Meet the Clinician

Jenessa King is the Physician Assistant and founder of Aria Health Direct Primary Care. Jenessa spent her formative years in Calhoun, Georgia before heading to college at Southern Adventist University near Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 2013, Jenessa made her way to Lincoln, Nebraska where she began her graduate studies at Union College Physician Assistant Program. After earning her Masters Degree in Physician Assistant Studies in 2016, Jenessa returned to Calhoun, Georgia to work alongside her father. Together, they launched Calhoun’s first hybrid Direct Primary Care (DPC) practice, offering an affordable primary care option to their community.

Through her work in this hybrid model—blending traditional fee-for-service with DPC—Jenessa developed a deep passion for making healthcare more affordable and accessible for everyone. She ultimately decided that the best way to achieve this goal was by opening a fully dedicated Direct Primary Care practice to serve the residents of Calhoun and surrounding areas.

FAQs

  • Aria Health DPC does not use insurance for any care provided in our office. While we do encourage Aria Health DPC members to have Health Insurance for Specialist, Emergency or catastrophic needs, it is not required to be a member.

  • Aria Health DPC is not insurance. Our monthly membership is a great supplement to your high deductible health insurance plan. We save you money on out of pocket costs by having no co-pays, access to highly discounted labs and testing, and discounted generic medications.

    • Unlimited in person and telemedicine visits.

    • Discounted lab prices.

    • Discounted generic medications dispensed in house.

    • Access to your Clinician.

  • Aria Health DPC will refer members to specialists when medically necessary. If you have health insurance, you can utilize it to help cover the cost of your specialist visit.

  • Aria Health DPC will order imaging as medically necessary. We will inform members about cash prices for imaging in the surrounding areas. We can also send imaging orders to the appropriate locations if you wish to use your insurance.