Category: Opinion

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,

The Washington Post Is Even Asking if DPC is the Fix for Primary Care But They Screw It Up!

Posted on June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

The Washington Post came out with an interesting article today entitled Can a subscription model fix primary care in the

The Next Wave by Dr. Brad Brown

Posted on June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Ah, Direct Primary Care. It is the breath of fresh air the system needs. Simple, beautiful, efficient, patient-centered. All things

A membership to see your doctor: Is concierge medicine the wave of the future? No!

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

We have described before the difference between concierge medicine and direct primary care. DPC is a movement and continues to

Stress Testing Primary Care in the Age of Covid-19: Direct Primary Care (DPC) vs Fee-for-Service (FFS) by Dr. Garrison Bliss

Posted on May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

In 2020, the world was challenged by a daunting viral stress that unveiled the strengths and weaknesses of every health

Exorcist Head Spinning by Dr. Jeff Gold on the Winning Healthcare Food Fights Show

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

This is from Hey Doc! What have you learned from DPC? With Jeff Gold MD. It’s very short but Dr.

DPC vs Capitation

Posted on May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Direct Primary Care involves the patient paying a set fee per month. In other words, the physician receives a set

Why Does On-demand Virtual Care Not Lead to Cost Savings Down the Line?

Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

You probably have heard about the recent study linking direct-to-consumer telemedicine visits to more downstream office and urgent care visits.

Is Direct Contracting the Same as Direct Primary Care?

Posted on April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

When you google Direct Primary Care you will often see articles come up about Direct Contracting. Are they the same?

Benefits Managers Continue to Love DPC

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

This article is from an interview of Robyn Tikia, the director of operations and client services for the Central Region

DPC vs FFS: An overview

Posted on April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Direct Primary Care has been gaining popularity and recognition rapidly in the last decade. Many of the current DPC physicians

How to Survive(and maybe even enjoy) Working in Your Spouse’s DPC Practice

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

So, your spouse has decided to start his/her Direct Primary Care Practice and, guess what, you are going to be

What You Are Missing Out On by Doing DPC

Posted on April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

In a recent Medical Economics article, Pooja Goel writes in her article Ready or not: 3 big changes coming for

Medicaid and DPC? Be Very Careful.

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

Iowa is trying to get in on the DPC movement and it involves a Medicaid pilot program. Here is the

April Fools’ Day 2016, What Health Insurance Really Does, and Why I Now Do Direct Primary Care by Julie Gunther, MD

Posted on April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

On April Fools Day, 2016 I had my first mammogram. The mammography nurse looked at me, said “everything looks good”