Relocating to San Francisco
Your physician relationship, in place before you land. We begin establishing your care while you are still packing boxes in another city.
Establishing care for new arrivals
See how it worksMoving is when care falls through
A move to San Francisco rearranges everything at once: home, work, schools, and, usually last on the list, medical care. Records sit in three portals across two health systems. The specialist who knew your history stays behind. Prescriptions need a new prescriber before refills run out. Most people arrive, mean to find a doctor, and are still meaning to a year later when something goes wrong.
It does not have to work that way. Our practice regularly takes on patients who are still weeks or months from arriving, so the groundwork is finished before the moving truck is.
How establishing care works
Before you land
Reach out. Submit the contact form or schedule an inquiry call online.
Talk with our nurse. A short call about your situation, what you need, and whether we are the right practice for it.
Meet the doctor. A video call to get acquainted. It is an introduction, not a medical visit: no diagnosis, no treatment, just a conversation.
Register with the practice. Membership paperwork and payment happen at this step.
We go to work. Records retrieval, logistics planning, and scheduling your initial visit around your arrival date.
When you arrive
Your initial visit. Your initial in-person visit in San Francisco begins your medical care and the doctor-patient relationship, with the groundwork already done.
Care proceeds. From there, care proceeds: referrals, coordination, testing, diagnosis, treatment, and the proactive work of keeping you well.
By the day you land, your care is up and running.
For the long view
If what you want from the move is a fresh start on your health, you are looking for one physician who takes the long-range view rather than handling problems as they appear: deep evaluation, careful interpretation of testing, and ongoing access to someone who knows you. That is the practice we run, and beginning before you arrive means the long view starts on day one.
For complicated care
You arrive with a complicated history, a thick chart, and several specialists who took years to assemble. What you need is a physician who will actually read everything, rebuild a coordinated plan, and quarterback the transition: which relationships to rebuild here, which to keep by telehealth where appropriate, what cannot wait, and what can. We have done this many times, and it is exactly the work the pre-arrival window is for.
A physician-owned practice
My Doctor Medical Group is owned and operated by its physicians: no hospital system, no health network, no private equity, and no separate management company. We keep our panel small on purpose, and membership pricing is discussed individually because it depends on tier and family configuration. We are currently accepting a limited number of new members.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can we start before I move to San Francisco?+
Yes. Everything except medical care itself can happen before you arrive: the inquiry call, the meet-the-doctor video call, registration, records retrieval, and scheduling. Medical care begins at your first in-person visit in San Francisco.
Is the meet-the-doctor video call a medical visit?+
No. It is an introduction: a chance to meet, describe your situation, and decide whether the practice is the right fit. It does not include diagnosis or treatment.
How does the records transfer work?+
Once you register, our team requests your records from each of your current physicians and systems, organizes them, and prepares them for your first visit. You sign the release forms; we do the chasing.
I already live in San Francisco. Is the process the same?+
Yes, minus the moving truck. Local patients follow the same path: inquiry call, meet-the-doctor call, registration, then your initial visit.
Do you take insurance or Medicare?+
We work entirely outside insurance networks and are opted out of Medicare. The membership fee covers your access and time. We provide a coded superbill for every medical encounter that you can submit to your insurer, and labs, imaging, specialists, and hospital care are typically with insurance-contracted or Medicare-contracted providers and covered as they normally would be.
How soon after arriving will I be seen?+
We schedule your initial visit around your arrival date, typically within days of landing, at whatever pace your situation needs. Because registration and records work happen in advance, that first visit starts care rather than paperwork.
Arrive with this handled.
One decision made before the move means a physician who already knows your history on the day you land. Start the conversation whenever your planning starts.
Establishing care is a core service of our concierge practice