Dr. Nicole T. Hemkes, MD
DPC Family Medicine physician, Middleton, WI
Advocate MDDr. Nicole Hemkes is board certified in family medicine and founded Advocate MD, a direct primary care practice.
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About Dr. Hemkes
Dr. Hemkes founded Advocate MD in 2019 and serves as its Medical Director, including after Advocate MD partnered with the KerixHealth direct primary care platform in November 2025. She earned a BS in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002 and graduated from medical school at the University of South Florida in 2006. She completed her Family Medicine residency at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC in 2009.
She has worked in emergency departments, as an inpatient hospitalist and in outpatient clinics as a family medicine doctor. Her settings have ranged from inner city Chicago to rural Alaska. She believes direct primary care empowers the physician and the patient.
Membership and fees
Advocate MD charges a one-time enrollment fee of $99 per patient, or $222 for a family.
Membership is $55 a month for ages 0 to 18, or $44 a month when two or more enroll with parents.
Membership is $75 a month for ages 19 to 39.
Membership is $95 a month for ages 40 to 59.
Membership is $110 a month for ages 60 and up.
Members get unlimited office visits during regular hours, phone consults, email communication and telemedicine visits, and skin biopsies, EKGs and joint injections are included.
Evening or weekend visits cost an extra $50 per visit, and home visits within 30 minutes of Madison cost $100 per visit.
Fees vary by plan. Ask the practice.
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Questions patients ask
Does Dr. Hemkes take insurance, or offer a membership?
Advocate MD does not accept insurance, but members can keep an insurance policy for services the clinic cannot provide. Membership includes unlimited office visits during regular hours, phone calls and emails.
How much does a membership at Advocate MD cost?
Membership is $55 a month for ages 0 to 18, or $44 a month when two or more enroll with parents. It is $75 a month for ages 19 to 39, $95 a month for ages 40 to 59 and $110 a month for ages 60 and up. There is also a one-time enrollment fee of $99 per patient, or $222 for a family.
Is Dr. Hemkes board certified?
Yes. Dr. Hemkes is board certified in Family Medicine.
Where did Dr. Hemkes train?
She graduated from medical school at the University of South Florida in 2006. She completed her Family Medicine residency at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC in 2009.
Does Dr. Hemkes offer telehealth?
Advocate MD includes unlimited telemedicine visits in membership.
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