Liberty Bell Family Medicine

10/17/2025

We recently hosted two informational workshops about Direct Primary Care, with a focus on employer-based health plans. See my guest column in the Methow Valley Examiner for a quick summary.

Find out how Methow Valley Direct Primary Care by Dr. Kellar McCloy addresses the rising costs of healthcare for families.

09/25/2025

Are you a small business owner who wants to provide your employees with health benefits? Does that feel too expensive or hard to navigate right now? We can help!

Attend an info session with Dr. Kellar McCloy and Dr. Michael Tuggy. They’ll discuss their experience with Direct Primary Care as a model for affordable employee health plans, and answer your questions about options for your business. This event is free and open to the public.

Two sessions:

Thursday, October 9 at 5:30pm
YourSpace Room at TwispWorks

Monday, October 13 at 5:30pm
Community Room at the Winthrop Library

For more information, visit:
www.libertybellfamilymedicine.com

09/14/2025

I'm honored to be featured in the Methow Valley News' Health & Wellness Magazine alongside so many other terrific healthcare providers. The Methow really is a special place to live--and to practice.

05/23/2025

Eloquent sharing of why us doctors do this doctoring thing… not to make money or drive fancy cars, but to take good care of people, guide them through the good times and the bad, and hopefully heal as much illness as possible along they way

03/16/2025

❓ What Makes Liberty Bell Family Medicine Different?

🔹 Independent, family-owned, solo-doc practice
💙 Smaller patient panel → More time with YOUR doctor
📅 Unlimited visits → No extra fees or copays
📲 Direct access → Text, call, email your doctor
💊 Wholesale meds & labs → Affordable, transparent pricing

At Liberty Bell Family Medicine, we do primary care differently—no rushed visits, no surprise bills, just practical, patient-focused care that makes sense for YOU.

📞 Call 509-337-5005 or visit 🌐 www.libertybellfamilymedicine.com to learn more!

Modern medicine, simplified.

10/19/2024

Local independent, small businesses care for all of us and are important threads in the fabric of our community.

Please support your local independent pharmacies, bookstores, groceries, retail stores, bakeries, restaurants, gas stations, coffee shops, banks, barbers, plumbers, painters and more... even independent, family-owned medical clinics.

A good example of why it's so important for everyone to support their local independent pharmacy:

The biggest pharmacy benefit managers are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy deserts” across the country.

08/26/2024

Honored to play a part in a Samuel's incredible solo PCT trek this year:

"To train, Samuel started hiking 15 miles after school to get his “trail legs.” He worked with Mitch Luce, a physical therapist at Winthrop Physical Therapy & Fitness, and physician Kellar McCloy at Liberty Bell Family Medicine, to understand and prepare his young body for an arduous undertaking the likes of which he had never done before. Outdoorsmen themselves, Luce and McCloy were encouraging and supportive of Samuel’s journey before, during and after the hike."

A teenager’s dream realized in solo PCT trek August 22, 2024 by Shelley Smith Jones Photos courtesy of Samuel Polson Samuel was joined by his father, Peter Polson, for an ascent of Mt. Whitney. Samuel Polson’s 1,100-mile adventure filled with challenges, rewards along the way Samuel Polson vivid...

06/26/2024

Liberty Bell Family Medicine Awarded $10,000 Backing Small Businesses Enhancement Grant through American Express and Main Street America

On Tuesday, June 25, American Express and Main Street America announced the grant recipients for the Backing Small Businesses Grant Program.

Liberty Bell Family Medicine, based in Twisp, was among the winners. Liberty Bell Family Medicine plans to use the funds to purchase new clinic signage, and new equipment to expand its primary care service offerings.

“We are incredibly honored and grateful, as a small, independent medical practice in a rural town, to be selected to receive this grant funding, which will allow us to expand our service offerings and continue to solidify our presence as a permanent primary care option for residents and visitors to the Methow Valley,” said Kellar McCloy, physician and owner of Liberty Bell Family Medicine.

American Express and Main Street America today announced the 500 small business owners who have been awarded $10,000 through the Backing Small Businesses grant program. The program’s 2024 grant recipients represent U.S. small businesses across all 50 states, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico. Later this year, grantees will have the opportunity to apply for an additional $30,000 enhancement grant that will be awarded to 25 small businesses.

Since launching in 2021, Backing Small Businesses has provided over $9 million in grants to 1,180 small business owners nationwide. American Express and Main Street America initially created the grant program to help economically vulnerable small business owners recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and grow their businesses.

Meet the most recent Backing Small Businesses Enhancement Grant Recipients: https://mainstreet.org/the-latest/news/500-small-business-owners-receive-10-000-grants-through-backing-small-businesses-program

To learn more about the Backing Small Businesses grant program and learn about the grantees, click here.

04/07/2024

Perverse incentives and predatory practices are unfortunately all too pervasive in US health insurance. Private equity buying up hospitals and medical practices and maximizing their billing practices is creating a war between private equity and the huge insurance companies that leaves patients paying more and more and physicians getting paid less. In too many instances this unfortunately causes an unnecessary rift in doctor-patient relationships because of insurance non-coverage (i.e. money), and patients choosing not to get the care they need and/or doctors choosing to quit medicine.

"In some instances, the fees paid to an insurance company and MultiPlan for processing a claim far exceeded the amount paid to providers who treated the patient."

According to one therapist who cares for Autistic children, “It puts me in a tough position,” she said. “Do I want to pay myself a salary or be able to help people?”

It's so refreshing to step outside of this crooked game with direct primary care at Liberty Bell Family Medicine.

If you're up for a long, hackle raising read on these perverse incentives and some history on how they came to be:

A little-known data firm helps health insurers make more when less of an out-of-network claim gets paid. Patients can be on the hook for the difference.

03/04/2024

The new digital badge and certificate help you display your family medicine certification on social media, via email, and on the web.