One of the first membership-based doctor’s offices on the Western Slope has expanded to Montrose and is accepting patients who pay monthly for unlimited services, instead of using health insurance.

Dr. Mindy Miller, a physician who has practiced in the area since 1997, has opened a branch of Trailhead Clinics in Montrose.

The membership model is one that some family practice doctors have embraced in recent years, taking fewer patients and providing more holistic care and promising more access ...