Category: Opinion

DPC: The Life-Saving Value of the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Posted on October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

The Orlando Sentinel reported a story showing just how important the doctor-patient relationship is and why Direct Primary Care clearly

What You Are Missing Out On By Doing DPC: Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD)

Posted on October 22, 2021October 21, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

This comes from Family Medicine Smart Brief: Best practices can aid computer-assisted physician documentation Computer-assisted physician documentation is an artificial

Scientific American Tries to Do a Hit Piece On Direct Primary Care

Posted on October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

It starts with the title: Many Doctors are Switching to Concierge Medicine, Exacerbating Physician Shortages Wow, thanks for the love.

What You are Missing By Doing DPC: Getting Fired for Sticking Up for Residents

Posted on October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

This may seem a little tangential but it is reality: In April 2020, a group of 500 NYU residents petitioned NYU Langone

The Burnout Issue

Posted on October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Ok, we have had some technical difficulties with our server. We are back up and running but still have a

The AAFP Continues to Play Violin on the Deck of the Titanic

Posted on September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Here is the biggest agenda for the AAFP this year: The AAFP advocates to the four largest health plans for

Why Hasn’t This Picture Been Updated?

Posted on September 18, 2021September 18, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I have never found another update to this analysis. C’mon, Himmelstein and Woolhandler, you can do this!! But does anyone

Direct Primary Care and Labor Day

Posted on September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Happy Labor Day! I hope you are enjoying yourselves. I do want to remind you of what this day is

What You Are Missing Out On By Doing DPC: 4 New CPT Codes to Bill for Collaborative Care!

Posted on September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I know many of you yearn for the days of coding in the FFS system. The AMA has your back!!

Big Corporations Are Trying to Buy Your DPC Practice

Posted on August 26, 2021August 25, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I want to share with you this exchange between Kylie Vannaman, MD and a surprise suitor. I am seeing more

I Have Communicated With the University Of Houston College of Medicine About Their DPC Clinic and They Do NOT Want It To Be a DINO!

Posted on August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the University of Houston College of Medicine and their plans for a

Is One Medical (an Obvious DINO) Making Your Direct Primary Care Clinic Look Bad?

Posted on August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

It is getting crazy out there. More and more businesses are calling themselves Direct Primary Care or are being called

It Turns Out That Many Solo, Physician-Owned Practices Have Zero-Burnout. Who Would Have Thunk It?

Posted on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

In one of the most non-stories we have ever published, it was discovered that: Primary care practices with zero burnout

The University of Houston College of Medicine is Actually Opening a DPC Clinic. Is It A DINO?

Posted on July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

This is some surprising and bold news. A new medical school is trying a new approach to one of their

The AMA wants to “pursue patient-centered payment models designed by doctors”

Posted on July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Jay Resnick, MD, the President-elect of the AMA, put out this article entitled Time to pursue patient-centered payment models designed

Where’s The Beef?

Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Stay with me on this one: Researchers at Duke University compared 36 food samples — 18 of widely known plant-based meat

Solving the Mystery of Physician Burnout with Gobbledygook

Posted on July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

No one in the research world wants to admit that Direct Primary Care pretty much solves most burnout issues. Instead,

The State of Family Medicine and Why It Sucks If You’re Not Doing DPC

Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

A recent article in Medscape looked at Family Physicians’ compensation levels. It is a very interesting piece and a nice

Apple Can’t Even Get Primary Care Right

Posted on June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Apple fails at something? Heresy, you say? It’s true. Here is the headline in the WSJ: Apple Struggles in Push

Why “Asynchronous” Medicine is Not Direct Primary Care and Is, In Fact, Horsesh%t

Posted on June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Recently, The Guardian did a piece on telemedicine that tried to explain Direct Primary Care. They did a poor job,