Dr. Daniel Arnold, along with Dr. Anne Marie Kelly, are the first two physicians on Cape Cod to start a Direct Primary Care practice. Both are internal medicine doctors.
“Physicians and basically the entire health care profession has given up control over itself to insurance companies, the government, and corporations for the last 60 years,” said Arnold.
“This model was born out of necessity, because the current reimbursement system is not sustainable anymore,” said Kelly. “It’s not sustainable psychologically for the well-being of both the patient and the physician. I want my patients to be happy, and I want them to feel like they’re getting well cared for and that means privacy, continuity and someone who will listen.”
Arnold started practicing the direct primary care model on Cape Cod in April. The practice is called Veritas Direct Care in Hyannis.
Dr. Jeff Gold was also mentioned in the article:
“We’ve used insurance as a form of payment rather than actual insurance for decades,” said Jeff Gold, a primary care physician and founder of Gold Direct Care, a direct primary care practice in Salem. Gold has been operating his clinic following the direct primary care model since 2015.
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