DPC News (Direct Primary Care News & Resources)

Orchard Health Adds New Office

Posted on December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

Valdosta-Daily Times has announced the opening of a new branch of Orchard Health in Valdosta, GA. Jonathan Wade, MD, Candace

GOOD LIFE MEDICINE DPC OPENS

Posted on December 4, 2021December 4, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

Good Life Medicine DPC officially opened on December 1, 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska. After working 10 years in corporate medicine

DPC Infographic for Employers

Posted on December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

The above image comes from a sponsored post in the Charlotte Business Journal by Healthgram. I highly recommend you download

What Do You Want to See/Read in DPC News and What Can We Do Better?

Posted on December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

We started DPC News because we felt Facebook is not a great way of organizing information. Things were coming up

Corporations Are Not the Saviors of Healthcare and Definitely Not the Saviors of DPC

Posted on December 1, 2021December 1, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

We are hearing this all the time. Big corporations are purchasing doctor groups and hospitals and then squeezing harder than

My Experience With Liberty HealthShare (and it’s not great)

Posted on November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Health insurance is a rip-off. Plain and simple. Even if you get it “cheap” on the health exchange you still

When Is It Finally Time To Work For Yourself?

Posted on November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I stole this from a post on FB. I tweaked it a bit (poorly) but the point is the same.

Microschools Mirroring Direct Primary Care Clinics

Posted on November 28, 2021November 27, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Take a minute and see what the folks over at Atlas MD are doing to help teachers break out of

Black Friday

Posted on November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I am not sure there is an official definition of how the term Black Friday came about but one is

Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers. We are so grateful you come back to DPC News and read our stuff.

Master Your Cycle?

Posted on November 24, 2021November 23, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Check out this article in Medical Economics called Master your revenue cycle to make yourself feel good about being a

How’s the FFS System Working in Vermont?

Posted on November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I saw this article come across the wire and thought I would share. It’s called Dr. Judy K. Orton: Vermont

Anchoring to Get Your Message Across

Posted on November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Have you ever heard of anchoring? Probably not but it has played a role in the way you understand and

Are You Part of the “Great Resignation” in Healthcare?

Posted on November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

The pandemic had a major effect on our careers. Doctors were already burning out and then this thing was like

4 Quick Marketing Tips

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I was going through my notes and saw these 4 Marketing Tips by Patrick Bet-David. I thought I would share them

DPC: A Better Way for Employers

Posted on November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Benefit managers continue to praise direct primary care. They love us. They want to work with us. We just need

Hint and Rubicon Partner Up

Posted on November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

This just came across the newswire: Hint Health, the leading provider of membership management, billing, and direct contracting infrastructure for

JAMA Can’t Figure Out Why Docs Who Spend Less Time in the EHR Are More Likely to Leave Their Jobs

Posted on November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

This study in JAMA has all the researchers in a tizzy. It seems that physicians who spend less time in

Have You Hit a Plateau In Getting New Patients?

Posted on November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I hear this a lot. DPC docs get stuck at a number and can’t move the ball uphill anymore. They

Mitch Li, MD Explains DPC to a News Anchor Who Possibly Still Doesn’t Understand It

Posted on November 14, 2021November 14, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Mitch Li, MD at Thrive Direct Care did a nice job in this interview. Check it out and keep spreading