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Every day, Signify Health physician assistants (PAs) make a difference in the lives of health plan members. Throughout the month of October, we’re highlighting just a few of the PAs who go above and beyond to meet people where they are, close gaps in care and put members on the path to wellness.

His classroom may look different than it once did, but the teacher in David Paulk, physician assistant (also known as physician associate or PA), is still very much present.

Unlike the traditional Signify Health clinician, traveling clinicians visit members across county lines, states and even the entire country. Physician, physician assistant and nurse practitioner travelers close care gaps across the country to meet members where they are and in communities with health care shortages. Read our series of profiles on traveling clinicians.

Betty, a retiree from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, wakes up daily at 5:30 AM and heads to the gym. She walks for an hour and lifts weights.

Preventive health care saves lives, but for people living in rural areas, access is limited.