Rachel Pippenger
Beacon Medical Group WaNee
Office
(574) 862-2165
2102 N. Main Street Nappanee, IN 46550
About
After many years of working in the area of gastrointestinal (GI) medicine, Rachel Pippenger, NP, transitioned to family practice for the opportunity to do help people in a variety of ways. I love family practice, because you are able to form relationships with people,” she says.
Her philosophy as a provider is “safety first.” This has always held true for her whether she was working at Goshen Hospital as a medical surgery nurse, or at the Elkhart Clinic working in GI, where she did office nursing, provided conscious sedation during procedures, or assisted in pre- and post-operative work, or endoscopy procedures.
Rachel earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from IU South Bend and her Master of Science in Nursing from Goshen College. An important lesson she learned in her studies was to recognize when you don’t have the answer. Collaboration is important, she says, adding, “I’m not afraid to tell people if I don’t know something, but I assure them I will always find answers.”
Since 2015, she has worked in Bremen, managing her own panel of patients with chronic conditions including; diabetes, COPD/asthma, hypertension, women’s health, children’s health, and psychiatric care. Rachel was excited for the opportunity to work in her own community.
No matter where she is or what she is doing, Rachel says she continues to learn empathy and patience from her patients. Her approach to practicing medicine is to make decisions based on evidence and she wants her patients to know that she will always be their advocate.
In her own words…
Who is or was the most influential people/role models in your life? My parents.
What was your first job growing up? What do you remember about it? Working at GL Perry Variety Store. It was boring and retail was not for me.
What is your favorite food? Movie? Anything Thai. My favorite movie is Simon Birch.
What was your best/worst subjects in school growing up? Best - English; Worst – Math
If you could sit down to dinner with anyone (alive or deceased) who would it be and why? Ghandi -- his passivist-approach for conflict resolution.
Rachel Pippenger
About Rachel PippengerAfter many years of working in the area of gastrointestinal (GI) medicine, Rachel Pippenger, NP, transitioned to family practice for the opportunity to do help people in a variety of ways. I love family practice, because you are able to form relationships with people,” she says.
Her philosophy as a provider is “safety first.” This has always held true for her whether she was working at Goshen Hospital as a medical surgery nurse, or at the Elkhart Clinic working in GI, where she did office nursing, provided conscious sedation during procedures, or assisted in pre- and post-operative work, or endoscopy procedures.
Rachel earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from IU South Bend and her Master of Science in Nursing from Goshen College. An important lesson she learned in her studies was to recognize when you don’t have the answer. Collaboration is important, she says, adding, “I’m not afraid to tell people if I don’t know something, but I assure them I will always find answers.”
Since 2015, she has worked in Bremen, managing her own panel of patients with chronic conditions including; diabetes, COPD/asthma, hypertension, women’s health, children’s health, and psychiatric care. Rachel was excited for the opportunity to work in her own community.
No matter where she is or what she is doing, Rachel says she continues to learn empathy and patience from her patients. Her approach to practicing medicine is to make decisions based on evidence and she wants her patients to know that she will always be their advocate.
In her own words…
Who is or was the most influential people/role models in your life? My parents.
What was your first job growing up? What do you remember about it? Working at GL Perry Variety Store. It was boring and retail was not for me.
What is your favorite food? Movie? Anything Thai. My favorite movie is Simon Birch.
What was your best/worst subjects in school growing up? Best - English; Worst – Math
If you could sit down to dinner with anyone (alive or deceased) who would it be and why? Ghandi -- his passivist-approach for conflict resolution.
Primary Specialty
Family Doctor
Practice
Beacon Medical Group WaNee
Gender
Female
Certification
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners - 2015, Goshen College - 2015
Payment Options
American Express, Check, Discover, Financing, MasterCard, Visa
Not Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Signature Care / Parkview, Community Health Alliance (CHA, Aetna, PHP Freedom, Cofinity), First Health (via Community Health Alliance CHA), Aetna Medicare Advantage (Via CHA ACO, LLC), UnitedHealthcare (UHC), VA CCN Optum UHC, UnitedHealthcare Medicaid (HCC), UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage (UHC), Medicaid Indiana FFS, Mdwise Excel Medicaid (HHW), Mdwise Excel Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), CareSource Marketplace, CareSource Medicaid (HIP), CareSource Medicaid (HHW), Cigna, Sagamore, CHA ACO LLC dba Beacon ACO, Anthem BCBS, Anthem Medicare Advantage, Anthem Medicaid (HHW HCC), Anthem Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), Allwell Medicare Advantage (BMG), Managed Health Services Medicaid (MHS HCC), Ambetter Marketplace (MHS), Managed Health Services Medicaid (MHS HHW), Managed Health Services Healthly Indiana Plan (MHS HIP), Medicare FFS, Plain Church Group, Humana Medicare Advantage, Immergrun Health Network, Tricare East Humana Military, HealthSmart, Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN), Stratose / National Preferred Provider Network (NPPN), Humana, Multi Plan / Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
Degrees
Nurse Practitioner
Admitting Hospitals
Community Hospital of Bremen
Office Name
Beacon Medical Group WaNee
Languages
English
Business Hours
Monday:8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday:8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday:8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thursday:8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday:8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Saturday:Closed
Sunday:Closed
Services
Family Medicine
Additional Services
Preventive Medicine Specialist
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