Central Illinois Direct Care

10/31/2024

5 years ago we followed Ben Hauter's idea for Direct Primary Care where patients can contract directly with a doctor for a monthly fee. Well, it took off. Several other clinics like ours are sprouting up throughout the United States! Let's hope this is the fix for the broken medical system!
Happy 5 year anniversary to Central Illinois Direct Care!

07/27/2024

We have openings for new patient meet and greet! No obligation to join. Come meet Ben Hauter, MD and ask all your questions to see if right for you!
217-632-6236

06/06/2024

1. We are accepting new patients!
2. CDL physicals will now be $100 for non members.
3. School Bus driver's physical with Drug screen will be $100.

05/21/2024

Big Announcement!
In order to accommodate the new patient requests we are adding Ben Hauter, MD ,of Salt and Light DPC, to provide care on another day in the Lincoln office. Dr Ben will see new patients, follow up patients, acupuncture visits, and CDL physicals. Call 217-632-6236 for appointment.

04/11/2024

Yea, we do that!

03/04/2024

Warning! I am about to rant !!
In the past year I have diagnosed three people with cancer. Two people were so delayed in their referral treatment that treatment options became dramatically reduced. What I mean is that their cancer spread over the months of waiting to get a battle plan for treatment. One died prior to being seen, one had spread of the disease that put them in a palliative care only option, and the third is out 8 months from diagnosis and has spread of the disease and is still waiting for treatment!
This is unacceptable in the United States of America! We do not have universal health Care with rationing of treatment. These failures are due to an incompetent system with insurance delaying the decision for treatment.
I ask for three things;
1) Fellow Primary Care Physicians- Rattle the cage of your consultants so that your patients get in to be seen more timely. Lives depend on it! Spend the time on pre-authorization and get a peer review if denied.
2) Consultants- Realize that my referral to you is to help my patient decrease the fear of the unknown and to set up a battle plan for their problem. Insurance payments will come and the liability is not on the insurance company but on us physicians. Just because the insurance company doesn't pay does not mean it is not a warranted procedure or treatment!!
3) And patients- Do not accept this as the standard of care in the United States. It is not acceptable!

I have had enough of this broken medical system and I plan to work "the system" for better outcomes!

Thanks for listening!

11/01/2023

We are celebrating our 4th year in Lincoln today! What a fun ride! We have 570 patients and still having fun!

Thank you for your support!
Dr Dru and Dr Marcia

01/03/2023

Here is another great article about Direct Primary Care. It is written by Ben Hauter, MD.

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11/13/2022

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09/11/2022

August 1984 we gathered on our first day of medical school in Carbondale, Illinois. We had assigned seats and the administrators were telling us what medical school was going to be like. He said, "look around the room. Some of you may even marry each other." The girl in the assigned seat in front of me was Marcia Domme. On September 12th we will celebrate 35 years of marriage. Marcia is my partner in so many different ways after all these years! Happy 35th Marcia! I love you Marcia Hauter!