Why Does On-demand Virtual Care Not Lead to Cost Savings Down the Line?
You probably have heard about the recent study linking direct-to-consumer telemedicine visits to more downstream office and urgent care visits.
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Category: Opinion
Is Direct Contracting the Same as Direct Primary Care?
When you google Direct Primary Care you will often see articles come up about Direct Contracting. Are they the same?
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Benefits Managers Continue to Love DPC
This article is from an interview of Robyn Tikia, the director of operations and client services for the Central Region
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DPC vs FFS: An overview
Direct Primary Care has been gaining popularity and recognition rapidly in the last decade. Many of the current DPC physicians
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How to Survive(and maybe even enjoy) Working in Your Spouse’s DPC Practice
So, your spouse has decided to start his/her Direct Primary Care Practice and, guess what, you are going to be
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What You Are Missing Out On by Doing DPC
In a recent Medical Economics article, Pooja Goel writes in her article Ready or not: 3 big changes coming for
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Medicaid and DPC? Be Very Careful.
Iowa is trying to get in on the DPC movement and it involves a Medicaid pilot program. Here is the
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April Fools’ Day 2016, What Health Insurance Really Does, and Why I Now Do Direct Primary Care by Julie Gunther, MD
On April Fools Day, 2016 I had my first mammogram. The mammography nurse looked at me, said “everything looks good”
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Direct Primary Care is a Solution to the Primary Care Physician Shortage by Melissa Boylan, MD
Our financial advisor tasked my husband and me with guessing the age at which I would retire from my job
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Happy Doctors’ Day 2021
I want to wish every physician who reads this a Happy Doctor’s Day! Those who are doing DPC can now
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The Great Pretender: Syphilis or DINOs (Direct Primary Care in Name Only)?
Some people are not going to like what they read here but it has to be said. The DPC movement
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