What Does the MDVIP Concierge Program Include?

Membership provides an annual deep-dive wellness exam with advanced diagnostics selected by Dr. McElya, a personalized action plan covering nutrition, fitness, screenings, and lifestyle, and ongoing direct support from him across the year rather than only at that visit.

It is a membership program offered through Neighborhood Medical Center in Addison, Texas, and it sits alongside the practice's standard primary care rather than replacing it.

How the Annual Exam Differs

A conventional physical is largely a check for problems that have already appeared. The wellness exam in this program is built to look further ahead, with diagnostics chosen for your specific risk profile rather than a standard panel.

That means the testing is selected rather than uniform. Two members with different histories may leave with quite different workups, which is the point of the design.

The exam also takes longer than a standard visit, which is less a luxury than a practical requirement. A thorough history and a genuine conversation about risk simply cannot be compressed into a short appointment slot.

The Personalized Action Plan

What comes out of the exam is a written plan rather than a verbal summary you half remember by the parking lot.

It generally addresses:

• Nutrition, adapted to your results rather than general advice
• Fitness, scaled to your current capacity and any limitations
• Screenings, with a schedule for the coming year
• Lifestyle factors including sleep, stress, and alcohol

Having it written down changes how usable it is twelve months later. It also gives you something concrete to measure against at the next annual exam, rather than trying to recall what was discussed.

Access Across the Year

The part members tend to value most is not the exam. It is having ongoing direct access to a physician who already knows the plan, so questions get answered as they arise.

Preventive care fails most often between appointments. A plan made in March that nobody revisits until the following March is a plan that quietly stops being followed.

That is the gap the membership is designed to close. Whether it is a question about a new symptom, a medication, or whether a change is worth making, having somewhere to direct it keeps the plan alive across the year.

Who It Tends to Suit

The program fits people who want a more thorough annual picture and a physician relationship with more continuity than a standard visit schedule allows. It tends to appeal to patients managing several risk factors at once, and to those who simply prefer being ahead of problems rather than reacting to them.

It is not required to be seen at the practice. Regular primary care services remain available to everyone, and a standard annual physical covers what most patients need. Membership is an option, not a prerequisite.

Why the Physician Relationship Is the Core of It

Concierge medicine is often described in terms of amenities, which misses what makes it work clinically.

The value is a physician who has the time to know your history in detail and notice small changes across years. Dr. Martin G. McElya has run this practice since 1998 and still sees patients daily, which is the foundation the program is built on.

"The best medicine I practice happens because I have known somebody for fifteen years and something looks slightly off to me," says Dr. McElya. "You cannot get that from a fifteen-minute visit with a stranger. That is really what the membership buys."

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I still use my insurance?

The membership fee is separate from insurance and covers the program's services. Regular medical care continues to be billed as usual. Neighborhood Medical Center accepts all major carriers but does not accept Medicare or Medicaid, and self-pay options are available.

What does membership cost?

Pricing is best confirmed directly with the office, since program details can change. Call or text and staff can walk you through what is included and what it costs before you commit to anything.

Can I join partway through the year?

Yes. The annual exam anchors the membership year from whenever you begin, so there is no particular season you have to wait for. Staff can explain how the timing works when you call.

Learn More or Sign Up

Neighborhood Medical Center is at 5917 Belt Line Road in Addison, Texas, open seven days a week. To ask about the NMC MDVIP Program, call or text 972-726-6464, or book a visit online.