Ridgeline Family Health
is a direct primary care practice that focuses on osteopathic wellness and family medicine. As a DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) Dr. Bilyeu focuses on the health of the whole person; including emotional health, mental health, spiritual health and physical health. Direct Primary Care is a practice model that allows Dr. Bilyeu to truly be your family doc where your patient/doctor relationship is at the center of care; along with trust, honesty and transparency all in an affordable manner.
It’s time you have a family doctor who can take the time to truly know you, earn your trust and team up with you while you discover the healthiest version of you!
What is Direct Primary Care (DPC)?
DPC is an alternative way to access primary care. Rather than paying by the visit, you will pay a low monthly fee to access your primary care physician when and where you need him. Though most things can be handled during office hours, if you have an after-hours question or urgent issue, Dr. Bilyeu will be there for you. If you want to have a phone or video visit, we can do it! If you need a quick question answered via text messaging, we can do it! By working outside the insurance industry (your monthly fee is not covered by any insurance at this time), we can greatly reduce the cost of healthcare and get rid of hidden costs. At its very basic level, DPC is an agreement between you and your doctor. Dr. Bilyeu works for you, not your insurance company.
Click HERE to watch a quick video explaining the basics of DPC.
Meet Brandon Bilyeu, DO
I am an Osteopathic Family Medicine Physician who was born in Billings, MT and was raised just outside of Red Lodge, MT in the rural community of Luther. I went to college at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, SD and went to medical school at Pacific Northwest University College of Osteopathic Medicine. My Family Medicine Residency training was in Missoula and Kalispell, MT at the Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana. After completing residency, my wife, our 6 month old daughter and I moved to Helena. We’ve added another daughter since then and the four of us are so happy to call Helena home.
Once I discovered the philosophy of osteopathic medicine and how DOs are trained to promote the body’s natural tendency toward self-healing and health I knew this was the path for me. I love OMT and its ability to treat problems that can cause pain/dysfunction when patients would often just receive a medication addressing symptoms and not the problem. I strongly connected with the Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine, which include: 1) The body is a unit; the person is a unit of body, mind and spirit. 2) The body is capable of self-regulation, self-healing and health maintenance. 3) Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated. 4) Rational treatment is based upon understanding of the basic principles of body unity, self-regulation and the interrelationship of structure and function. My osteopathic training has given me extensive knowledge, useful treatment tools like OMT, but most importantly I learned to see a patient as a person to team up with and not a problem to fix.
Some of my favorite aspects of practicing medicine include getting to know people and their families, putting people in control of their own healthcare, and creating treatment plans where lifestyle is the focus instead of a medication.
Building a strong and trusting relationship with patients is at the center of my practice. I don’t just want to know people’s medical issues. I want to know about their lives, who their families/friends are and what they do for fun, as I truly believe a strong relationship between the doctor and patient produces the best health outcomes.
Often people assume their doctor wants the control, but I believe the doctor is a part of the healthcare team and the patient is the team captain.
I acknowledge there are times when medications are beneficial, but often the best treatment for a problem in the field of primary care is a lifestyle change requires healthier daily decisions given a patient's thorough understanding of their diagnosis and plan, along with access to the proper resources. The DPC model gives me the ability to spend the time needed to get to the root of a problem, create a truly personalized treatment plan and follow up on how well the plan is working.