Healthcare That Puts You First

Sarasota DPC is a membership-based primary care practice and does not bill health insurance for services provided through the membership, including Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, or commercial insurance plans.

Although Irina Danilova is a participating Medicare provider, Medicare and other insurance plans are not accepted as payment for Sarasota DPC membership services. This allows us to provide longer appointments, direct access, and personalized care without the restrictions of the traditional insurance model.

Patients are encouraged to maintain health insurance to cover services outside of Sarasota DPC, such as specialist visits, hospitalizations, emergency care, imaging, laboratory services, and prescription medications.

If you are a Medicare beneficiary interested in receiving care through your Medicare benefits, please visit our Aurora Adult Primary Care practice, which provides Medicare-covered primary care services.

Yes. If you are already stable on your current hormone replacement therapy regimen, we are happy to continue prescribing and monitoring your treatment as part of your ongoing primary care, when medically appropriate.

If you are seeking an initial menopause evaluation, experiencing new or worsening symptoms, or would like a comprehensive assessment and personalized hormone therapy plan, we recommend scheduling a consultation to receive an in-depth evaluation, individualized treatment recommendations, and ongoing management tailored to your unique needs.

Direct Primary Care or DPC is an innovative alternative payment model where the provider charges the patient an affordable monthly subscription fee. The DPC allows patients to gain unrestricted access to their provider and address health needs that are not typically covered by insurance, such as weight loss medications, bioidentical hormone replacement treatments, functional medicine, etc. The amount of the fee usually depends on the patient's needs, chronic conditions, and age. DPC does not replace insurance plans that may pay for certain laboratory testing and imaging, regular medications, or specialty/emergent care.

Obesity is considered a chronic disease, so we assist and provide medical and pharmacological treatment for obesity.

Sarasota DPC is designed to provide ongoing, relationship-based primary care, not episodic or urgent care services.

If you're considering joining our practice, you're welcome to schedule a one-time consultation for $150 to meet your provider, discuss your healthcare needs, and learn how our membership works.

Should you enroll in Sarasota DPC within 60 days, your consultation fee will be applied toward your comprehensive new member visit.

We do not accept Medicaid.

For your convenience, routine laboratory testing is performed through established, accredited laboratories such as Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp. We provide the necessary lab orders, and you may visit a participating location for specimen collection.

Patients may choose to use their health insurance or take advantage of discounted self-pay rates. For self-pay testing, the laboratory charges the applicable test fees plus a one-time $10 specimen collection fee. When using insurance, the laboratory bills your insurance provider directly, and any applicable copayments, coinsurance, or deductibles are the patient's responsibility.

We refer our patients to a pain specialist in your area for management of chronic pain.