Dr. Kathleen Brown, a dermatologist who does a Direct Pay specialty practice, wrote a really nice piece called VIEWPOINT: WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT DIRECT PRIMARY CARE? She and her husband have a membership to a DPC doc and they gifted her two adult daughter memberships. She is all in on the concept.
Please take a moment to read the article as Dr. Brown talks about:
Extra time with the doctor
Great service
Extraordinary care
She also makes a great point:
Direct primary care can’t make a bad doctor into a good doctor, but it can make it possible for good doctors to do their best.
She goes into a lot more and I think it will inspire those who are on the fence and reaffirm those who are already doing DPC.
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.
