Dr. Voris
A fixture in Fort Smith, Arkansas since 2012, Dr. Voris was trained and is board certified in the specialty of Family Medicine, covering lives from birth until the end.
​
Before a medical career, he met his wife while in college at Ouachita Baptist University, graduating in 2004. He earned a subsequent degree in Medical Technology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 2006. Following a short working career in laboratory science, they moved to the island of Dominica to attend medical school at Ross University School of Medicine. He trained on the island, then across the country, and upon graduation in 2012, he started Family Medicine residency in Fort Smith at UAMS West (formerly AHEC).
​
He has practiced full spectrum Family Medicine in Fort Smith since graduating from residency in 2015. He is board President-elect of the Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians and serves on the Fort Smith Airport Commission. He has been actively involved with numerous boards and organizations during his time in town.
Why Core Health?
After 10 years in corporate health care, I became more frustrated with a seemingly broken system. I found cost (of everything) to be highly inflated and insurance based requirements that were dictating care to be unfair to patients, physicians, and staff. Simply, it is overly costly for what is being provided. I set out to see if there were alternative approaches to traditional medical care. Lo and behold, a growing movement call Direct Primary Care (DPC) is pushing the traditional thought process of insurance driven healthcare to the side for more than a decade across the country.
​
This business model breaks away from the traditional driven practice of volume, where doctors can have 3,000 - 4,000 patients (or more) assigned to their panel, down to a more reasonable 600-700 patients. This allows physicians to escape the 10 minute time slot provided in a traditional setting to a more rational 25-45 minute visit. Allowing a more personalized, relationship driven, time appropriate, approach to the patient-physician relationship. In other states, this has even spilled over into certain sub-specialty practices giving more options to those with and without insurance plans.
​
Finally, this model is attractive to small business owners wanting to provide a benefit to their employees, but frustrated with the cost of providing insurance. They are able to give their employees access to a physician / healthcare at a very reasonable monthly rate compared to traditional insurance pricing. When employees invest in their health alongside their employer, they are even more successful.
Contact
I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.