Medicine First. Always.
PremierMD's cannabis program was built on a simple belief: if medical cannabis is going to be medicine, it should be treated as medicine — evaluated, monitored, and managed by real physicians who know their patients.
We Saw What a "Card Mill" Looks Like. We Built the Opposite.
When New Jersey first legalized medical cannabis, a new category of business emerged: the certification clinic. A website, a brief telehealth call, a flat fee, and a digital certification. No medical records reviewed. No follow-up. No ongoing relationship. No insurance accepted.
These services aren't illegal. But they're not medicine, either.
PremierMD's Medical Director, Dr. David Boguslavsky, had been practicing family medicine in New Jersey since 2006 when cannabis legalization arrived — nearly two decades of clinical experience treating patients with exactly the conditions that would qualify for the new program. He was among the first physicians in the state to register with the NJ Medicinal Cannabis Program (NJMMP) when it launched, and he saw an opportunity to do something the emerging certification industry was not doing: bring cannabis care into a real medical practice, with real clinical standards, and make it accessible to the patients who needed it most — including those on Medicare and Medicaid who had previously been locked out entirely.
"These patients — elderly patients on fixed incomes, veterans with PTSD, people with chronic illness — they weren't going to pay $200 out of pocket to a telehealth kiosk," Dr. Boguslavsky said. "They needed a real doctor who would bill their insurance and take care of them properly. That's what we built."
Our Clinical Standards
Four principles that guide everything we do.
Real Medical Evaluation
We don't certify patients we haven't properly evaluated. That means reviewing your complete medical history, understanding your previous treatments, and making a clinical judgment — not just confirming you have a qualifying condition.
Ongoing Care, Not One-Time Visits
Treatment requires monitoring. Cannabis therapy is no different. We schedule quarterly follow-ups, track your outcomes, adjust recommendations, and handle your annual recertification. You're a patient here, not a transaction.
Access for Every Patient
Accepting Medicare and Medicaid wasn't just a business decision — it was an ethical one. The patients most in need of affordable care are often the ones most excluded from emerging treatments. We refuse to build a practice that only serves people who can afford to pay out of pocket.
Zero Judgment
Many patients arrive afraid — of being seen as a drug seeker, of judgment from family, of what their employer might think. We have heard every version of this fear. Our entire team is trained to meet patients where they are, without shame, without assumption, without pressure.
Part of a Full-Service Medical Practice
Our medical cannabis program doesn't exist in isolation. It is one program within a multi-specialty practice that has been serving New Jersey patients since 2006 — over 20 years of family medicine, psychiatry, and integrative care across the state.
This matters for your care. When your cannabis evaluation reveals a need for additional psychiatric support, pain management consultation, or primary care follow-up, we don't send you somewhere else. We take care of it.