We’re a direct-pay practice. That means we don’t go through insurance, so you get longer visits, personalized care, and full transparency.

Our model lets us focus on prevention, performance, and whole-body wellness. For many people, it ends up being more cost-effective than waiting to treat problems later.

Every plan is different. We don’t submit claims, but we can give you paperwork to file with your insurance if you’d like. Medicare doesn’t reimburse for this kind of care.

Sometimes, yes. Our first goal is always to support your body naturally, but medication can be part of the plan when needed.

Yes. We don’t handle urgent care or sick visits, so we recommend keeping a primary care provider too.

No! Whether you're an athlete, a parent, or just want to feel better, lifestyle medicine can improve everyone's health.

Traditional medicine often focuses on diagnosing and treating specific diseases. It's often reactive and centered around symptom management.

Functional medicine, by contrast, takes a more proactive and personalized approach. It aims to identify and address the root causes of illness by looking at the whole person—their biology, lifestyle, nutrition, environment, and stress levels.

As we like to say, traditional healthcare is often “sick care,” while functional medicine is health care—designed to promote healing, prevention, and long-term wellness.

Results vary from person to person and depend on factors like motivation, consistency, work-life balance, stress, and overall environment. Because everything in your life impacts your health, there’s no one-size-fits-all timeline.

That said, many patients start to notice early changes—such as increased energy or clothes fitting differently—within the first few weeks. More measurable shifts, such as changes in lean body mass, metabolic markers, and lab results, often occur over 3 to 6 months.

At CLM, we focus on long-term health, not just scale numbers or cholesterol levels. We monitor InBody scans, specific lab panels, and other functional indicators of health and vitality. That’s why we ask patients to commit to at least 6 months—true transformation takes time, intention, and support.

Your first visit at CLM begins with a one-on-one session with Sarah Fox, RN, where we gather health history, complete initial paperwork, take vitals, and perform a full InBody body composition scan. Sarah will also review your current eating habits, movement routine, and help you get set up in our system for communication and billing.

At your second visit, you'll meet with Dr. Meghann Blankenship to discuss your goals, concerns, and any available lab results. Together, you'll begin building a personalized plan focused on nutrition, movement, and long-term health.

After your first few visits, you’ll leave with:

• Your InBody results and interpretation

• An initial movement and exercise plan

• Customized fueling (nutrition) suggestions

• Any relevant lab insights guiding your next steps

Our goal is to make your care personal, measurable, and sustainable—starting from day one.

Yes—every patient at CLM receives a fully customized plan for eating, movement, sleep, and stress management. We tailor our guidance based on your lab results, lifestyle, goals, preferences, and any dietary or religious restrictions.

While fasting is often included in our protocols, we do not follow a one-size-fits-all diet (like Keto, Mediterranean, or Carnivore). Instead, we emphasize eating real, whole foods and minimizing processed and inflammatory ingredients—an approach that supports metabolic health and long-term vitality.

Sarah Fox, RN, works closely with you to design a safe but effective movement plan, personalized to your body and comfort level. She also accompanies each patient on a grocery store visit, offering hands-on guidance for choosing the right foods, reading labels, and shopping affordably.

This isn’t a generic plan—it’s a lifestyle transformation built around you.

Yes—our programs are designed to support women navigating menopause, perimenopause, mood fluctuations, and cognitive decline. Dr. Blankenship has extensive experience in this area and also works one day a week at a dedicated menopause clinic.

We address these concerns through a combination of lifestyle changes and, when appropriate, hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Many symptoms improve significantly with better nutrition, sleep, stress management, and personalized movement routines—which help the body and brain function more optimally.

As Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine.” At CLM, we take it a step further:

Let good food, movement, and lifestyle be your medicine.

At CLM, ongoing support is a cornerstone of our care model. We use SPRUCE, a secure, HIPAA-compliant messaging app that allows Dr. Blankenship and Sarah to communicate directly with patients between visits—right from their phones.

Patients love the simplicity and responsiveness of SPRUCE for quick updates, clarifications, or follow-up questions. We also use email and phone calls when needed, but SPRUCE is often the most efficient way to stay connected in real time.

For those using wearables like continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), we can monitor your data remotely and provide feedback or support through the SPRUCE app—ensuring you're never left wondering what your numbers mean.

Whether it's adjusting your plan, answering a quick question, or offering encouragement, we’re with you every step of the way.

The answer here depends on which type of fund you have, which type of service you are looking to cover with that fund, and certain legal and employer-based eligibility issues. Since we are neither lawyers nor accountants, we do not want to misinterpret your current state laws or the current vague federal laws and risk potentially advising you incorrectly, so please consult your tax advisor to get the most appropriate and current advice on your specific funding situation and our clinic’s services. If you find out that you are eligible, we can set up to have your payments come directly from the account of your choosing.

Please consult your tax advisor or the IRS website to learn more about this topic