PHYSICIAN LED. RN SUPPORTED. BUILT FOR CONTINUITY
Primary Care, Built Around You
An ongoing relationship with a physician-led care team—not just another appointment.
Sunshine Medical is a Direct Primary Care practice built around continuity, communication, and helping you understand your health.
DPC is not health insurance. Keep appropriate coverage for emergencies and care outside the practice.
Physician Led
Your physician leads diagnosis, treatment, prescribing, and medical decision-making.
RN Supported
Your registered nurse supports education, monitoring, follow-up, and care coordination.
Built for continuity
Your Sunshine Care team stays connected before, during, and after appointments.
What does direct primary care mean at Sunshine?
With Direct Primary Care, you pay Sunshine Medical a recurring membership fee for ongoing primary care instead of paying the practice through insurance for each covered visit.
Your Sunshine membership includes:
Physician Primary-Care Visits
Virtual visits with your physician when clinically appropriate, with no additional per-visit charge.
Appropriate Acute Care
Evaluation and treatment of many new illnesses and concerns that can safely be managed through virtual care.
RN-Supported Follow-Up
Education, monitoring, results follow-up, and care coordination with your registered nurse.
Preventive Care
Health-risk review, recommended screenings, preventive planning, and ongoing wellness guidance.
Medication Management
Medication review, prescription management, and routine refill assessment when medically appropriate.
Lab & Imaging Coordination
Orders when medically appropriate, review of results, and guidance on next steps.
Chronic-Condition Management
Ongoing primary-care management for conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, weight and metabolic concerns, and other appropriate conditions.
Secure Member Messaging
Non-urgent communication with your care team between scheduled appointments.
Specialist & Referral Coordination
Help coordinating specialty care and incorporating outside recommendations into your ongoing primary care.
Sunshine
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Membership is paid directly to Sunshine
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Covered Sunshine services have no per-visit copay
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Follow up and follow through are part of the membership
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Relationship with a consistent physician/RN team
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Sunshine defines what is included in the membership
Fee-for-service Care
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Practice typically bills insurance for covered services
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Patient costs may include copays/deductibles
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Communication often centers around scheduled appointments
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Care may involve multiple clinicians or locations
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Insurance determines coverage/payment rules
DPC works alongside insurance
Sunshine Medical is not health insurance.
Membership covers primary-care services provided by Sunshine Medical. Members should maintain appropriate health insurance or other coverage for services outside the practice, including:
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emergency care
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hospitalization
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specialists
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surgery
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imaging
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outside laboratory testing
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medications and pharmacy costs