Category: Patient Information

Primary Care is Captain of the Ship (Just Don’t Expect to Steer)

Posted on May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 by Jack Forbush, DO

They love to say it. Insurance companies. Hospital systems. Specialists. Patient advocacy groups. Healthcare policy wonks with PowerPoints and grant

Good God. What Happened to You, Sir?

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

This is how patients see doctors who are still stuck in the system. It is so sad. I know what

Leverage in the Free Market Belongs to the Consumer (or: The Bobs Enter the Debate)

Posted on May 6, 2026May 6, 2026 by Vance Lassey, MD

I read Dr. Qiu’s recent piece on DPC leverage with genuine appreciation. He gets a very important thing exactly right: physicians built

The Billing Black Box: What Happened When I Became the Patient

Posted on May 5, 2026 by Jack Forbush, DO

*This is a true story. It happened to me. Two months ago.* I got a bill I didn’t understand. That’s

Medical Bills Are a Social Determinant of Health

Posted on May 1, 2026 by Cristy Gupton

You live in a community. The address of your home sits within a zip code, a town or city, and a

Some DPC News in DPC News

Posted on April 26, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

The stories keep coming out about Direct Primary Care. We are always surveilling the media and wanted to share some

Yeah, Direct Primary Care Fixes That

Posted on April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

This is the garbage that goes on in the system. I really feel for this young woman. Her 5-month-old has

The Day DPC & Independent Pharmacy Saved My Sanity

Posted on January 21, 2026January 21, 2026 by Cristy Gupton

On December 9, 2025, around 11 pm, I was trying to fall asleep when my phone rang. It’s my 19-year-old

This is how a free market brings prices down

Posted on January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Imagine a world where prices were transparent? This listing from DeSoto Memorial Radiology is a prime example. But I have

Direct Primary Care is Getting Traction in the News

Posted on December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

When I first started this website, I would survey all the media stories about DPC. There wasn’t much. I recently

Dr. Ashlee Hendry Breaks Out to the Masses and Educates Them About Cash Pricing!

Posted on November 16, 2025November 16, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Kudos to Ashlee Hendry, DO. Her videos showing cash prices vs. insurance prices have blown people away. Of course, we

Today, November 1st, Marks the Inaugural National Direct Primary Care Day: A New Era of Healthcare Independence Begins

Posted on November 1, 2025November 1, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Today, November 1, the United States is celebrating the first-ever National Direct Primary Care (DPC) Day, a landmark moment for physicians

DPC Docs Have Known About This Forever

Posted on October 26, 2025October 26, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

What this doctor did is called being a patient advocate. That is almost unheard of when you work in the

4 Habits to Control Healthcare Costs

Posted on September 13, 2025September 13, 2025 by Shane Purcell, MD

Today, I share an article from Forbes online about cutting healthcare costs, https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnsamu… Mr John Samuels, CEO of Wellworth, writes

Bogus Administrative Work is Removed with Direct Primary Care

Posted on September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I found the above chart and found it very revealing. When you have no time to do real patient work,

Thanks to Dr. Rountree for this post on Direct Primary Care

Posted on September 7, 2025September 7, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Recently, Dr. Tom Rountree put out an educational post on why DPC is so great. It was meant for the

What the heck is Direct Primary Care?

Posted on September 6, 2025September 6, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

There has been a lot of traffic to this site by patients recently, and therefore, I want to give all