Category: Opinion

Which Practice Conditions Are Driving Physician Distress?

Posted on November 10, 2026November 9, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

The Physicians Foundation released findings from its 2026 Survey of America’s Physicians, How Practice Conditions Shape Physician Wellbeing, examining differences in

DPC Peer Groups: How Direct Primary Care Doctors Can End Their Isolation

Posted on November 8, 2026November 8, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

It was a great National DPC Day. Thank you all for participating. Clubber (above) let me put this shirt on

The Case Against FFS in Primary care

Posted on November 3, 2026November 2, 2026 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Fee-for-service is the predominant payment method in healthcare, also seen in most service businesses. A discrete problem is followed by

Delivering Bad News Is Always Hard, but Why Is It So Much Harder as a DPC Doc?

Posted on October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 by Vasanth Kainkaryam, MD

I recently posted on Facebook about this very topic because it made me think, and made me better understand why

Do Medical Schools Need to Expose Students to Direct Primary Care?

Posted on October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

The image above may come across as a little harsh, but is it true? I think it is. Being employed

Unlearning Medicine’s Culture of Self-Sacrifice

Posted on October 15, 2026October 15, 2026 by Rebekah Bernard, MD

It’s Friday at 4 PM when the chills begin. I’m at a hotel a few hours from home for a

My Amazing (and Humble!) DPC Doc (or…the slow financial suicide of a small town hospital)

Posted on October 14, 2026October 14, 2026 by Vance Lassey, MD

I have bad tendons. I’ve had what we used to call enthesopathy, but now know as insertional tendinitis, all over,

The Healthrocks

Posted on October 2, 2026October 3, 2026 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Warren Buffet shared a parable about a family called the Gotrocks who own a lot of wealth to start and as “smart”

The Arsonists Are Applying to Be Fire Chief

Posted on September 28, 2026September 28, 2026 by Jack Forbush, DO

It’s an election season, which means it’s also confession season, if you know how to translate the language. Watch any

Why Are Physicians Still Staying in the System?

Posted on September 27, 2026September 27, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Things are not going well for doctors who try to run their own practices while still trying to suckle at

EMF Radiation: Is there something there?

Posted on September 24, 2026September 24, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

This is a weird topic for DPC News, I know. EMF (electromagnetic field radiation) has always tweaked my interest. Recently,

Why are we teaching NPs and PAs to practice direct care?

Posted on September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 by Rebekah Bernard, MD

One thing that stands out about direct primary care conferences is the number of smiling faces and happy doctors. That

Primary Care: The Ultimate Code-Switching

Posted on September 21, 2026September 21, 2026 by Vasanth Kainkaryam, MD

Code-switching is a hot topic, and while it is associated with strong cognitive abilities, it is also extremely exhausting. Many

Let’s Go To The Movies: Healthcare Lessons from ‘The Big Short’

Posted on September 15, 2026September 15, 2026 by Cristy Gupton

I loved Dr. Daniel Dvoskin’s recent post, “Here Are the Top Gun Quotes Rewritten for DPC by AI:” Since 1986, many

Protect the Mission: What Costco Can Teach Us About the Future of DPC

Posted on September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 by Angela Andrews, MD

I was first introduced to Costco by my best friend, Alisa Biederman, and her family. As a teenager, I could

Be Careful What You Wish For! A Cautionary Tale from the Electric Vehicle Industry for DPC

Posted on September 11, 2026 by Dan Swartz, MD

First, apologies for the extended quotes, but I think they are necessary to make my point. Electric vehicles (EVs) received

The “Niche” in American Healthcare

Posted on September 4, 2026September 4, 2026 by Joseph Rotella, MD, DC

I recently saw a post describing Direct Primary Care as a “niche.” But when you look closely at American healthcare,

Direct Primary Care Keeps Hope Alive

Posted on September 2, 2026September 2, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

None of my three kids went into medicine. I have a ton of physician friends from back in the day

DPC is a Medical Faraday Cage

Posted on August 28, 2026August 28, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

A Faraday Cage is an enclosure used to block some electromagnetic fields. Think of it as insulation from a lot

DPC is the first stop on the healthcare train

Posted on August 13, 2026August 13, 2026 by Cristy Gupton

Meet the flying medic. Here’s a quick Facebook video taken by my local Burke County, NC Commissioner Brian Barrier. He shares his