Healthcare when you work for yourself in New Creek

Start with care that fits the need

SakeOf is a healthcare membership designed to make everyday care and the cost of care easier to approach. Rather than beginning with a complicated payment process, start with the kind of help you need: a common illness, a prescription question, ongoing primary care, counseling, or an in-person service.

For a common, non-emergency illness or symptom that is appropriate for a virtual visit, Zero Copay Telemedicine offers an easy first step when active. The current service partner does not set a program limit on consultation frequency or duration, though clinical suitability, provider availability, technology, and state prescribing rules still apply. If a visit points to labs, imaging, a procedure, specialty care, or an in-person follow-up, those are separate services to arrange and assess.

Build an everyday-care routine

Prescription support, telemedicine, and counseling can work together as an everyday-care toolkit when the relevant features are selected and active. Prescriptions may be issued through telemedicine when clinically appropriate and legally permitted; prescription costs follow the active Rx and Prescription Benefits program. Check how a particular medication is handled before relying on it.

Mental Health and Counseling, when active with its required features, provides on-demand telephonic counseling through the current service partner, with access for the member and eligible enrolled dependents. The feature also includes up to three face-to-face counseling consultations per incident when arranged and available. Psychiatry, inpatient behavioral health, and medication costs are not automatically part of counseling.

Virtual Primary Care is an optional service for people who want a continuing virtual primary-care relationship. When selected and active with its required bundle, it includes virtual primary-care access, an annual virtual wellness visit and health-risk assessment, and ongoing follow-up and medication-management support when clinically appropriate. It is not a way to obtain services that require an in-person clinician or facility.

Choose in-person care near New Creek

The verified nearby listing for WVU Medicine Family Medicine, New Creek Station is at 514 New Creek Highway in Keyser—not an address in New Creek ZIP code 26743. Call 304-788-6462 to confirm appointments, services, and payment arrangements before going.

Other Mineral County access points listed in Keyser include Potomac Valley Hospital and hospital-operated primary-care practices: Mineral County Rural Health Clinic and Potomac Valley Family Practice. Confirm each practice’s current location, appointment availability, services, and payment arrangements directly. The Mineral County Health Department is another county public-health resource; check its state listing for contact details and weekday hours, and ask which services and arrangements are current.

For home-health needs, WVU Medicine lists an office at 1952 New Creek Highway in Keyser serving Mineral County. Call 304-597-3522 to ask whether a particular service is available at your address and to confirm eligibility and referral requirements. These local listings help you identify places to call; they do not establish that a particular service or payment arrangement is available for your situation.

When you need a lab, imaging, specialist, hospital, or other in-person service, ask the provider what the service will cost and whether separate professional or facility charges may apply. WVU Medicine publishes standard-charge files that include Potomac Valley Hospital, but those files are not patient-specific quotes or final out-of-pocket amounts. Ask for an estimate for your planned care when available.

Use advocacy when a bill needs a closer look

If a medical bill is hard to understand or seems out of line with the care received, SakeOf Full Service can help with bill verification, fair-price review, and negotiation support. Share complete itemized bills and requested documentation promptly, and contact SakeOf in advance about planned higher-cost care when reasonably possible.

Full Service operates under the applicable member commitment and program rules; it does not guarantee a particular price or result. Ask about the relevant member responsibility and process before proceeding with a planned service. For hospital-charge context, CMS explains hospital price transparency and consumer resources, while the provider is the best source for a patient-specific estimate.

Plan ahead for larger events and household needs

For a larger eligible medical event, SakeOf combines the applicable member commitment with voluntary community funding under program rules. Eligibility and any review depend on the event and program documentation, so contact SakeOf early when a major planned expense is coming up and keep bills and records organized.

Households can also review optional membership features for needs such as maternity, dental and vision discounts, chiropractic or acupuncture, PT/OT, and durable medical equipment. These options apply only when selected and active, and remain subject to their specific terms. For maternity, for example, the program requires a continuous 12-month waiting period to be completed before pregnancy begins; ask for the current feature details before planning around it.

Take a useful next step

• Compare your options: Use the SakeOf calculator and Savings Guide to explore membership choices and how the model works.
• Find care: Use provider search, then call the practice to confirm services, availability, and charges. For New Creek Station, call 304-788-6462.
• Ask a question: Talk with Jordan about how a feature or care situation fits the membership.
• Check state programs: WV PATH screens for and accepts applications for programs including Medicaid and WVCHIP; West Virginia Medicaid member resources include information about managed care, transportation, and renewals. Eligibility and benefits vary by program. ^bms.wv.gov
• Consider membership: Review the current options and program details before enrolling.