Welcome back all your DPC rebels and resistance fighters. Dr. Shane is back with another Friday 5-minute Magic Tip. Today, sharing with you some tips on HOW TO START YOUR DPC. One of the best ways is attending a DPC Alliance Mastermind 101 class. These are small group (less than 20 docs) intense training sessions done over a weekend. It provides so much information and time to ask questions. Several Masterminds are coming up this year. I’ll share info on how to find those and sign up. Find more info here: https://dpcalliance.org/events/
Dr. Purcell is board certified family physician working in Anderson, SC. He received his medical degree from Mercer University in Macon, GA and completed family medicine residency at AnMed Health in Anderson, SC.
After completing his residency, Dr. Purcell worked in a private group practice for 3 years before opening his own cash-only primary care clinic in 2005. As he built his cash-only clinic, he was also working part-time in a local urgent care facility. In 2008, he purchased a dormant medical clinic on the “wrong side of the tracks” and opened an urgent care and primary care clinic. After gaining his freedom from third-party captives, Dr. Purcell and a colleague formed the first direct primary care clinic in Anderson County in 2015. In 2019, he transitioned to full-time direct primary care and sold his urgent care. The direct primary care model has brought about a restoration of a relationship with patients broken by third-party middlemen. Now, he can offer more access and more of his time to patients. Dr. Purcell firmly believes that the direct primary care model is the last hope for health care in America.
Dr. Purcell is an active member of several medical organizations including the DPC Alliance, Free Market Medical Association, and American Academy of Family Physicians. He is the former Chair of the Direct Primary Care Member Interest Group for the AAFP and a founding member of the DPC Alliance and the Carolina’s Free Market Medical Association. He was elected to the Advisory Committee for the DPC Alliance in the Fall of 2018 and completed his term in 2021.
Dr. Purcell is the author of Magic, Pixie Dust, and Miracles: A Guide to Direct Primary Care and Employers which shares how to connect DPC with employers of all sizes. He has spoken about this topic and DPC in general at the DPC Summit, DPC Nuts and Bolts conference, Hint Summit, AAFP FMX, Carolina’s Free Market Medical Association, TedexFurman, and DPC Alliance Mastermind sessions. He continues to speak to residents and student groups about DPC as well.
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I agree that the Mastermind weekends are amazing. There were 22 participants and 10 DPC physicians running their own practice available. The two days is an intense business course and adds to the confidence that starting a DPC can be done. I now have a step by step process that I should complete which is very helpful. I attended the Mastermind weekend in Greenville, S.C. in November 2023.
I agree that the Mastermind weekends are amazing. There were 22 participants and 10 DPC physicians running their own practice available. The two days is an intense business course and adds to the confidence that starting a DPC can be done. I now have a step by step process that I should complete which is very helpful. I attended the Mastermind weekend in Greenville, S.C. in November 2023.