Category: Practice Tips

What Office Products Would You Recommend to Start a New DPC Office?

Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

It’s always so overwhelming to start equipping your new office. With that in mind, we decided that we could collect

Are You the Private Practice Media Authority for Your Community?

Posted on May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 by John Hayes, Jr., MD

Information, both excellent as well as pure crap is everywhere when talking about pain, disease, medication, and of course complementary

The DO’s and DONT’s of DISPENSING in a DPC Practice from the DPC Alliance

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

Watch this DPC Alliance Grand Rounds session with Dr. White and Dr. Walsh as they discuss how to dispense medications

The Five Main Barriers to Practice Growth…

Posted on May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 by John Hayes, Jr., MD

Sometimes it’s habit. Sometimes its pure laziness on the part of the owner. But I have found mostly over the

Marketing Tip from Winning Healthcare Food Fights and Hunter Schultz

Posted on April 24, 2021April 22, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Out now, uplifting physician video consults for far better patient connections. As in eye-to-eye. Also, several connectivity hacks. In this

An Example of Churn (Patient Turnover)

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

The above image is from my book on the subject of churn. I thought I would share it with those

Opportunities to Add to Your DPC Practice by Matthew Mintz, MD

Posted on April 12, 2021April 11, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

This is part 3 of a 3-part series regarding non-DPC services for your DPC practice. In Part 1 of the

Why Patients Leave Your DPC Practice (Churn)

Posted on April 9, 2021April 10, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Everyone always takes it personally when they get that email or call that a family is leaving the practice. It

How to Add Non-DPC Services to Your DPC Practice by Matthew Mintz, MD

Posted on March 31, 2021March 30, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

In my article, “Why Adding Non-DPC Services is a Great Way to Build or Grow Your DPC Practice” which was

The Sooner You Act, the Happier and More Prosperous You Will Be in Private Practice!

Posted on March 27, 2021March 26, 2021 by John Hayes, Jr., MD

One of the most important things each private practice owner gets to decide is which patients they likely can help—and

DPC Docs Are Advocates

Posted on March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

At DPC News we like to peruse websites of direct primary care offices to find good ideas and pass along

Why Adding Non-DPC Services is a Great Way to Build or Grow Your DPC Practice

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

There are so many wonderful things about DPC: high patient and provider satisfaction, improved quality of care; heck, even some

Optimize Your SEO: Share Your Story, Your Thoughts, Your Ideas, and More With Us So We Can Backlink To You

Posted on March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

One way to optimize SEO is to get backlinks. Remember, we are all in this together. Getting your name out

Podium for DPC Growth

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

This comes from, Rami Wehbi, DO, a resident and podcaster who is a soon-to-be DPC doc: I wanted to introduce

Standing In Line at the Pharmacy: A DPC Teachable Moment

Posted on February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

Today’s pharmacy workers are definitely overwhelmed and overworked. Recently, I was waiting and waiting in line along with three other

Make the Jump by Lauren Hughes, MD

Posted on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Not many people plan for twins after having one child already, especially during residency. Fewer still plan to start their

Full Spectrum Family Medicine

Posted on February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Medical students and residents often ask how they can start preparing to be a DPC doctor. From a medical standpoint,

GoodRx vs. ScriptClip

Posted on February 14, 2021May 9, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

The following was sent to us from Adam Wheeler MD MBA: Many of our patients use GoodRx and other discount

Opting Out of Medicare

Posted on February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Most of you know that to have anyone in your practice older than 65 then you have to opt out

What’s the Skinny on SkinIO?

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

Technology continues to get better in the field of dermatology. SkinIO is one of the new players on the block.