Open enrollment comes around every year, and every year patients ask us the same thing: how do I tell whether a plan is any good? So here is a plain-English explanation of what the terms mean, and how to actually compare plans. The terms, decoded Premium. What you pay every month to keep coverage active, whether you use it or … Read More
Nutrition and Weight Loss Support at Tri-Lakes Family Care
Want to learn how to eat better? Looking to lose weight? Nutrition is one of the most powerful tools we have — and one of the hardest to use alone. What you eat plays a central role in managing weight, blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol. For many of our patients, the right changes to a daily eating pattern do … Read More
Virtual Visits: See Your Provider Without Leaving Home
It’s 6 p.m. on a Friday. Your 3-year-old has a 102°F fever, a runny nose, and a slight cough. Do you load up the whole family and head to urgent care, or wait out the weekend and hope you can get in Monday with your regular provider? Or maybe you have diabetes, your blood sugars are fluctuating more than usual, … Read More
Welcome to Our Health Articles
Welcome to the Tri-Lakes Family Care health articles — practical, plain-English guidance written by the providers and staff who care for Branson families every day. We started this collection to answer the questions we hear most often in the exam room: How do I treat a fever at home? When should I get screened? What does my insurance actually cover? … Read More