WELCOME

Get your Illinois Medical Card without leaving your house.

  • Telemedicine
  • Insurance accepted
  • A medical clinic you can trust

What are you waiting for?

If you have a qualifying condition, complete the form below or call Innovative Wellness today: 773-420-7994.

Did we mention we take insurance?

Get Started

Fill the form below and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible, usually within 24 hours.

Medical Card Certification Process

Get an Illinois Medical Card application completed in just two telemedicine visits!

1. REQUEST APPOINTMENT

Fill out the form above and one of our schedulers will reach out to you ASAP. Look for an email within 24 hours and a phone call within 1-2 business days.

2. SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT

An intake specialist will contact you to schedule your appointments. A minimum of two TELEMEDICINE visits are required to establish a patient-physician relationship. We take insurance!!

3. PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATION FORM

We will provide a signed Physician Certification once you complete your appointments. You will use this form to apply for your Medical Card.

4. SUBMIT APPLICATION

Once you receive your Physician Certification, you will need to complete the online IDPH Patient Application. We will provide the application link and instructions.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. You must be able to provide proof of your Illinois residency
  2. You cannot have a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
  3. You must have a diagnosis that qualifies in Illinois
  4. You must submit a signed Physician Certification with your IDPH application – and that is where we come in! We will provide the Physician Certification and then you can apply to get your card!

Below are the medical conditions you must have by Illinois Department of Public Health law. You must also have medical records from the last year that state you have this condition (doctor’s note is fine, but real medical records is the best). Again, we will help get this for you.

• PTSD & Terminal Illnesses
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
• Agitation of Alzheimer’s disease
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Arnold-Chiari malformation and Syringomelia
• Autism
• Cachexia/wasting syndrome
• Cancer
• Causalgia
• Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
• Chronic Pain
• Crohn’s disease (Now includes Ulcerative Colitis)
• CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type II)
• Dystonia
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
• Fibromyalgia (severe)

• Fibrous dysplasia
• Glaucoma
• Hepatitis C
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
• Hydrocephalus
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Interstitial Cystitis
• Lupus
• Migraines
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Muscular dystrophy
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Myoclonus
• Nail-patella syndrome
• Neuro-Behcet’s Autoimmune Disease
• Neurofibromatosis
• Neuropathy

• Osteoarthritis
• Parkinson’s disease
• Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Post-concussion syndrome
• RSD (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type I)
• Residual limb pain
• Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
• Seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy
• Sjogren’s syndrome
• Spinal cord disease, including, but not limited to, arachnoiditis, Tarlov cysts, hydromyelia, syringomyelia (You must have a documented MRI showing herniated disc)
• Spinal cord injury
• Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)
• Superior canal dehiscence syndrome
• Tourette’s syndrome
• Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

    1. If you feel you have symptoms of PTSD but have never been officially diagnosed, click here for a PTSD evaluation done by telemedicine.
    2. If you have had concussions and believe you have symptoms of post-concussion syndrome, click here for an evaluation done by telemedicine.
    3. If you have chronic pain, IBS or migraines, but do not have any medical records showing a diagnosis – then your first step is to have your chronic pain evaluated and documented. Click here to schedule an appointment with Emma Raider, one of our compassionate primary care providers.
    1. Physician Appointment Fee – due at the time of the visit
      1. We take insurance – Click HERE to see if you can use your insurance. 
      2. If you are unable to use insurance, the self-pay fee is $100 per office visit. 

 

    1. IDPH Application Fee – due when you complete the IDPH online application 
      1. $100 per year, $250 for a three year card 
      2. 50% off for veterans and people on disability 

Applying for your Medical Card in Illinois is now easier and faster than ever! You can complete your telemedicine visits with us within one week. Once you complete the required telemedicine visits with our doctors, we will provide you with the Physician Certification. Then you will be able to submit your IDPH application online and the state will provide a temporary card that you can start using within 24 hours.