Healthcare Is at a Turning Point
We're Not Moving Away From Something Broken.
We're Evolving Toward Something Better.
Together with Cornerstone Chiropractic, Origins Community Wellness Center is pioneering a different approach to healthcare in Greater Lansing—one that focuses on your individual needs, long-term wellness, and community accessibility.
The Maintenance Care Gap:
A Story We See Too Often
Here's What Happens Every Day
Many people experience a frustrating cycle: progress during approved insurance visits, then coverage ends just as they're transitioning from recovery to maintenance. Without ongoing support, issues often return, requiring another round of care to get back to where they were.
Get Hurt
Pain becomes unbearable
Get Treatment
Limited visits approved
Coverage Ends
"No longer acute"
Get Worse
Problem returns
This isn't anyone's fault. Insurance was designed for emergencies and acute conditions, not for the ongoing maintenance and preventative care that actually keeps us healthy and active throughout our lives.
The Evolution:
From Reactive to Proactive, From Standard to Individual
The Old Way
- Wait for crisis
- Standard protocols for everyone
- Insurance determines care
- Fragmented providers
- Temporary fixes
- Profit-driven decisions
The Evolution
- Prevent problems
- Personalized treatment plans
- Your needs determine care
- Integrated care team
- Long-term wellness
- Community-driven mission
Origins Wellness x Cornerstone Chiropractic:
Pioneering Community-Centered Healthcare
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we operate on a fundamentally different model than traditional clinics. Our mission isn't profit—it's community health and wellness.
Integrated Care
Chiropractic, physical rehabilitation, and massage therapy working together under one roof. Your care team collaborates to create comprehensive treatment plans.
No Insurance Barriers
No arbitrary visit limits, narrow protocols, or coverage battles. Your care is determined by your needs and progress, not by what gets reimbursed.
Sliding Scale Access
Income-based membership pricing ensures quality integrative healthcare is accessible regardless of your economic situation.
Prevention Focus
We don't just get you out of pain—we help you stay out of pain. This is healthcare designed for your long-term wellness journey.
Why We're Moving Away from Insurance
And How That Enables True Community Care
This might seem counterintuitive, but not accepting insurance is exactly what allows us to serve everyone—regardless of their ability to pay.
The Insurance Trap
When clinics accept insurance, they become bound by insurance rules: limited visits, specific treatment protocols, endless paperwork, and delayed payments. They must charge high rates to offset claim denials and administrative costs. This system serves insurance companies, not patients.
Our Community Model
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating outside insurance, we control our own pricing. Full-price members pay for their own comprehensive care, while our nonprofit funding through donations and grants enables us to offer sliding-scale rates to those in need. It's a sustainable model where everyone contributes what they can.
The Beautiful Result
This creates a self-sustaining community where everyone gets the same excellent care. The teacher, the CEO, and the single parent all receive identical treatment—the only difference is what they pay based on their ability.
How Our Community-Supported Model Works
Membership Dues
Providing your own comprehensive care
Community Donations
Philanthropic support from donors
Grant Funding
Foundation and government grants
501(c)(3) Nonprofit Model
All resources combined to ensure sustainable, accessible care for the entire community
Sliding-Scale Accessibility
Those who need reduced rates can access care without burdening any single funding source
The Outcome:
Everyone receives the same high-quality, unlimited care regardless of what they pay. This is healthcare as it should be—a community taking care of its own.
By rejecting insurance, we rejected a system that divides patients into "profitable" and "unprofitable." Instead, we created a sustainable nonprofit model where membership fees, donations, and grants work together to ensure everyone in our community can access care. That's the power of community-centered healthcare.
Thinking Differently About
Healthcare Investment
Consider the value of proactive wellness versus reactive care:
Traditional Insurance Model
Origins Membership Model
With a membership model, you're investing in consistent access to care that works with your schedule and your goals—not insurance limitations.
A Vision for
Healthcare's Future
We envision a healthcare system where:
Prevention Is Valued Just as Much as Correction
Where maintaining health is just as important as fixing problems.
Every Person Receives Tailored Care
Treatment plans designed for your unique biology and circumstances.
Maintenance Is Standard, Not Luxury
Ongoing wellness support is the norm, not an add-on.
Community Health Over Profit Margins
Success measured by health outcomes, not revenue.
Healthcare Is Accessible to Everyone
Regardless of income level, insurance status, or zip code.
This isn't just our vision for Origins—it's our vision for healthcare everywhere. We believe this evolution is inevitable, and we're committed to leading it in our community.
A Personal Message from Our Leadership
Dear Greater Lansing Community,
We are incredibly excited to bring this revolutionary healthcare model to the Lansing area. After years of witnessing the frustrations and barriers our community faces in accessing quality healthcare, we knew it was time for something radically different.
Origins Community Wellness Center represents more than just a new clinic—it's a movement toward healthcare that truly serves people, not profit margins. As a nonprofit organization, every decision we make is guided by one simple question: What's best for our community's health?
We've seen too many of our neighbors skip necessary care because of cost. We've watched families struggle to navigate insurance barriers while dealing with pain. We've witnessed the cycle of crisis care when what people really need is consistent, preventive wellness support.
That's why we created Origins—to prove that healthcare can be different. That it can be accessible to everyone, regardless of income. That providers can work together instead of in silos. That prevention and maintenance are just as important as acute care.
We invite you to join us in this vision. Whether you become a member, spread the word about our mission, or simply believe that healthcare can be better—you're part of this transformation. Together, we're not just changing how healthcare is delivered in Greater Lansing; we're showing what's possible when a community puts health first.
Thank you for believing in a better future for healthcare. We can't wait to serve you and your family at Origins.
With gratitude and excitement for the journey ahead,
The Time Is Now
Healthcare transformation doesn't happen overnight, and it doesn't happen without pioneers willing to try a better way.
At Origins, we're not waiting for the system to change—
we're actively changing it.
Because Your Health Deserves More Than Crisis Management
It deserves a true partnership focused on helping you thrive—
not just today, but for years to come.
Join Cornerstone x Origins Community Wellness Center
Experience integrated care with transparent pricing and a commitment to community accessibility.Everyone deserves quality healthcare.