Forest Direct Primary Care
Direct Primary Care in FOREST, VA
Specialty
Family Medicine
Open since
October 13, 2014
- Facts checked September 23, 2026
- Telehealth
Membership
Family membership up to 5
$2,100
Other published prices
Registration fee per person
$87/person
Maximum registration fee per family
maximum of $174/family
Enrollment fee
One-time registration fee of $87/person, with a maximum of $174/family
Family cap
Maximum registration fee of $174/family
Who it serves
Children from birth to 26 years of age of enrolled patients
Insurance
No insurance is taken or billed; insured, Medicare, and uninsured patients are accepted.
Employer plans
Employer and nonprofit memberships, with discounted per-family prices when 10 or more employees and their spouses and/or families sign up
Services
- Unlimited visits
- Physicals/preventative care
- Sports/school physicals
- Pre-operative evaluations
- Management of chronic illness
- Acute illness/urgent visits
- Annual physical and educational visit
- Skin procedures
- Pre-conception counseling/pregnancy planning
- Women’s health
- Spirometry
- Headache injections
- Joint injections
- Blood draws
- Newborn circumcision
- No-scalpel vasectomy
Imaging
Wholesale prices on imaging
Dispensary
Wholesale prices on medications
Telehealth, text and phone
Access by e-mail, text, phone, and webcam, including after clinic hours
Providers
George Sherman ·
Family Medicine Physician
Jeff Ponke ·
Family Medicine Physician
Simon Marian ·
Family Medicine Physician
Dr. Swartz
Daniel Swartz, MD ·
Family Medicine Physician ·
NPI 1558308304 · Opted out of Medicare, effective September 30, 2020
About Forest Direct Primary Care
Forest Direct Primary Care is located at 1149 Vista Park Drive, Suites B & C, in Forest, Virginia. The practice operates under a Pure DPC model. Services include unlimited visits, preventive physicals, sports or school physicals, and pre-operative evaluations. Additional services include chronic illness management, acute illness visits, skin procedures, and women’s health. Patients have access by email, text, phone, and webcam, including after clinic hours. The practice does not take or bill insurance and accepts insured, Medicare, and uninsured patients. Children of enrolled patients are accepted from birth through 26 years of age. George Sherman, Jeff Ponke, and Simon Marian are each listed as a provider with a Family Medicine Physician role. Dr. Swartz is listed as a provider. Daniel Swartz, MD, is listed as a provider with a Family Medicine Physician taxonomy. Employer and nonprofit memberships are available, including a group option when at least 10 employees and their spouses or families enroll.
Area
Bedford County, Virginia
The practice’s location is in a federally designated primary care Health Professional Shortage Area: Bedford County (HRSA score 7 of 25, designated August 25, 2017).
Sources
- FAQ - Forest Direct Primary Care · forestdirectprimarycare.com/faq · fetched September 23, 2026
- For Businesses & Nonprofits - Forest Direct Primary Care · forestdirectprimarycare.com/for-businesses · fetched September 23, 2026
- Forest Direct Primary Care | Concierge Care at an Affordable Price · forestdirectprimarycare.com · fetched September 23, 2026
- Services - Forest Direct Primary Care · forestdirectprimarycare.com/services · fetched September 23, 2026
- Why DPC? - Forest Direct Primary Care · forestdirectprimarycare.com/about-us · fetched September 23, 2026
- NPPES NPI Registry · npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1558308304 · fetched September 23, 2026
- CMS Medicare opt-out affidavits · data.cms.gov/provider-characteristics/medicare-provider-supplier-enrollment/opt-out-affidavits · fetched September 23, 2026
- US Census Bureau geocoder · geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder · fetched September 23, 2026
- HRSA shortage area data · data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area/hpsa-find · fetched September 23, 2026
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