Direct Primary Care is the only hope for primary care. I think the same will be true for Direct Specialty Care. To me, this video (source on the video) is a great representation of what it is like to blaze a path and others NOT to follow. Jumping into DPC is hard. You go from a salary to going into debt. It takes time and patience and work. 10% of docs fail doing this. And even if you succeed it is never perfect. That being said, it is 1000x better than being employed. Should we worry about the others who won’t take the board across and choose to fall? That’s up to you. I’ll keep trying to convince them here at DPC News. Here is my ask. Please share this site whenever you can. If they ask about DPC on X then send them here. If they ask about DPC on FB or IG or wherever then send them here.
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.
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Ahhh, if someone is into an “acceptable” position of employment, their family is established in the geographical area that they live even though the doc/breadwinner might be miserable, DPC might not be a good thing to do. What geographical area I was at and still at after I retired, I saw a couple of F.P.’s that broke off of the group practice I was in to go independent that COMPLETELY FAILED and went bankrupt! The payer mix completely sucked and the patient mix where I’m at would NEVER, EVER support DPC!! Glad I was able to retire 4 years ago. If one is going to do DPC out of residency, have to pick the geographic area very, very carefully or YOU will go bust! PERIOD!! Classical practice in F.P./I.M. is a bygone thing. It’ gone, get over it.
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Ahhh, if someone is into an “acceptable” position of employment, their family is established in the geographical area that they live even though the doc/breadwinner might be miserable, DPC might not be a good thing to do. What geographical area I was at and still at after I retired, I saw a couple of F.P.’s that broke off of the group practice I was in to go independent that COMPLETELY FAILED and went bankrupt! The payer mix completely sucked and the patient mix where I’m at would NEVER, EVER support DPC!! Glad I was able to retire 4 years ago. If one is going to do DPC out of residency, have to pick the geographic area very, very carefully or YOU will go bust! PERIOD!! Classical practice in F.P./I.M. is a bygone thing. It’ gone, get over it.