Sara Meadows, APRN
Hello! I am a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (APRN) with over 20 years of medical practice and expertise in various areas of the healthcare system. I began my career serving the community initially as an EMT, quickly moving up to a Paramedic where I provided high levels of advanced prehospital care to patients on an ambulance. After beginning a family, I chose to pivot and complete my training as a Registered Nurse (RN) at Lake Sumter State College, where I then began working in the Emergency Department as an RN; both in the adult and specialized pediatric emergency care setting. I later obtained my Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) at University of Central Florida and continued to further my training and education to better serve my patients in the acute care setting. At this point in my career, I felt confident in my desire to elevate my abilities further, and then obtained my Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) majoring in Family Nurse Practitioner from South University. With emergency medicine being my passion, I naturally continued to work in the Emergency Department as a Nurse Practitioner as well as providing both adult and pediatric primary care and urgent care. After spending years cultivating my experience and knowledge, I have chosen to merge all my passions into Optimum Wellness Center and I look forward to providing care for you and your family!
What is DPC?
Direct Primary Care (DPC) is a simple, old-school approach with modern convenience: you pay your provider directly for your care predictable per-visit fees. No insurance middlemen, no mystery bills, no “we need to code this as something bizarre so it gets covered.” It’s just you and your clinician, focusing on actual healthcare instead of paperwork. Think of it like the difference between walking into a grocery store and buying food… versus filing a claim with your insurance company to justify your loaf of sourdough.
By skipping insurance, DPC clinics can keep costs transparent, spend real time with patients, offer same- or next-day appointments, and manage care proactively instead of reactively. Patients get better access, less stress, and fewer surprise bills. Clinicians get to practice medicine the way they actually intended—without needing a decoder ring to understand insurance rules.
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