PREVENTIVE CARE & HEALTH OPTIMIZATION
Understand Your Health Today. Protect It for Tomorrow.
Go beyond basic screening with a comprehensive, physician-guided evaluation of your health, risk factors, laboratory findings, and long-term goals. Through personalized preventive care and direct access to your physician, we help you better understand your current health and take meaningful steps toward preventing illness, improving function, and performing at your best.
Direct physician access and ongoing guidance
Comprehensive health and risk assessment
Advanced and personalized screening options
Why a More Comprehensive Approach Matters
PREVENTIVE CARE & HEALTH OPTIMIZATION
Routine preventive care is important, but a brief examination and a limited set of standard laboratory tests may not always provide a complete understanding of your health.
A more comprehensive approach looks beyond isolated numbers. It considers your medical history, family history, symptoms, lifestyle, medications, current risks, and changes in your results over time. This allows your physician to identify areas that may deserve attention—even before they develop into more significant health concerns.
See More Than the Basic Numbers
Expanded screening may provide a more detailed view of cardiovascular health, metabolic function, hormone balance, nutritional status, inflammation, organ function, and other factors that can influence how you feel and function.
Understand Patterns and Trends
A single laboratory result only shows one moment in time. Reviewing changes across multiple visits can reveal developing patterns, clarify whether treatment is working, and identify opportunities for earlier intervention.
Turn Information Into a Personal Plan
Testing is only valuable when the results are carefully interpreted and connected to meaningful next steps. Your recommendations may include nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress management, supplements, medications, additional testing, or referrals when appropriate.
Our Comprehensive Approach May Include
✓ A detailed review of your personal and family history
✓ Broader testing selected according to your individual risks and goals
✓ Evaluation of patterns, trends, and relationships between results
✓ A dedicated visit to explain your findings
✓ Personalized recommendations and ongoing physician follow-up
A Basic Screening Approach May Include:
A brief review of current concerns
Standard age-appropriate screening
A limited laboratory panel
Results may be labeled “normal” without explaining what they mean for you.
Follow-up primarily when a result is outside the reference range
What Your Comprehensive Evaluation Includes
A comprehensive preventive evaluation looks beyond isolated symptoms or a single set of basic laboratory results. We take time to understand your medical history, current health, risk factors, daily habits, and long-term goals so you can receive a clearer and more complete picture of your health.
Your evaluation is personalized based on your age, medical history, family history, symptoms, lifestyle, and individual risk factors.
In-Depth Health History and Goal Review
We begin by discussing your current concerns, previous diagnoses, medications, supplements, family history, lifestyle, and personal health goals. This helps identify important patterns and risk factors that may not be captured during a routine physical.
Comprehensive Physical Assessment
When appropriate, your evaluation may include a detailed physical examination, vital signs, body-composition measurements, and other clinical assessments. Findings are considered alongside your symptoms, history, and laboratory results rather than being evaluated in isolation.
Expanded Laboratory Evaluation
Laboratory testing may assess blood sugar regulation, cholesterol patterns, blood-cell health, liver and kidney function, thyroid function, inflammation, and other important markers. Additional testing may be recommended when clinically appropriate based on your history and goals.
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Assessment
We evaluate factors that may influence your future risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and other chronic conditions. This may include reviewing blood pressure, glucose regulation, cholesterol markers, body composition, lifestyle, and family history.
Hormone, Nutrient, and Functional Review
When appropriate, we may evaluate hormone levels, vitamin and nutrient status, energy, sleep, digestion, stress, exercise recovery, and other factors that affect how you feel and function each day. These findings can help identify potential imbalances and guide targeted recommendations.
Personalized Planning and Screening
We review which age-appropriate screenings, imaging studies, vaccinations, and preventive services may be relevant to you. Your findings are then used to create a personalized plan focused on early detection, risk reduction, and long-term health optimization.
