Puget Sound Family Health

About Puget Sound Family Health

What is Puget Sound Family Health?

Puget Sound Family Health is a naturopathic and functional medicine clinic at 711 Court A #100 in Tacoma, Washington. It has been practicing for over twenty years. Its prescribers are Andrew Rife, ND, M.Ed, who founded the practice, Amanda Canty, ND, and Anuprao Mulakaluri, ND. The clinic offers services from primary care and mental health to physical medicine, occupational medicine and minor office procedures. Its doctors describe their work as individual and family primary healthcare, so this is mainly a family primary care practice.

Weight loss is handled through its nutrition service. That section covers diet and food choices and names no medication. Longevity appears once, as one item in a list of conditions its Ayurveda care treats. In its own words: "Longevity optimization for long-term wellbeing." It gives no further detail. The clinic does not list hormone therapy or peptide therapy.

Most services are available by telehealth to new and existing patients, through doxy.me, for people located in Washington state. Office hours are Monday through Thursday 9am to 5:30pm, Friday 9am to 4pm, and closed on weekends. Google shows a 4.1 rating from 21 reviews.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices. It does not state a consultation fee, a monthly fee, or whether any fee covers medication. It says it is in network with most insurance companies, and that it works in network with Washington State L&I for work injury claims. Provider recommended supplements are ordered online through Emerson Wellevate or picked up at the office, and the clinic does not say what they cost. It does not mention HSA, financing, or membership terms.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask which of the three prescribers would see you, and what that person can prescribe under a naturopathic license in Washington. Ask whether the clinic offers any prescription weight loss medication, since none is named. If it does, ask whether the drug is brand name or compounded. Ask whether any fee covers medication, supplements, lab work and follow up visits, and what each costs on its own. Ask whether your plan is one the clinic is in network with, and whether a telehealth visit costs the same as an office visit. Finally, ask how to cancel or reschedule, and whether either one carries a fee.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want ongoing family primary care from a naturopathic practice, with diet work at the center, and you are comfortable with herbal supplements and Ayurveda as part of the plan. It is a weaker match if you came for prescription weight loss medication, hormone therapy or peptides, since none of those appear among its services.

Sources: pugetsoundfamilyhealth.org, pugetsoundfamilyhealth.org/services/ayurveda, pugetsoundfamilyhealth.org/services/functional-medicine, pugetsoundfamilyhealth.org/services, pugetsoundfamilyhealth.org/services/telemedicine

Services Offered

Hours

Monday-Thursday: 9am-5:30pm Friday: 9am-4pm Weekends: Closed

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