What You Are Missing By Not Being in the System

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A little humor for this Tuesday. These terms have been around for years: meaningful use, pay-for-performance, quality indicators, metrics, and on and on. The Ivory Tower idiots just keep creating new ones. It’s all a shell game.

Direct Primary Care removes you from the game.

The above is from the Placebo Journal, a humorous medical magazine that came out bimonthly from 2001-2011. You can actually buy the “Best of” in a hardcover book here. Warning: it is full-color and ridiculously expensive.

About Douglas Farrago, MD

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.