True North seeks like-minded practitioners with similar philosophies to join our circle. True North practitioners are independent practitioners who work collaboratively in an integrative setting. We invite you to join True North and build the practice you’ve been dreaming about.

We are a nonprofit organization changing healthcare and inspiring individuals to live healthier lives through integrative care, education and research. Our vision is to be the leader in integrative health care. We believe our model can transform how health care is delivered for the benefit of both patients and practitioners.

Benefits of Practicing at True North

• Ability to manage one’s own practice as desired, i.e.,
• taking time off as desired,
• seeing more or less patients as desired (no productivity quota),
• booking patients as desired (as opposed to a requirement to triple booking every 15 minutes),
• seeing patients for 60–90 minutes or as practitioner deems appropriate (not mandated to see X number of patients in Y amount of time which leads to shorter office visits),
• ability to make individual decisions as to number of referrals, admissions, use of ancillaries, etc. (not as dictated by management)
• Collaborative community of practitioners, including an innovative case presentation model that focuses on sharing the wisdom of the group and helping the patient improve
• Opportunity to practice in a Functional Medicine-based integrative organization where all practitioners believe in a holistic, body-mind-spirit approach
• No chasing insurance companies for payments – since we are a direct-pay practice, all the money you earn goes directly to you on a weekly basis
• Ability to have a say in amount of practice overhead and how it is distributed
• A menu of independent contractor options customized to best position new practitioners for growth and success
• Many ways to include patients from different socio-economic backgrounds in your practice including participation in the Portland Time Bank, an alternative economic system where people trade services, the Reilly Fund, an in-house grant-making fund and others
• Opportunity to present and share at the True North nationally-recognized conference
• Assistance in marketing your practice: web, print, talks to local companies and civic groups
• Practitioner specific marketing budget owned and controlled by the practitioner
• Opportunities to teach and take part an True North’s innovative Education Program as part of an integrative health practice
• Connectivity to research organization where clinical outcomes (not process outcomes) are measured, reported and published
• Four rent-free weeks per year; (pay for 48 weeks of overhead and receive 52)
• Rent and Services Charge includes:
• Space, maintenance, utilities, cleaning
• Furniture and equipment (subject to our equipment/supply purchase policy)
• Supplies (subject to our equipment/supply purchase policy)
• Front desk staff and service (e.g., answering telephone inquiries, appointments, check-in and check-out, patient billing, etc.)
• Clinical Support Staff as applicable
• Marketing (of Center and of individual practitioners)
• Marketing dollar distribution (subject to TN marketing dollar distribution policy)
• True North e-newsletters
• Internet access and personal E-mail
• Individual voice mail
• Administrative Staff Salary, Wages, Benefits
• Business Development/Business Operations/Business Strategy
• Services of Medical Director
• Front desk staff and service (e.g., answering telephone inquiries, appointments, check-in and check-out, patient billing, etc.)
• Integrated Medical Record
• Outcomes Data analysis and reporting
• Education Programs and Initiatives and Conference
• True North Organizational initiatives
• True North Retreat
• Circle Process governance structure
• Interpreting Services
• Credit Card usage fees
• Additional items agreed upon in Circle
• And more…

To learn more, contact Thomas H. Dahlborg, Executive Director at 207-781-4488 or by email at tdahlborg@truenorthhealthcenter.org.

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