Relationship
Care begins with knowing you — your health history, family, goals, risks, preferences, and the way you think about medical decisions — so advice is personal, practical, and grounded in context.
Opening Late Summer 2026 · Bethesda, Maryland
Private primary care built around a closer physician relationship.
Anchor Point Medicine is a deliberately small, membership-based primary care practice for patients and families who want direct access to their physician, same-day or next-day visits, thoughtful prevention, and trusted medical guidance beyond the walls of the office.
The Model
A physician relationship that extends beyond office visits.
Anchor Point is built around a simple idea: when something medical is on your mind, you should have a doctor you know and trust close enough to call or text. A new symptom, a medication question, a confusing test result, a specialist recommendation, a parent’s concern about a child, or even an article you read and want your doctor’s opinion on — that is the relationship Anchor Point is designed to provide.
Access
Members have same-day or next-day access and direct phone and text access to Dr. Speicher for appropriate medical questions, new concerns, and guidance between visits.
Judgment
Anchor Point serves as both primary care and medical counsel: helping you interpret information, weigh options, navigate specialists, and decide what actually needs to happen next.
Care Scope
Primary care for adults, families, and adolescents age 10 and older.
The practice is built around longitudinal primary care, prevention, access for new concerns, removing friction from medical care, and continuity through life’s expected and unexpected medical moments.
Prevention & Wellness
Annual comprehensive visits, risk review, screening guidance, lifestyle strategy, immunization review, and longitudinal planning.
Acute Concerns
Evaluation of common acute and time-sensitive issues when appropriate in the office setting, with clear escalation when emergency or specialty care is needed.
Procedural Care
Selected office-based procedures may include wound care, laceration repair, abscess drainage, joint injections, ear lavage, ECG, and point-of-care ultrasound when clinically appropriate.
Matthew Speicher, DO
Founder · Anchor Point Medicine
- Former White House physician to two Presidents
- Former Chief of Emergency Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- Board-certified emergency physician
- Navy physician and retired Commander
- Point-of-care ultrasound fellowship trained
Physician-led care, grounded in service and judgment.
Dr. Speicher founded Anchor Point Medicine after a career caring for patients in military, emergency, operational, and executive medical settings. His goal is to bring the same steadiness, judgment, and personal responsibility into a smaller primary care practice.
Anchor Point is not built to be a high-volume clinic. It is built for patients who want a physician who knows them well, has time to think, and can help them navigate medicine with clarity and calm.
Founding Membership
A limited founding group.
Founding Circle membership is available to the first 60 patients. Membership is billed directly to patients and is designed to support access, time, continuity, physician availability, and a smaller panel.
Individual
$3,800 / year
For one adult member.
Couple
$7,200 / year
For two adult members in the same household.
Family
$8,800 / year
For up to two adults and three dependent children age 10 and older.
Pricing shown reflects anticipated Founding Circle rates and may be updated before opening. Additional dependent children may be available at a reduced annual rate. Membership terms, included services, visit limits, and fees for services outside the membership will be described in the membership agreement.
Important: Anchor Point Medicine does not replace health insurance. Members should maintain insurance for labs, imaging, medications, specialists, emergency care, hospital care, and services outside the practice. At launch, Anchor Point Medicine is not accepting Medicare, TRICARE, HMOs, or insurance-billed membership patients. We hope to broaden eligibility in the future as legally and operationally appropriate.
Questions
Clear answers, before you call.
A private practice should feel calm, not confusing. These are the questions most families ask first.
Does membership replace my insurance?
No. Anchor Point Medicine is a membership-based primary care practice, not an insurance plan. Members should keep health insurance for labs, imaging, prescriptions, specialists, emergency care, hospitalization, and other services outside Anchor Point.
Do you accept Medicare, TRICARE, or insurance?
At launch, Anchor Point Medicine is not accepting Medicare, TRICARE, HMOs, or insurance-billed membership patients. Membership fees are paid directly by the patient or family. We hope to broaden eligibility in the future as legally and operationally appropriate.
What ages do you see?
Anchor Point Medicine plans to care for adults, families, and adolescents age 10 and older. Younger children should remain with a pediatrician as their primary physician, but Dr. Speicher is available for acute concerns, second opinions, and school/camp forms for all family members as needed.
What is included in membership?
Membership is designed to include a comprehensive annual visit, unhurried primary care visits, same-day or next-day access, direct phone and text access to Dr. Speicher, prevention planning, chronic condition management, coordination of care, and selected office-based acute care and procedures when appropriate. It also includes medical guidance between visits — for questions, concerns, confusing results, specialist recommendations, or decisions that need a physician’s judgment. Specific inclusions, limits, and exclusions will be detailed in the membership agreement.
Is this insurance?
No. The practice is intentionally small and designed to provide excellent access, but membership is not insurance. To remain in compliance with Maryland insurance laws, care is not unlimited. It includes one annual comprehensive physical and 24 additional office visits if needed. Other services may be similarly limited and will be defined in the Membership Agreement.
Can I call or text with medical questions?
Yes. That is central to the model. Members will have direct phone and text access to Dr. Speicher for appropriate medical questions, new concerns, follow-up issues, and guidance about what to do next. Anchor Point Medicine is not an emergency service and does not replace 911, the emergency department, or urgent specialty care.
How does after-hours access work?
Members will have direct access to Dr. Speicher for appropriate time-sensitive concerns. True emergencies should be handled through 911 or the emergency department. Anchor Point is designed to make medical guidance easier to reach, not to replace emergency services.
Where will the office be located?
Anchor Point Medicine is finalizing a Chevy Chase/Bethesda location. The practice is expected to open in late summer 2026. Updated office information will be shared as soon as the location is finalized.
How do I join the Founding Circle?
The first step is an introductory call to determine whether the practice is the right fit for your needs. Founding Circle membership is limited to the first 60 patients.
Founding Circle · First 60 Patients
Begin with a conversation.
Anchor Point Medicine is forming its initial membership panel now, ahead of opening in Bethesda in late summer 2026.