Osteopathic Manual therapy
Dr. Greer is trained in Osteopathic Manual Therapy and is offering this special form of manual medicine to our Patient Members only. Availability is limited by scheduling. Please note that there is an extra fee for this in our pay-what-you-can model for therapies (please see below).
Pay-what-you-can model for therapies
Within Carah, we strive for economics that are based on solidarity and taking care of one another. The predominating fee-for-service model turns the sacred encounter of a patient and a healthcare practitioner into a commodity, something we can buy. We believe that this takes away from its healing power and stands in the way of healthcare’s contribution to social healing. (This is also a main reason why we work with a membership-based community-supported model for Family Medicine.)
In reality, we cannot buy a therapeutic encounter. Ideally, such an encounter is offered as a gift. At the same time, there are materials needs to make such an encounter happen: The therapist or physician has life needs that need to be met for them to be available for this encounter, some people need to spend time to support the related administrative processes and have their life needs met for that time, Carah needs to maintain a space, certain technical systems and buy supplies. While these material needs need to be met, they do not preclude that such an encounter is offered as a gift.
Out of this ideal, our therapies are offered in a pay-what-you-can model. Each time that you come for such a visit, you will receive a form that gives a dollar amount that reflects the material needs for such an encounter. After the visit, we ask you to enter your financial contribution towards these material needs based on your economic ability. Not everyone has the same financial means. If you can contribute the full amount or even a bit more – great. If you can only contribute less, that is just as fine - not everyone has the same financial means. We believe that all of us forming the Carah community together have enough to cover the costs for each other’s healthcare needs as far as they can be met within Carah. We will periodically review how this unfolds and hope we can continue this model into the future.
As you are making your contribution, we ask you to keep in mind that your contribution does not go towards your own visit. The material needs for your own visit had to be met prior to you coming to the office and the contributions of members before you met these needs. In reality, your visit is a gift from them. Your contribution helps to meet the needs for the next members’ visits, it is your gift to them.
Material needs for osteopathic manual treatments (currently only available for Carah Patient Members):
30 minutes (children and brief follow-up): $75
60 minutes: $150
90 minutes: $225