A Community Run Accessible Clinic

Idaho Falls Employment Health Clinic, PLLC, or IFEHC; is an accessible health clinic. This means it is open convenient hours, it is ADA compliant, and it is free and charitable. The General Medicine Clinic is free to qualifying individuals. It is a community-run clinic located in Idaho Falls Medical District.

Our high-quality care is what sets us apart. These days, many callers who have heard of us by word of mouth do not realize we provide many charitable services for eligible permanent residents of the region (the Noncoastal West and Western Gulf Coast states) who are uninsured and who do not qualify for Medicaid or Medicare (please see the Disclaimers). They have heard of us for our quality. Many people go to us for a second or third opinion. To this effect, even high-income people have inquired about our services.

Importantly, we work hard with other players in the healthcare system to coordinate care. On both individual and populations based levels, we work with the departments of health. We work with various specialists and other primary care providers (viz, to ensure smooth transition of care). We work with health insurance brokers. In addition, we work with the local (Idaho Falls) Department of Labor, who works hard to overcome barriers for able-body adults to hold gainful employment. Furthermore, it means doing our best to help our patients/examinees access the other free and affordable resources available. We also partner with other free and affordable clinics to find the best possible fits for people's needs.

See later in this section for a list of cases. Please note that many disclaimers are in effect. Many of them are printed in this section. For a full list, go to the About page (IFEHC.com/About). Select the link to Disclosures & Disclaimers.

If you like what we do, please click the link below to donate. However, please be aware we have strong conflict of interest policies (see Disclosures & Disclaimers) preventing us from accepting contributions from employment health examinees.

Idaho Falls Employment Health Clinic, PLLC is proud to introduce the recipient of its Scholarship for Aspiring Healthcare Providers sponsored by Lookout Credit Union. Meet Mr. Eric M. Larsen, a senior at Brigham-Young Idaho. Mr. Larsen is a permanent resident of Idaho. He stands out for having exhausted all opportunities available to him. We consider it noteworthy that we did not award the scholarship the first year it became available. Thus, IFEHC's Medical Director considers Mr. Larsen to be the most worthy applicant in a cycle of at least two years to apply. We are confident Mr. Larsen has the character attributes to benefit from this generous scholarship that Lookout Credit Union gave us to award.

IFEHC, PLLC proudly holds itself to lofty standards in awarding opportunities to ensure a fair selection process. The public can learn details by reading the About webpage or by inquiring to IFEHC directly.

Printed 08/06/2024.

IFEHC, PLLC regularly sees commuters from throughout the Noncoastal West and the Western Gulf Coast. Dr. Boren applied for licenses in various states throughout the two regions so that he could follow up with patients who establish care at IFEHC, PLLC. Dr. Boren currently (as of 07/03/2024) holds eleven full active physician & surgeon (P&S) licenses in the following Noncoastal Western states (blue): Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, Missouri, South Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, Nevada, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Iowa. He now (as of 11/04/2024) holds an exempt P&S license in Kansas, which allows a licensee to provide charitable care per KSA 75-6102.  By request; the Idaho Falls Employment Health Clinic, PLLC now serves permanent residents of the Western Gulf Coast. Dr. Boren currently (as of 06/22/2024) holds active P&S licenses in the Western Gulf Coast states (red) Louisiana and Texas.

Updated 07/05/2024, 11/13/2024, 11/24/2024.

We have always taken pride in using paper records to ensure patient and examinee privacy. IFEHC draws to the public's attention that certain states' statutes require a transition to electronic health records. As of the date of this publication (08/06/2024), we are no longer guaranteeing that we can honor any patient's/examinee's preferences not to use electronic health records. When we ask patients/examinees to indicate preferences, answers should be understood exactly as that: preferences. We will do our best to honor them. If applicable statutes conflict with what patients/examinees request or the requests otherwise present undue burden(s) to business, we may not be able to honor them. If we we agree to provide service and cannot honor your preferences, IFEHC's HIPAA Compliance Officer will make it known. Your sole recourse will be to demonstrate that your indicated preference(s) do not conflict with applicable statute(s) and would not present an undue burden to any business. Published 08/06/2024.

Click the link below to learn more or to donate to our clinics and other causes. Disclaimer that IFEHC has not attained 501(c)(3) status. This means that donations are NOT tax deductible. Nonetheless, we are organized exclusively for the charitable, educational, and scientific purposes as set forth in 501(c)(3) and any future tax code.

If you live in the general area of Idaho Falls, Rexburg, Blackfoot, Pocatello, Twin Falls, Boise, or Salt Lake City; please consider getting involved as well.

On October 29, 2021; Governor Brad Little discussed with Medical Director D.M. Boren, M.D., the various barriers to outreach. Dr. Boren felt he gave thoughtful commentary that reflecting complexities on a Federal and state level. Idaho Falls Employment Health Clinic, PLLC, or IFEHC; is grateful to Governor Little for his time.