More Than a List of Results
You will not simply receive a laboratory report without context. Your physician will review your findings with you, explain what the results may mean, including important trends within the reference range, and help you understand which areas deserve attention.
With direct physician access and ongoing follow-up, your prevention plan can be adjusted as your health, goals, and laboratory findings change.
Testing That Reflects Your Health, Risks, and Goals
YOUR SCREENING AND TESTING STRATEGY
Preventive testing should not be limited to the same basic laboratory panel for every patient. Your screening strategy is personalized according to your medical history, family history, age, current symptoms, medications, lifestyle, previous results, and the health goals that matter most to you.
Our goal is to establish a clearer picture of your current health, identify meaningful risks early, and determine which areas may benefit from closer evaluation or ongoing monitoring.
Foundational Health Screening
We begin by reviewing the core measurements and laboratory markers that provide a broad overview of your health. Depending on your individual needs, this may include blood counts, metabolic health, kidney and liver function, blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure, and other foundational markers. These results help establish a baseline and identify areas that may require additional investigation.
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk
Standard cholesterol and glucose results may not always provide a complete understanding of long-term cardiovascular and metabolic risk. When appropriate, we may consider additional markers related to cholesterol particles, inflammation, insulin resistance, inherited risk, and overall cardio-metabolic health. Your results are interpreted together rather than viewed as isolated numbers.
Risk-Appropriate Screening
Recommended screenings may change based on your age, sex, personal medical history, family history, and other individual risk factors. We review which preventive screenings may be appropriate now and which may require referral to another healthcare professional. This may include screening related to cancer, bone health, cardiovascular health, or other age-associated conditions.
Hormone and Nutrient Evaluation
When appropriate, your testing strategy may include evaluation of thyroid function, hormone levels, iron status, vitamins, nutrients, and other factors that can influence energy, mood, sleep, metabolism, exercise recovery, and overall function. Testing is selected according to your symptoms and clinical history rather than automatically ordering every available marker.
Additional Diagnostic Testing
Laboratory testing is only one part of preventive care. Depending on your findings and risk profile, we may discuss imaging, cardiac testing, bone-density evaluation, sleep assessment, or other diagnostic studies that could provide additional information. When outside testing or specialty care is needed, we can help coordinate the appropriate next step.
Long-Term Follow-Up
A single normal result does not always tell the complete story. We review how important markers change over time, whether previous concerns are improving, and whether your current prevention plan remains appropriate. Ongoing access to your physician makes it easier to discuss new symptoms, review results, adjust your strategy, and address concerns before your next routine appointment.
More Testing Is Not Always Better
The purpose of comprehensive screening is not to order every available test. It is to select the tests most likely to provide useful information, interpret them within the context of your complete health history, and develop a practical plan based on the findings.
You will receive an explanation of what your results mean, including important patterns, optimal areas, potential concerns, and recommended next steps.
What We Work to Prevent and Optimize
THE PURPOSE BEHIND YOUR CARE
Preventive care is not only about checking boxes or confirming that laboratory results fall within a standard reference range. It is about developing a clearer understanding of your current health, recognizing potential risks earlier, and identifying opportunities to improve how you feel and function.
Using your medical history, family history, physical examination, lifestyle, symptoms, and screening results, we develop a personalized strategy focused on both long-term risk reduction and everyday health optimization.
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health
We evaluate blood pressure, cholesterol patterns, blood sugar regulation, inflammation, body composition, and other factors associated with cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes.
Cancer Screening and Early Detection
We review screening recommendations based on your age, personal history, family history, symptoms, and individual risk factors. When appropriate, we can coordinate additional testing, imaging, or specialist evaluation.
Brain and Cognitive Health
We assess factors that may influence memory, concentration, mood, sleep, neurologic function, and long-term brain health, including vascular, metabolic, nutritional, hormonal, and lifestyle contributors.
