Category: Opinion

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

A couple of years ago, Amy Walsh, MD, wrote on this blog about EPIC. If you don’t know them, they

In an era where digital health tools are revolutionizing how care is delivered and received, the private practice model is

Today we talk about why urgent care centers are NOT primary care. I’ve worked in direct primary care and urgent

In medical school, we learned that it was possible to make a correct diagnosis 70% of the time with history

I just read this article called Direct primary care: Why Houston employers are rethinking the foundation of their health benefits

There’s an interesting philosophical discussion in health care. In the direct care world, we talk about removing the middlemen—people who

It seems like half the time I write here, it’s some kind of rebuttal to a previous blog post by

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