Avoid this place at all costs. The nurses and care physicians like to violate HIPPA and speak about…read moreclients while outside their room, VERY LOUD. They feel the need to judge and dismiss claims. Took my brother in because he may have pinched something in his last night setting a weight down. They felt the need to LOUDLY express their opinions that it was probably his improper form. Please tell me how improper form would be a quick punch that is sending continuous pain down his pelvic region and legs? They dismissed him and just gave him muscle relaxers. If he wanted muscle relaxers her would have gone and purchased a 1000MG edible from a dispensary. Instead of giving proper care and concern like a normal human, they belittle and make you feel less than. Might I add the two judging him for "probably because of his form" you two were pudgy.As well could use some daily sunscreen and a nice exfoliant might I add, since we're judging people based on what we don't know about them. The clinic clearly does not care about reviews unless they're positive. Unfortunately we drove almost an hour here to get here when they opened, and needed up sitting an hour in the waiting room to be seen. Don't let the 4.5 stars fool you. All of the 1 star reviews are very much correct and you are 100% better off taking business elsewhere unfortunately if you want to be taken care of. If you don't care about helping people, why work in healthCARE? Disgusting behavior all around.

skagit urgent care right next to Walmart. I love wait time. I got there at 9:30 yesterday and I…read morewas in like three minutes that quick go to urgent care today

After a phone conversation with the offices of this practice regarding the unnecessary blood test…read more Which was 2 test last year (after stateing would be going to Medicare in 4 months only needing 4 months of refile approval) was denied and then promptly requiring7 test this time and a mandatory office visit for a prescription refile. Wow that's putting it to us. As we noted the cost would be more than the prior times at 700.00. Did our own blood test thru healthonelabs.com 99.00 When asked why a in person visit was needed as the blood work would be done. It was said quality service. I mentioned more like you want the money, going there in person was not necessary, but would be in order to collect the fees. I was told you can always go to SEAMAR. As it was cheaper and they would do refiled without a visit. Well that was strange reply. As I'm sure if I had never been there they would in fact not do so. What she was implying was that they have lower standards. Which was no even close to what not questions was about. She was just not going to admit that a policy of there's was in fact a way of making money. And if you cant a afford it then your welcome to go else where. Susan's words. This place is about there way or high way. We wont be using them when it is time to assign a practinure to new Medicare policy. There are other doctors that are part of Medicare supplement programs in anacortes that are not part of anacortes family practice.

I grew up going to Anacortes Family Medicine. I saw Dr. Stalsbroten, who is now retired. In more…read morerecent years, I have seen Tari Roche. Both doctors are excellent. Inside Anacortes Family Medicine, the staff is very nice and helpful. The front desk helps with anything you need. The nurses are great, and the doctors tend to run mostly on time. I've rarely had to wait too long - there are exceptions, but emergencies do come up. The clinic is a part of Island Hospital, and they are only a few blocks away from the Island Hospital ER. This is good because sometimes situations call for an ER visit, and the doctors have referred me down there on a handful of occasions throughout my life. Since they are affiliated with Island Hospital, they have good access to specialists for situations calling for one, as well as special testing done in a lab. They use the lab at Island Hospital. There is not one inside the clinic. There is an urgent care facility housed in the same building as Anacortes Family Medicine, and if Anacortes Family Medicine cannot fit you in to see a doctor, the urgent care can - there just might be a bit of a wait. This is very convenient. I highly recommend Anacortes Family Medicine!

She has been my Dr. for 10 years, and I could not recommend her more. She is caring, has great…read moreunderstanding of medicine, and will listen to you and offer all the options. She has got me through some really hard times.

Terrible experience at billing. I wish I could put " 0 or minus star" after dealing with Billing…read moreDept. They do not want to review the bill at all. I visited this clinic in October twice since the young doc could not do I/D at first visit, I had to come back again. Tri care supposed to cover 100% for these visits as my coverage. I got billed couple hundreds dollars for one of the visits. I called Tri-care, and was told that skagit used wrong code, so they need to use correct one to submit the bill again. When I asked the lady from Tricare , she could not tell me the code, Skagit needs to call Tri-care if they have a question. I called Skagit 360-814-7575, the young lady who talked to me at 1134 am on Dec 15, 2025 told me that they did not use wrong code and I need to check my insurance for coverage, if it's wrong code, "I" need to call Tri-care and get the correct billing code to tell her because it's MY responsibility to correct the billing. I am a patient, I am not working for billing at Skagit nor Tri-care. When I asked her to call Tricare to figure out what was wrong, She said, "Skagit will not call insurance company, we already communicated with insurance company. You are responsible for this billing. " She told me to have Tricare contact Skagit or get the billing code by myself. I explained to her the staffs from Tricare cannot make outgoing call directly, but she kept saying no. I am sure they do billing hundreds everyday. Human make mistakes , but how she knows she is not wrong 100% for sure? I was refused to request for the review the bill , not willing to call insurance company. Tri-care staffs I called cannot make outgoing calls. If Skagit cannot help to solve this problem. Who would help? Basically, if they use wrong billing code, patients need to shut up and pay the whole bill?????