Hormones, Energy, and Healthy Aging
We explore concerns such as fatigue, changes in strength or body composition, reduced motivation, poor exercise recovery, and symptoms that may be connected to thyroid, reproductive, hormonal, or metabolic function.
Digestive, Immune, and Inflammatory Health
We evaluate digestive concerns, immune function, chronic inflammation, food reactions, environmental exposures, and other factors that may affect comfort, resilience, and overall health.
Sleep, Stress, and Physical Performance
We identify barriers to restorative sleep, healthy stress regulation, exercise recovery, mobility, strength, and daily performance so that your care plan supports the way you want to live and function.
Turn Your Results Into Meaningful Action
Your evaluation is designed to do more than identify potential concerns. We help you understand which findings matter most, how they relate to your symptoms and goals, and which practical steps may help reduce risk or improve how you feel and function.
As your health, lifestyle, and laboratory findings change, your physician can refine your recommendations and help you determine when additional evaluation, treatment, or specialist care may be appropriate.
Preventive screening and personalized care may help reduce health risks and support earlier detection, but no evaluation or testing strategy can guarantee that every medical condition will be prevented or identified early.
The Concierge Medicine Advantage
MORE THAN AN ANNUAL CHECKUP
Preventive care is most effective when you have the time, access, and ongoing support needed to act on what your evaluation reveals. Our concierge medicine approach creates a closer physician-patient relationship, making it easier to ask questions, understand your results, stay accountable, and make thoughtful adjustments as your health needs change.
Rather than feeling like you are managing your health alone, you can have a physician who understands your goals and works alongside you as a long-term partner in your care.
Easier Access and Communication
Communicate directly with your physician when questions, concerns, or changes arise. Easier access can help you receive clarification sooner, make informed decisions, and avoid waiting until your next scheduled appointment to discuss an important health issue.
Support That Helps You Follow Through
Health goals are easier to maintain when someone is helping you monitor progress and stay focused. Regular communication and follow-up allow your physician to review what is working, identify barriers, and help you make realistic adjustments over time.
A Physician Who Knows Your History
Instead of repeatedly starting over with different clinicians, you can build an ongoing relationship with a physician who understands your medical history, priorities, preferences, and long-term goals. This continuity can support more personalized and coordinated decision-making.
Care Built Around Your Goals
Your physician should be more than someone you see when you are sick. Through collaborative planning, education, and ongoing support, the concierge model allows your physician to become an active partner in helping you protect your health and function at your best.
How Membership Can Provide Even More Support
For patients who want a higher level of access and continuity, our concierge medicine membership provides an ongoing framework for personalized care. Membership can make it easier to communicate with your physician, schedule follow-up care, review new concerns, monitor progress, and receive support between traditional office visits.
With regular access through virtual visits, phone, text, and email, you do not have to save every question for a single annual appointment. Your physician can remain involved as your health changes, helping you understand new information, stay accountable to your goals, and make decisions with greater confidence.
The result is a more connected care experience—one in which your physician knows you, understands what you are working toward, and remains available as a consistent partner in your long-term health.
✓ Direct physician communication
✓ Ongoing virtual care and follow-up
✓ Support between scheduled appointments
✓ Personalized long-term health planning
Would You Benefit From More Direct Physician Support?
YOUR PREVENTIVE CARE JOURNEY
What to Expect
Preventive care and health optimization should be more than completing routine laboratory testing once a year. We take the time to understand your health history, identify the screenings that may be most useful for you, explain what your results mean, and help you turn that information into a practical plan.
Schedule Your Evaluation
Your care begins with a comprehensive preventive health evaluation. You may choose an individual appointment or explore membership-based care if you would like more consistent physician access and ongoing support.
Share Your Health History and Prior Records
Before or during your visit, we will review your medical history, family history, medications, supplements, previous laboratory results, lifestyle, current concerns, and personal health goals.
