DPC News® (Direct Primary Care News & Resources)

Most embarrassing moment of my DPC career

Posted on February 17, 2025October 4, 2025 by x Former Writers x

Author: Sarah Zaheer, MD It is a truth universally acknowledged, that starting and running a Direct Primary Care practice is not

Want to GROW Your DPC, Do THIS!

Posted on February 15, 2025February 15, 2025 by Shane Purcell, MD

I have a major tip for growing your DPC: learn from others. An old proverb says if you want to

A DPC Doctor’s Response to One Medical’s Approach to Primary Care

Posted on February 14, 2025February 14, 2025 by Angela Andrews, MD

Bjorn Thaler is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of One Medical, a membership-based primary care service acquired by Amazon in

DPC Brings Back the Art of Medicine

Posted on February 13, 2025February 13, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Sometimes a picture says it all. I had to show you this image above. I do not have the source

BWCA and DPC

Posted on February 12, 2025February 12, 2025 by Dan Swartz, MD

I grew up in the Midwest in a family of four boys that loved the outdoors. Most family vacations were

Building Your Digital Front Door: Creating a Website That Works for Your Direct Primary Care Practice

Posted on February 11, 2025February 9, 2025 by Sponsored Post

Once you’ve locked in your domain name (and if you haven’t, check out our guide on that!), it’s time to

50 (ish) Ways to Lose Your Doctor

Posted on February 11, 2025April 9, 2025 by x Former Writers x

Written by Liz Fischer Paul Simon writes that there are 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – although he only

Navigating The Los Angeles Wildfires with a DPC practice

Posted on February 10, 2025February 9, 2025 by April Soto, MD

As the winds picked up on Jan 7, many of us felt fear and dread. A firestorm was making its

Some Sunday Silliness: Stages of the Physician

Posted on February 9, 2025March 16, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

This image is from the first issue of the Placebo Journal in 2001. I believe it was also published in

Is DPC Becoming Mainstream Now?

Posted on February 8, 2025February 8, 2025 by Shane Purcell, MD

today I am asking “Is DPC becoming mainstream now? Are we coming out of the closet? There’s an AP news

“DPC News Team, Assemble!”

Posted on February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I want to give a shout-out to four members of the DPC News Team who assembled down in Costa Rica.

Healthcare Costs

Posted on February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 by Emily O'Rourke, MD

I frequently hear both doctors and patients saying that the healthcare system is broken and needs to be fixed. Often

The AP Does A Nice National Article On Direct Primary Care

Posted on February 5, 2025February 6, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

It’s always nice to see an article that is positive about DPC, especially one that spreads nationally. This article called

“I’m Getting New Boobs!”

Posted on February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 by Cristy Gupton

OK, this article is not about boobs. But the title got your attention, right? The title was a quote from a 20-something

The DPC Menu

Posted on February 3, 2025February 3, 2025 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Having a “good payer mix” in the traditional system means picking between insurance companies, akin to calling different flavors of

Why Don’t They Follow Us Into DPC?

Posted on February 2, 2025February 2, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Direct Primary Care is the only hope for primary care. I think the same will be true for Direct Specialty

The Gobbledygook DINO

Posted on February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I try to keep up with what is going on in the DPC world outside and I came across this

How to be a healthcare writer, speaker, and storyteller

Posted on January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I am sharing this because Maria has been a friend of mine for decades. I was actually on the board

A Few Lessons From My Hybrid Practice

Posted on January 30, 2025October 4, 2025 by x Former Writers x

Author: Sarah Zaheer, MD Like most doctors starting out in DPC, I chose to stay opted in for practical reasons. For

Don’t Underestimate Direct Primary Care

Posted on January 29, 2025January 28, 2025 by Douglas Farrago, MD

If you Google Direct Primary Care and Netflix you will find such quotes as: DPC is like Netflix: you get access