Family Care Network doctors currently accept patients covered by the following Medicare Advantage plans: 

• Essence
• Group Health
• Regence BlueShield
• SoundPath Health
  
• Community Health Plans of Washington (only for patients covered by both Medicaid and Medicare).

People who become eligible for Medicare when they turn 65, may sign up at any time during the year when they become eligable.

You have chosen as your family physician either Dr. Daniel E. Austin, Dr. Chao-ying Wu, Dr. Jason T. Short, Dr. April Wakefield Pagels, Dr. Sue Dabney,  Dr. Mary Swanson, Dr. Anneliese Floyd, Dr. Kirk Gulden, Dr. John Raduege, or Dr. Carlos Montiel. We are specialists in family medicine, board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. Our practice is currently accepting new patients.

To learn more about the healthcare providers in our office please visit our Staff page. To learn more about our office policies and procedures please visit our Information page.

Our Physicians

All our family physicians are board certified. Today, that means three years of training after graduation from medical school, followed by a nationally standardized examination. In order to maintain specialty certification, it is necessary to take and pass a recertification exam every six years, and pass a practice audit.

Our Nurse Practitioners

Geraldine Kildow and Sharon Kerlin are Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners that help to provide patient care in our office. An Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) is a registered nurse with further education who is also professionally certified and licensed in the state of Washington to practice as a member of our health care team. We believe that both our doctors and our nurse practitioners have unique strengths that they bring to our health care team, and we pledge to work closely together to try and make our care more available and complete.

Family Care Network is an independent practice that is owned by our physicians. This is because we want our family physicians to be  independant and free to collaborate on behalf of our patients with other health care providers based only on the quality of their service and care.

Our teams of health care professionals and support personnel are located in family medical offices throughout Bellingham, and Whatcom County Washington.

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