There has been a deluge of articles coming out that are mentioning Direct Primary Care. Instead of doing a post on each one, I am going to just show you the links with some quick thoughts. Here goes:
- Shouldn’t Doctors Be Paid for Responding to Health Portal Messages? – this piece is in response to the Cleveland Clinic charging patients for emails and such. The author mentions at the end that he is doing Direct Specialty Care and gives a nod to DPC. We blogged about this email controversy here.
- A four-point strategy to disrupt and reinvent primary care – This comes from The Hill. In the end, the author says, “A direct primary care physician-patient relationship that controls primary care services, with insurance only tangentially involved, is the only viable pathway to save and reinvent primary care.” I agree. Too bad the author worked 1/4 mile from my office and in 6 years never once talked to me. He also is in a hybrid practice, of which I am not a fan.
- Direct Primary Care Well Represented at #HLTH2022 – “It was a pleasant surprise to see Direct Primary Care (DPC) well represented at the recent #HLTH2022 conference. There is real momentum building for this alternate form of care.”
- Chad Savage: We can have health care as simple as streaming, and much cheaper than we get now – I know Dr. Savage and he is not only a great guy but he is also really, really smart. This one comes from the Pittsburgh Gazette. Check it out. “Expanding Direct Primary Care (DPC) is an important part of this plan. With DPC, patients make monthly payments to their family doctor for a defined set of primary care services. DPC cuts out insurance providers, and by saving the time it takes to fill out insurance claims and other annoying paperwork it allows longer in-depth visits between patients and doctors.”
- Concierge Medicine vs. Direct Primary Care – What’s the Difference? – We did a much better job at explaining this and you can read ours here. At least this website tried and that is good.
We are always scanning the news to see who is talking about Direct Primary Care. The more we spread the word the more DPC spreads.