DPC News® (Direct Primary Care News & Resources)

End of Year Reflections by Dr. Deepti Mundkur

Posted on December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Hello Students and Residents, I hope this is an enjoyable and useful read for you. It seems like only yesterday

How Many of You Have This Memory?

Posted on December 19, 2021December 19, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

This is why we do DPC. This is why you should do DPC. Or else you will be dealing with:

DPC Alliance Group Purchasing Program

Posted on December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

One of the many benefits of being a DPC Alliance member is the great purchasing program they offer to physicians.

Talk With A DPC Doc

Posted on December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

Don’t miss the last Talk With A DPC Doc of 2021. Julie Gunther, MD will be hosting this event on

How Are Hospitals Doing with the Transparency Price Rule?

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

It turns that most hospitals don’t want to list their prices: About 55% of hospitals have yet to comply with

I Blew The Coverage on Vermont

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Sometimes defensive backs get suckered into a fake by the wide receiver and then blow the coverage. I did the

Spoonfeeding Vermont About DPC

Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

There was a recent article called The Doctor Is Out: Why Independent Physicians Are Disappearing From Vermont and it is as

Best Christmas Card Pic for a DPC Practice

Posted on December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

This is Doctor Direct with Dr. Amy Walsh and Dr. Soon Kwark. It’s their FB post and here is their

What the Hell is Cityblock?

Posted on December 10, 2021December 10, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I saw this article when searching DPC. This dude talks about Cityblock like it is going to take over the

Prosperity Family Medicine Opens

Posted on December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

Sara Kepple, DO is now accepting patients at her new practice, Prosperity Family Medicine in Warrenton, Virginia. In 2020, Dr.

Why DPC Is So Special?

Posted on December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Dr. Kathleen Brown, a dermatologist who does a Direct Pay specialty practice, wrote a really nice piece called VIEWPOINT: WHAT

The Six Roadblocks to Private Practice Success – Part 2

Posted on December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 by John Hayes, Jr., MD

In this series I’m taking a close look at the six most common obstacles to successful private practice management. This

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