Question 1

1. What is the direct primary care model?

Accepted Answer

Pediatric direct primary care (DPC) is a membership-based healthcare model where families pay a flat monthly fee directly to a pediatrician for nearly unlimited access to primary care, bypassing traditional insurance for routine services, leading to more personalized, accessible care with longer visits, better doctor-patient relationships, and predictable costs. It emphasizes preventive care and holistic wellness.  Families who choose DPC typically maintain insurance coverage for needs like laboratory testing, imaging studies, specialist care, ER visits, and hospitalizations.

Question 2

2. Does Sunlight Pediatrics accept insurance?

Accepted Answer

Not at this time. True DPC practices operate with a membership model as outlined on Our Services page.  Families are encouraged to maintain their existing medical coverage for laboratory testing, imaging studies, specialist care, ER visits, and hospitalizations.

Question 3

3. Does Sunlight Pediatrics have a vaccine policy?

Accepted Answer

From Dr. Luke: As a mother, pediatrician, scientist, and child advocate, I am pro-vaccine.  Vaccines prevent life-threatening and life-altering diseases, many of which we’ve never seen in our lifetimes due to advances in medicine over the past 70+ years.  I understand that many parents have legitimate concerns about vaccines and their safety.  I am always happy to discuss these concerns, and I respect parents’ decisions about their children’s healthcare.  I see families who vaccinate according to alternative schedules and families who choose not to vaccinate. For those of you in that category, just know that I will take a little extra care with your children. I will have a lower threshold for sending them for labs and chest x-rays when they’re running fevers, knowing that they lack immunity to some infectious diseases that can creep up suddenly and cause significant morbidity and mortality.

Frequently asked questions

1. What is the direct primary care model?

2. Does Sunlight Pediatrics accept insurance?

3. Does Sunlight Pediatrics have a vaccine policy?