R-Health opens West Orange primary care office.

Byline: Anthony Vecchione

R-Health New Jersey's West Orange primary care facility is now open for business.

The new location at 405 Northfield Ave. is the ninth R-Health a membership model that provides a full rangeof primary care services including preventive, urgent and sick care, health and wellness coaching, chronic disease management and care coordination in New Jersey.

According to R-Health, there are no copays, no waiting and no gatekeepers between doctors and patients. Each doctor has a maximum number of patients that is less than half of a typical primary care doctor.R-Health is not a concierge model and as a result, is notprohibitivelyexpensive. A monthly membership costs about the same as one moderately priced family dinner out per month.

Dr. Binita Prajapati, a board-certified, family medicine physician said she joined R-Health West Orange because she believes that a strong physician-patient relationship is the key to constructive and beneficial treatment.

"One-on-one time is essential to building continuity of care with my patients and I can't do that in drive by medicine. R-Health allows us to have enough time and treat the whole patient,"Prajapati said.

R-Health practices offer same-day and next-day appointments for urgent issues, longer appointment times, little...