Category: Opinion

Value-based care loves a metric. Asthma Scores. Readmission rates. Screening completion. Every insurance model that claims to reward quality over

The DPC model has faced its share of criticism. My first viral post was a rebuttal to a misguided JAMA article where I

“Is this how doctors dress now?” an elderly white male lawyer who works in my building asked me today. I’m

Direct primary care earned its place in healthcare system conversations by building durable practices on patients who pay directly and

But you got to be tough when consumed by desire 
’Cause it’s not enough just to stand outside the fire.”

It’s the same old game. Doctors treat patients. No middleman. Patients are happy. Third parties see a way to get

Yes, this is a dentist and not DPC, but it is relevant. And I do think this story is true

In the 2026 NRMP Main Residency Match, family medicine offered a record 5,512 positions yet filled only 83.6 percent, leaving

Change is never easy. Habits are hard to break. People are stuck in their ways.  Really? I don’t think so.

I recently received this email as a pitch for an article. It was from a PR firm, and so I

As a physician practicing Direct Primary Care, I’m often asked whether DPC is simply another form of concierge medicine. The

You just have to love government healthcare. In 2021, Medicare tried to boost the pay for primary care doctors a

A piece ran recently on KevinMD arguing that DPC physicians who resist employer-aligned models are ideologically naive — economic purists

If you’re an independent physician in Maine and you miscode an office visit — say you bill a level four

I have long discussed the risk of private equity salivating over Direct Primary Care. It has mostly failed (Forward) so

I remember when I was in the system and received a group email from the CEO. He was concerned and