10/16/2025
IMPORTANT CHANGES COMING – PLEASE READ!!
Drs. Tim and Nikki Allen are committed to providing medical care that is focused on you – the patient – not on what might be best for an employer or an insurance company. Since 2019 we have partnered with the Independent Physicians of Wisconsin (IPW), a group of like-minded physicians who operate independent clinics but share a common tax ID and billing identity. We have been very thankful for their help in getting us established as independent doctors, but the time has come for us to become a completely independent medical clinic.
As of January 1, 2026, we will become Allen Family Medicine, S.C. and will no longer be part of IPW.
What is not changing:
Us, our coworkers, our address, our phones, our fax, our schedule including all visits already scheduled in 2026, our collaboration with LabCorp providing an in-house phlebotomist, our focus on patient autonomy and informed consent, our desire to care for people of all ages, our self-pay options, and our acceptance of most insurances including Medicaid and Medicare.
What is changing:
• Our billing identity: as a new corporation we need to have each patient sign new forms to allow us to bill and to consent to care, and we may need new pictures of the insurance cards and IDs. This is a nuisance but necessary!
• We will still use Athena but will have a different “tablespace” within it which means each patient will need to sign up for a new portal.
What do you need to do to continue to get care here?
• Be patient as we swap things over in January! We are putting a lot of planning into trying to ensure a smooth transition, but this is technology, and that is not always seamless!
• Watch for more information to come about the portal changes.
• Sign new forms for consent to care and billing updates on the first visit after the transition.
• If you have a balance with us now, please talk to us and pay that off before we switch. All debt owed to “us” will change to being due to IPW after January 1, and IPW has different policies on late payments than we have. You will be better off resolving any outstanding balances with us before that debt transfers to them.
We are excited to continue to care for you and your loved ones, and we appreciate your patience as we figure out all the details along the way! It’s been 6 years as part of IPW, and we look forward to many more years as a completely independent clinic.
Addendum - for those wondering if we will be on particular insurances or Medicare plans, we are actively finishing credentialling to maintain all of the insurances we currently accept.
