Author: Kenneth Qiu, MD

Dr. Qiu started his DPC practice straight out of residency in the Richmond, VA area (www.eudoc.me). He has been involved with the DPC community since medical school and has worked to increase awareness of DPC across the country.

AI Coding for DPC

Posted on April 6, 2026April 6, 2026 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

My January post as well as Vasanth’s recent post touched on the use of AI in the DPC setting. Since many people have a

Somehow I Manage

Posted on March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

A couple of years ago, I took genuine pride in doing everything. Finances, operations, marketing, and tech. If it had

The Future is Here

Posted on January 28, 2026January 28, 2026 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

A few weeks ago, Doctronic AI received clearance in Utah to autonomously refill chronic medications. Shortly after, ChatGPT Health launched a consumer-facing health product. These are ground-shifting events. The

The Twenty Truths of Direct Primary Care

Posted on January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Mark Cuban has been active in the DPC and cash pay space recently. I wrote these 20 truths of DPC on

DPC Myth #14: You have to pay a pricey consultant to teach you how to run a DPC practice

Posted on November 21, 2025November 21, 2025 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Starting a Direct Primary Care practice has never been easier. Yet some people still think that launching a DPC requires

Quality

Posted on October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

We became physicians because we wanted to deliver excellent care; then the system buried us in metrics that measured everything

DPC Simplicity

Posted on September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Elon Musk has a famous algorithm that requires questioning every requirement and, most crucially, deleting nonsensical ones, before automating anything.

DPC + HSA + OBBBA Explained

Posted on July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

The newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act has a clause that is a game-changer for DPC practices. Listen for

DPC and Medicaid

Posted on July 7, 2025July 7, 2025 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Every so often DPC and Medicaid gets brought up. The conversation is predictable and people fall into three camps: “government

DTC: The Key to DPC

Posted on June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

The traditional “healthcare” system is actually a health insurance system masquerading as something else. It’s the root cause of why

Subscription Primary Care

Posted on May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

At the heart of Direct Primary Care (DPC) lies a straightforward concept: access to comprehensive, personalized primary care for a

NPR’s Membership Based Care

Posted on April 3, 2025April 3, 2025 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

NPR recently aired an episode of Morning Edition highlighting membership based primary care and concerns around cost and access these practices may cause.