Start your own functional medicine practice. Keep your job.
Functional medicine runs on long intakes, functional labs, and supplement protocols that general-purpose systems were never built for. Openwell launches your independent practice and gives you the operating system built for root-cause, cash-pay care. Stay employed while your panel grows.
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The operating system, built for functional medicine.
The practice you would run if the busywork ran itself. You keep the panel, the medicine, and the relationship. The system does the rest.
- Long-form intake and timeline mapping
- Functional lab ordering (DUTCH, GI-MAP, organic acids)
- Supplement dispensary with practitioner margin
- Multi-pillar protocols
- Symptom-score tracking patients can see
Asked by every physician who got this far.
Can I start a functional medicine practice while staying employed?
Yes. Launching on the side is common and runs alongside your current job in roughly ten hours a week. You keep your salary while the practice proves itself, it is reversible, and you can cancel anytime.
Does my contract allow me to start my own practice?
The free check reads your employment terms in plain language: whether you can start a side practice now, or need to wait out a notice period first. A red result is an honest not yet, with the date you can revisit. It is a directional read based on your answers and common contract patterns, not legal advice, so have your specific agreement reviewed by counsel before acting.
What if my contract says no?
We will connect you with a network of healthcare attorneys who can review your contract and your situation in more depth. Book a time with us and we will make the introduction.
Will patients pay cash for functional medicine?
The demand is already there. Americans already spend hundreds of billions out of pocket on care every year, and functional medicine has run cash-pay for decades because ten-minute insurance visits never fit root-cause work.
Can the OS handle functional labs and supplement protocols?
That is what it is built around: long-form intake and timeline mapping, functional lab ordering (DUTCH, GI-MAP, organic acids), a supplement dispensary, multi-pillar protocols, and symptom-score tracking. It is the product vision we are building and testing with founding clinical advisors, and you watch it run on demo patients before you go live.
Do I need to form a company first?
No. We set up your physician-owned entity for you, structured to your state's rules, along with the rest of the launch checklist.
Who handles malpractice insurance?
It is handled as part of activation. Your practice holds its own policy through a licensed broker, so the carrier bears the risk and Openwell coordinates it without being your insurer.
Is the contract check legal advice?
No. The contract check is a tool that gives a directional read based on your answers and common contract patterns. It is not legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship, so have your specific agreement reviewed by counsel before acting.
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