If you are on the fence about doing Direct Primary Care please continue to follow us here. Go to the DPC Summit. Join the DPC Alliance. Buy some books on Direct Primary Care. Being employed by a hospital will only satisfy you for a short time. Once the honeymoon period ends things start to change. They forget your name. They alter the contract. Their expectations get more difficult. They care about your opinion less and less. I have been there and things are only getting worse. Hospitals don’t care about physician retention anymore. They are trying to replace you. This is NOT a match made in heaven. As the picture shows it is not a good fit. Something is wrong and you can do something about it.
Dr. Farrago is a retired family physician based in Forest, Virginia. Since 2021, he has run DPCnews.com, a leading resource for the Direct Primary Care (DPC) movement.
He is the author of three best-selling books on Direct Primary Care:
The Official Guide to Starting Your Own Direct Primary Care Practice
The Direct Primary Care Doctor’s Daily Motivational Journal
Slowing the Churn in Direct Primary Care (While Also Keeping Your Sanity)
In 2016, Dr. Farrago conceived the idea for the Direct Primary Care Alliance and co-founded the organization alongside other pioneering DPC physicians. He is widely recognized as a leading expert in the DPC model and frequently lectures to medical students, residents, and practicing physicians on how to successfully start and run their own DPC practices.Dr. Farrago sold his Direct Primary Care practice in October 2020 but continues to receive care there as a patient.