Complete an In-Depth Physician Consultation
You will have time to discuss how you currently feel, what you would like to improve, and any concerns that may not have been fully addressed elsewhere.
Develop Your Screening and Testing Strategy
Your recommended testing may include routine preventive screenings, expanded laboratory panels, imaging, cardiovascular assessments, or specialty testing when clinically appropriate.
Review and Understand Your Results
Once your results are available, we will review what they mean in the context of your overall health. This may include discussing important patterns, emerging risks, changes over time, and further evaluations.
Create and Refine Your Health Plan
Your plan may include nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, supplements, medications, additional testing, referrals, or other targeted interventions.
Prepare for Your Visit
To help us make the most of your evaluation, please provide any recent laboratory results, imaging reports, specialist records, and an updated list of medications and supplements. It may also be helpful to write down your primary concerns, family health history, and the areas of your health or performance you would most like to improve.
You do not need every available test.
Our goal is to recommend the screenings and evaluations that are most likely to provide meaningful, actionable information for your individual situation.
Choose the Level of Support That Fits Your Goals
SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT PRICING
Preventive care and health optimization often involve more than one appointment. Your care may include a comprehensive initial assessment, personalized laboratory testing, a detailed review of your results, and follow-up visits to monitor progress and refine your plan.
Choose ongoing membership support or schedule individual consultations as needed.
Membership Care
$500/month
Best for patients who want an ongoing partnership with their physician.
Membership provides a simpler, more predictable way to receive comprehensive preventive care, review health data over time, ask questions, and adjust your plan as your needs and goals change.
Membership benefits may include:
Direct access to your physician by secure text, email, and phone
Ongoing virtual appointments without a separate visit charge
Comprehensive preventive and health optimization planning
Detailed laboratory review and interpretation
Continued monitoring of your progress and health trends
Accountability and support between scheduled appointments
Easier communication when questions or concerns arise
For patients who expect to complete an initial assessment, review comprehensive laboratory results, and continue with regular follow-up care, membership may provide the most convenient and cost-effective option.
Individual Consultations
$150 for the first 30 minutes
Comprehensive Initial Assessment
Approximately 60 minutes
Estimated visit cost: $300
Your initial appointment allows time to discuss your medical history, current concerns, family history, lifestyle, previous testing, risk factors, and preventive health goals.
First Comprehensive Laboratory Review
Approximately 60 minutes
Estimated visit cost: $300
Your first laboratory review may require additional time because we carefully explain your results, discuss patterns and potential risk factors, and develop a personalized prevention and health optimization plan.
Standard Follow-Up Appointment
Approximately 30 minutes
Estimated visit cost: $150
Most follow-up visits focus on your progress, questions, treatment response, updated results, and any adjustments needed.
Which Option Is Right for You?
Membership may be the better choice when you want:
Regular physician guidance
Direct access between appointments
Ongoing laboratory monitoring
Help staying accountable to your goals
More predictable monthly healthcare costs
A long-term physician partnership
Individual consultations may be appropriate when you:
Need only occasional appointments
Prefer to pay for each visit separately
Have a specific question or limited concern
Do not currently need monitoring or direct physician access
Want the flexibility to schedule care around your current needs
Are comfortable managing questions between appointments
Appointment times and costs are estimates. The final visit length depends on the complexity of your concerns and the amount of time needed to provide appropriate care. Laboratory testing, imaging, medications, supplements, procedures, and services provided by outside facilities are billed separately unless specifically stated otherwise. Individual consultation fees apply to physician time, including appointments dedicated to reviewing laboratory results and developing recommendations.
Learn More About Preventive Care and Health Optimization
Understanding your health is an important part of making informed decisions about your care. Explore these physician-developed resources to learn more about preventive screenings, laboratory testing, health risks, and the steps you can take to protect and optimize your long-term health.
Preventive Healthcare: Why Prevention Is Better Than Treatment
Learn how routine screenings, early risk identification, and personalized preventive care may help detect potential concerns before they become more serious. This guide also explains how a proactive approach can support long-term health and quality of life.