Disclaimer: IFEHC is a non-politically partisan community run clinic that endorses neither political parties nor candidates for political office.

On September 15, 2021; Lookout Credit Union agreed to sponsor IFEHC's 2022 Paid Internship for Aspiring Healthcare Professionals. Click the link below to learn more.

Next year, IFEHC also plans to offer a sponsored scholarship to the sum of $10,000. Stay tuned for details to come.

In addition to recognizing Lookout Credit Union, we would like to thank several other contributors who have made our free clinics possible:

1. SCORE! mentorship
2. Assist-to-Sell - The Realty Team, realtor Byron Price
3. Riverbend Communications
4. Anonymous
5. Nathan Dirscherl

On November 24, 2021; Medical Director Dr. Boren addressed the Idaho Department of Labor (IDOL). The Department spoke of concerns transitioning the unemployed to employment. Among those transitions is potentially losing access to public aid coverage. We also addressed opportunities for aspiring providers in the region. Dr. Boren left the discussion (as well as other dialogues) feeling like the local Department of Labor works hard to help people overcome barriers to gainful employment.

We regret a number of important clarifications are in order. These clarifications address the following:

1. IFEHC does NOT dispense controlled substances.
2. Please see the webpage for the respective clinic/program you seek. The webpage discusses our scope of services. We draw attention, in particular, that we do NOT provide dental services.
3. Individuals sent by third parties for independent medical evaluations should not (unless told otherwise) contact us.
4. DOT has made certain legislative updates, and IFEHC plans to enforce its rules.
5. IFEHC has recently clarified how its General Medicine Clinic qualifies as a registered (with Idaho's Department of Health & Human Services) as a free medical clinic in Idaho Code Title 39: Health and Safety, Chapter 77: Volunteer Health Care Provider Immunity.
6. To be as transparent as possible, IFEHC announces its price equivalents. The purpose of price equivalents is mainly for breaches of contract.

Revised 08/09/2024, 09/13/2024.

IFEHC does NOT dispense any controlled substances. The clinic does not have any on premises. IFEHC deems drug seeking behavior to constitute fraudulent seeking of healthcare services. Any good faith suspicion of drug seeking behavior or doctor shopping will be reported to the state board of pharmacy and possibly to law enforcement.

In the interest of minimizing our overhead, we ask patients to sign a voluntary authorization allowing us to make reports to third parties as the Medical Director deems appropriate.

Revised August 10, 2024.

Anyone who is sent here by third parties for legal purposes, including insurance physicals: please do NOT show up here unannounced. It is important that all communications go through the party that sent you here.

A few general guidelines are in effect.

(1) The third party who sent you here determines the rules to which you agreed. You should direct all questions to the third party who directed you here. In fact, many details are intentionally not communicated to us in order to preserve our objectivity.

(2) When you have legal evaluations, you are technically NOT a patient. If you are directed here by a third party, you are not even a client. Your legal designation is examinee. The nature of this examiner-examinee relationship affects confidentiality. For exact policies on confidentiality, we direct you to the agreements you signed as well as to the third parties who administer them.

(3) You should try your hardest but only to the level something is still comfortable. You need to speak up if anything is uncomfortable. We view failure to follow this rule as lack of complete cooperation.

(4) We are happy to provide a chaperone of the gender of your preference. To accommodate this request, we need at least five (5) business days' notice. This preference should be communicated through the third party who directed you here.

(5) The following has rarely come up. We remind every examinee that healthcare providers are mandated reporters. You have been warned that in "gray area" situations (i.e., where there are conflicting statutes), our clinic will report if third parties have an overriding interest. We will subscribe to the Minimum Necessary Principle but will, nonetheless, report. We will do our best to tell you if we plan to report. Should we determine after the appointment there is a need to report, it may not be possible to the examinee. This stipulation was added 06/15/2024.

(6) We appreciate it that people in the community are grateful for our services. However, compensation of any form is inappropriate. This obviously includes money or material gifts. We will report any suspected witness tampering to third parties with need to know interest and allow them to judge.

If you disagree with any of the above, the proper course of action is to contact the broker. This is in order to preserve optics that the evaluation is truly independent and that your consent (or lack thereof) to our policies will not influence the findings.

Disclosure: Since forensic examinees sent here by third parties are neither patients nor even clients, a number of conditions on this site may not apply. For instance, many of these exams are compensated by third party brokers. However, these evaluations are independent. Compensation is NOT affected by the conclusions reached.

Posted 02/13/2023. Revised 05/14/2023, 06/15/2024, 06/23/2024.

To referring physicians and referred patients, we are flattered you thought of us. Please be advised of the following:

(1) At no point does Dr. Boren or IFEHC, PLLC guarantee it accepts a case until patients/examinees have been told so.

