Dr Kara Kassay Family Medicine

08/06/2025

Great News!
Our clinic has a new MD!
Dr. Amanda Gay is now treating patients alongside with Dr Kassay!

While some hospitals are scheduling new patient visits into 2026, we have special scheduling allowing us to establish within a week and once established, we have same day/next day availability.
So tell a coworker, who cant get into their primary, and has been relying on urgent care ‘bits and pieces’ medicine.

* all of our insurance plans are through emoloyer groups (not Medicare/Medicaid) We continue to be out of network for Aetna.
Preferred provider for:

Health Net
Cigna
UHC
MODA
Pacific Source (not Navigator that is a closed policy)

06/12/2025

Much of the artworks in the clinic comes from this show which includes new and emerging artists, student artists and seasoned professionals. It is a beautiful show in a lovely location of Lake Oswego. Let's celebrate Animation: script to screen together!
https://lakewood-center.org/festival-of-the-arts/
June 20th - June 22nd
9AM-5PM

04/29/2025

👶 Are You a Grandparent? Might be time for Measles Booster!

With a recent measles outbreak reported in King County, Washington, it's crucial to ensure you're protected—especially if you have new grandchildren.

Even if you were vaccinated years ago, your immunity might have diminished over time requiring a booster right about the time you have grandkids!

We currently have **4 doses of the MMR vaccine** available **immediately** at our clinic.

- **No appointment necessary**
- **Call us now at 503-675-1137 and we get you a 10 minute booster pit stop*
- **Guaranteed administration by Thursday**

Protect yourself and your grandkids from measles, mumps, and rubella. The MMR vaccine is a safe and effective way to prevent these serious diseases.

Don't wait—these doses are limited and will be administered on a first-come, first-served basis.

04/02/2025

🎉 Big News from Kassay Family Medicine! 🎉

Introducing RxSync—our innovative solution for simplifying your chronic medication management, saving you time, money, and headaches!

✅ Fewer Pharmacy Trips: Pick up ALL your medications at once, maybe even just once a year!
✅ No Surprise Billing: Clear separation between routine medication refills and preventive visits (Annual Physical), meaning predictable, affordable healthcare.
✅ Cost Savings: Access generics at unbeatable prices—imagine a year’s worth of essential medications for as low as $10-$15! With auto generated cash pricing for generics at CostPlusDrugs.com
✅ Hassle-Free Renewals: One annual RxSync visit covers medication reviews, health checks, and coordination of all your refills for a year.

Patients already love the simplicity and savings, and our staff love having more time for what matters most—your care.

📅 Important Note: After June 2025, prescription refills will ONLY be available through an annual RxSync appointment or a medication specific appointment. More details on the blog post: https://blog.karakassay.com/rxsync-for-2025/

Get your chronic medications on the same page at a RxSync appointment

08/07/2024

For some strange reason, apple maps is showing the correct address:
12511 SW 68th Ave Suite 200
Portland OR 97223
but sending driving directions to the Lake Oswego location from 2014! The map, if you zoom out a bit, should have us inside a TRIANGLE looking shape made by I-5, 217 and 99-Pacific Highway

01/19/2024

Friday January 19, 2024
The first time since 2007 we weren't able to operate the clinic Monday-Tuesday. We were unable to call, access schedule, internet and without heat had to drain all the water from all the buildings.

With last night ice storm and apparently another 55,000 power outages due to trees and Dr. Kassay's path to the clinic is completely blocked by downed trees. So another day of triage acute medicine.

When we briefly had power on Wednesday, Sam worked the entire day to authorize more than 300 refill requests.

Apologies to anyone that drove to an empty clinic. Earlier this week. There seriously was no way to contact you.

Next week we are bringing in some additional help to process and reschedule nearly a weeks' worth of appointments and background work.

Watch your email for several newsletters in the next few weeks.

* Welcoming our new PA's
* New pre-check-in system
* Discussion of how we are able to schedule appointments in days to 1 week vs most clinics' 4-10 weeks and 6-8 months for new patients AND how we all need to work together to ensure this level of availability.
* Creating a community place for our patients to share tips of how to prepare for these events that are now the new norm. ie: A group of neighbors need to meet and designate one garage to house a "Water Main Shutoff Key". If one house needs it, likely every house on the block will too. $25 on Amazon and it could save $10s to $100s in water damage.

12/15/2021

Got a minute?
We are asking for testimonials or kind words to share with all the volunteers and staff who worked extra hours this year to deliver over 2,000 vaccines in 2021.
We were achieving almost 200 vaccines an hour with only 5 people and kept waiting times under 10 minutes. We delivered 150 boosters within 18 hours of receiving them!

At our holiday clinic gathering, I would like to have a collection of your comments to share with the team. It would be a nice way to end 2021 sharing your appreciation and words and let them know what we do here extends beyond the front door.

You can follow this link and leave a comment that will only be shared with the clinic or leave a public review on Google.

We delivered over 2000 vaccines in 2021 through a huge effort of volunteers and staff working overtime to care for our community. It was certainly a labor of love. Here we are at the end of the year and we are asking you to make a moment in your day and leave a comment on your experience. Our hope i...

11/23/2021

Due to the continued telephone issues, we now have three simultaneous methods of communicating with patients. Phone, Link to Text @ https://blog.karakassay.com/communication/ and online bookings (not for Physical scheduling)

Phones are down at the provider level. We have set up a system to bypass so patients can reach us. Follow the link to see updated information on our blog: https://blog.karakassay.com

11/17/2021

Here we go: temporary communication. If you need to contact scheduling or staff, go to the blog where we have temporary messaging set up:

Phones are down at the provider level. We have set up a system to bypass so patients can reach us. Follow the link to see updated information on our blog: https://blog.karakassay.com

11/17/2021

Phones continue to be interrupted at the service provider. We will have backup service activated around noon.
In the meantime we are setting up a text based communication from our website.

11/12/2021

Our phone and fax service is a little jumpy this week. Worldwide phone services are swamped with DDOS activity. Call quality and call drops are the largest effect and an annoyance.

In Q3, Cloudflare researchers said they stopped "one of the largest recorded HTTP attacks​."

07/17/2021

Neutrogena sunscreen has been recalled. Apparently they were able to detect minute levels of Benzene.
Dr Kassay has suggested https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/ as a clear resource to safe and effective sun protection.