I had to go to urgent care for some confusing symptoms and had a really great experience. The staff…read morewere thorough and kind, without exception. I felt silly because it turned out not to be anything serious, but was treated with empathy, got good answers and left feeling reassured. Lisa Kohler was especially thoughtful, and I appreciated the quick follow up with a phone call to explain my lab results to me.

Catherine is the kindest person I have ever met. She really listened to me as a patient. She is…read moregentle with the procedure and after each treatment, I left there feeling like I floated away in an immensely relaxed state. My pain from RA and Fibromyalgia melted away. Very highly recommend for her incredible talent plus skills as a Master Needler. I was her patient for more than a few years until I unfortunately moved out of state. Greatly miss her magic healing touch.

Catherine is absolutely amazing! I have been going to her for going on five years. The treatments…read moreshe does on me feel like a 100% turnaround in my pain, mood and energy when I leave my appointment compared to when I got there. My favorite time of the week is going to see Catherine and get my acupuncture treatment. I've gotten acupuncture other places and it doesn't even compare. I have had psoriatic arthritis for the past 12 years and only thing that truly makes a difference in my pain instantly right after the treatment is over. Catherine is so caring, pay attention to detail, and does help and other various ways referring to a pelvic floor specialist, even helped me figure out how to get my fluid levels up with my last pregnancy. She really treats the whole person. I plan on going to her for the rest of my life! She is an amazing provider and also become an amazing friend. 10 out of 10 recommend her. She even takes my insurance.

I've been taking my son here for about 5 years. My son was…read morehaving an extremely painful ongoing and somewhat baffling problem and after ending up in the ER again, the doctor there was very concerned and made some calls to see if a colleague he knew would be interested in taking the case. That colleague was Dr Lowe at Skagit Pediatric. She is a lovely caring person and her gentle yet no nonsense manner has been just right for my son (and me). She has advocated for him time and again for a variety of reasons. She's called his school to make sure they have been adequately (and legally) supporting him. She's called in various other specialists whom she's thought would be helpful. She's monitored him consistently over the years and is the person responsible for getting his health back on track. Dr Lowe has spent time getting to know my son. This is no easy thing. I don't have enough characters to go into how important this is for him. The second he even slightly senses condescension or the person who's too flippant and thinks they know where he's coming from (they probably don't), he shuts down. If it's bad enough (for him), he will fire them as his provider. He doesn't mess around and Dr Lowe has passed every hurdle with flying colors. With that said, he has also seen several other providers at Skagit Pediatric when Dr Lowe hasn't been available and every single one has been thorough, caring, and really listens. The receptionists at the front have never been anything but nice and caring. Sometimes a bit disorganized but never rude or dismissive. I've spoken with them on the phone many times and in person even more. l've also seen them handle any number of other people and l've never seen anything other than friendliness. Despite the difficulties that COVID has presented, we still have had nothing but proper, friendly care from Skagit Pediatric.

I would advise parents to stay away from this practice. We would have been a new patient to this…read morepractice, but since the previous clinic (where my daughter's medical records are stored) is short staff and they are behind on faxing her records to Skagit.. they want to reschedule her appointment to a different day and time. This does not work for us since I have limited PTO, and I do not have the ability to predict when my daughter's asthmatic airway was going to be reactive to the cold weather. They gave terrible customer service because of a cough and we were seeking medical attention to have her breathing medication renewed since the prescription expired. They followed COVID protocols to the extreme, and they do not take into consideration that the parent knows and understands their own kid's health. My daughter did not have a fever or shortness of breath. She has a reactive airway and the cold weather makes it reactive. My daughter is allowed to have a cough. My daughter should not be denied medical care for their convenience. This is a terrible practice that eliminated humanity from their protocols.