultation fees are not inclusive of any additional incurred health care or administrative services (e.g. medical records or medical documentation review, medical record fees, third party patient forms, disability determinations, dietary counseling, special reports, etc.), which are an additional charge, ranging anywhere from $25-$250, due at the time of your scheduled appointment. All patients are solely financially responsible for all of their third party, health coordination services, including labs, pharmacies, imaging, etc. which may or may not be covered by your specific healthcare insurance plan. All patient billing inquiries should be directed to Physicians Billing Service.

How do I become a new Potomac Health & Wellness (PHW) patient? How do I schedule my PHW appointments? What do I need to bring in for my initial appointment? What are your office hours and closings?

New and established patients may conveniently message us or call us to request your new or follow up appointment. Established patients may also request follow up appointments through their patient portal. New patient forms are sent to you, by our office, upon confirming your new appointment request. New patient forms must be completed, signed, and electronically submitted or faxed back to our office (+1-703-448-1257), a minimum of 48 hours prior to your scheduled initial appointment.

NOTE: PHW new patient forms are emailed to new patients by our office. are in Adobe portable document format (.pdf) , require a computer, tablet, or mobile device with the most current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader and a compatible web browser pre-installed, to be able to electronically complete and then submit the forms packet back to our office.

Additionally, new patients must provide all current medical health records and related medical documents, for review, to our office, a minimum of 48 hours prior to your initial scheduled appointment. New patients must present, at the time of their initial appointment, a valid, active, government-issued photo identification card; active healthcare plan membership card(s); and active billing credit card, for current and future payments of health care services and any outstanding patient account balances.

PHW is open Monday through Friday, from 8:30am-12pm and 1pm to 4:30pm. Our office is closed on weekends and all major holidays.

Where is Potomac Health & Wellness located? What are the travel logistics, lodging and dining options, for patients traveling from outside the DMV, to PHW?

PHW is located at 6845 Elm Street, Suite 309, McLean, VA 22101 (US), just 10 miles NW of Washington, DC (US). Washington, DC is serviced by Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI), and Union Station train station. Popular local travel options include Uber/Lyft ride sharing, taxi, Metro transit system, and local municipal transit systems. McLean is vehicle accessible via the Capital Beltway, Interstate 495, which is accessible from Interstate 95, Interstate 66, and George Washington Parkway.

NOTE: Fairfax Connector bus #721, which services the McLean Silver Line Metro station, routes approximately every half hour, weekdays, to/from our Elm Street office location.

There are numerous local lodging, dining, and shopping options in or around McLean/Vienna, including Tysons Corner Center and Tysons Galleria shopping malls. Please refer to popular online travel destination or dining web sites to learn more.