(2) Even if a service is free, IFEHC reserves the right to charge a fully refundable (minus the cost of refunding) retainer. IFEHC has the right to wait at least 180 days after the service(s) conclude to refund. The purpose of this retainer is to deter individuals from abusing resources, including time.

(3) For medical exams, Dr. Boren is an independent medical examiner. He is NOT a "yes-man". If you are here for a medical exam, you should expect to be given random drug tests with which you are expected to cooperate immediately. As an independent medical examiner, Dr. Boren should be treated as a legal witness.

(4) For all encounters, but especially medical exams; you are expected to behave ethically. This includes being transparent with all parties involved. In our opinion (i.e., this is NOT legal advice), it is unethical to different providers with intention of obtaining more favorable medical opinions that could be reasonably demonstrated to result in secondary gain.

Published July 4, 2024. Revised 09/13/2024.

IFEHC proudly makes its services accessible to patients and examinees who qualify for its services. However, it has always reserved the right to charge patients or examinees should they break the contract. The following are the fees charged to patients or examinees for violating the terms of service. In our best efforts to comply with the No Surprises Act, we do our best to publish rates (i.e., in the unfortunate and unforeseen event of our having to charge). We are confident that the public and the regulators will agree with us that patients and examinees who abuse the terms of service take away from the rest of the public and deserve to be asked to compensate others for the wasted time and resources that are necessary to provide affordable care and free care (to qualifying individuals).

The following rates are NOT for our clients. Those are determined by contract and are confidential. The following rates are exclusively for individuals whom IFEHC suspects violated contract.

No-Show $50

Initial Visit General Practice $300

Follow-Up Visit General Practice $150

Telemedicine Initial $175

Telemedicine Follow-Up $100

Fitness/DOT 12:00 AM-5:59 AM $525

Fitness/DOT 06:00 AM-7:59 AM $400

Fitness/DOT  08:00 AM-09:59 AM $325

Fitness/DOT 10:00 AM-5:59 PM $200

Fitness/DOT 06:00-9:59 PM $325

Fitness/DOT 10:00-11:59 PM $400

Fitness/DOT Follow-Up $125

Independent Medical Evaluation $2,500

Functional Capacity Evaluation $4,000 - Retainer of at least $1,000.

Expert Witness Time $5/minute - Retainer of at least $3,000

Social Security Evaluations - $220 for medical exams + other applicable fees for other components. These include range of motion ($50), radiology ($90-$150), PFT's ($50).

Urine Toxicology Test - administration fee of $75 plus the lab fee that is charged to IFEHC

Labs - drawing fee of $30 plus the exact rate charged to IFEHC

Radiology - the exact rates charged to IFEHC

Vaccines - administration fee of $50 plus the exact prices IFEHC pays

Respirator medical clearance $50

Respirator qualitative fit test $100

Legal fees - the exact fee charged to IFEHC

Collection fees - the exact fee charged to IFEHC

Any other fees not included here IFEHC will assume the lowest local (i.e., within 100 miles) market rate.

We will do our best to present prices ahead of services.

A few disclaimers and other fine print are in order. Because the website is large, it is possible that other prices may be quoted. Prior to February 3, 2024; IFEHC's standard has been the lowest local (i.e., within 100 miles) market prices. That will continue to be the standard for any entity not listed in the non-exhaustive list above. There are two bases for the above prices (i.e., not considering market rates). One is the amount of time typically spent per encounter. IFEHC typically spends at least 100 minutes for an initial visit and over 50 minutes for follow-up visits A second consideration is a deterrent effect. It is an immoral act to abuse the resources of a free clinic because other worthy individuals may not receive the care they need. If there are any discrepancies in published rates, prices with the latest date (in this case, 02/03/2024) prevail. If it is not clear which date is later, IFEHC will honor the lower quoted price. The exclusive form of payment is certified check. Payments should be made out by certified check, money order, or credit card (with 3% surcharge) to IFEHC, PLLC. If IFEHC is not in a position to accept credit payments, payments can be made to legal representatives (please see Contact page to find legal representatives in your jurisdiction). Such payments to third parties are subject to any markups they impose. Invoices are valid for as long as services are recognized in the applicable jurisdiction(s). In Idaho, contracts are valid four (4) years. A late invoice or failure to enforce the invoice shall NOT constitute a waiver to enforce it at a later date within the four (4) years. Certain actions by the defendent(s), as recognized by common law, may toll applicable statute(s) of limitations. Any disputes should be directed to IFEHC's legal department. Any of the above stipulations are void where prohibited.

Please note that as of the date of revision of this paragraph, IFEHC is in the process of revising its website and pertinent documents to clarify that the General Medicine Clinic is free to qualifying individuals with the qualification of asking them to cover costs assessed by third parties. We direct you to IFEHC's Free Clinic Compliance statement for details.

Revised August 10, 2024.