A Patient’s Guide to Preventive Healthcare and Health Optimization
Discover what to expect from a comprehensive preventive health evaluation and how your medical history, lifestyle, goals, and test results may be used to develop an individualized plan. The guide also explains how ongoing follow-up can help you stay accountable and make adjustments over time.
Understanding Laboratory Testing: A Complete Guide for Patients
Learn how laboratory testing can provide valuable information about your current health, potential risk factors, and changes occurring over time. This guide explains the difference between routine and specialty testing and why results should be interpreted within the context of your complete health history.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently Asked Questions About Preventive Care
Every patient begins with a different health history, set of concerns, and level of risk. These answers provide general guidance about how preventive care and health optimization work at Ask Dr. Hu.
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Your evaluation may include a detailed review of your medical history, family history, current symptoms, medications, lifestyle, prior laboratory results, health risks, and personal goals. Based on this information, your physician can recommend an individualized screening, testing, and follow-up strategy.
In some cases, additional imaging, laboratory testing, medical records, or specialist evaluation may be recommended before treatment.
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A routine annual physical often focuses on standard age-appropriate screenings and general health maintenance. Our comprehensive approach provides additional time to review trends, subtle changes, lifestyle factors, symptoms, risk factors, and opportunities to improve how you feel and function.
Preventive health optimization does not replace urgent care, emergency care, or evaluation by an appropriate specialist when those services are needed.
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No. Preventive care is intended for patients who want to better understand their current health, identify potential risks, and take proactive steps before significant symptoms or illness develop.
Patients who are already experiencing symptoms may also benefit from a more detailed evaluation.
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No. Testing is selected according to your history, symptoms, risk factors, previous results, goals, and the likelihood that the information will meaningfully influence your care.
Your physician will explain which tests may be useful, which are optional, and why a particular test is or is not being recommended.
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Yes. Existing laboratory results, imaging reports, medical records, and specialist recommendations can often provide important context and may help prevent unnecessary duplication of testing.
Patients should submit available records before their appointment whenever possible.
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The timing of follow-up depends on your findings, recommended testing, treatment plan, and personal goals. An initial assessment and the first detailed laboratory review will commonly require approximately 60 minutes, while routine follow-up visits are generally scheduled for approximately 30 minutes.
Some patients may need short-term follow-up, while others may transition to periodic preventive reviews.
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No. Individual consultations are available for patients who prefer to schedule and pay for visits separately.
The membership option may be more appropriate for patients who want ongoing physician access, easier communication, closer accountability, and continued support as their health plan evolves.
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Ask Dr. Hu does not bill health insurance for physician consultations. Depending on the laboratory, the type of test ordered, and your insurance benefits, some testing may be processed through insurance or completed on a self-pay basis.
Patients should confirm laboratory coverage, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs directly with their insurance company and the laboratory.
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When appropriate, your physician can recommend specialist evaluation, provide relevant medical information, and help you understand how outside recommendations fit into your broader health plan.
The goal is to support coordinated decision-making rather than unnecessarily replace care that is already being provided effectively.
Build a Clearer Plan for Your Long-Term Health
You do not have to wait until something feels wrong to take a closer look at your health. A comprehensive preventive evaluation can help you better understand your current health status, recognize potential areas of concern, and create a personalized strategy for protecting and optimizing your health over time.
Whether you prefer individual consultations or the continued support of a concierge medicine membership, your care begins with a thoughtful conversation about your history, concerns, priorities, and goals.
Comprehensive Evaluation
Look beyond isolated symptoms or individual laboratory values to develop a more complete understanding of your health.
Clear Explanations
Receive time to discuss your results, understand important trends, and ask questions about what the findings may mean for you.
Ongoing Physician Support
Choose continued access, communication, and accountability through the concierge membership model when additional support would be beneficial.