DPC News (Direct Primary Care News & Resources)

How to Keep Motivated While Doing DPC

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

I am working on doing the audible version of my first book The Official Guide to Starting Your Own Direct

The AAFP Continues to Play Violin on the Deck of the Titanic

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

Here is the biggest agenda for the AAFP this year: The AAFP advocates to the four largest health plans for

Complete Wellness Pediatrics, a DPC Practice, Opens in St. Petersburg, FL

Posted on September 19, 2021September 19, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

The Tampa Bay Times recently wrote an article about Complete Wellness Pediatrics, a DPC Pediatrics office in St. Petersburg, FL.

Why Hasn’t This Picture Been Updated?

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

I have never found another update to this analysis. C’mon, Himmelstein and Woolhandler, you can do this!! But does anyone

DPC Diary Part 9

Posted on September 16, 2021September 17, 2021 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

Quite a few people have asked me “How do you just do that?” when I tell them I opened my

Another DPC Pediatric Practice. Congrats Dr. Lauren Hughes!

Posted on September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

KCTV5.com out of Kansas reports about an alternative to the traditional insurance-based pediatric office. Bloom Pediatrics in Kansas City is

The National Academy of Medicine Fixes Physician Burnout?

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

I found this 2020 article in Medical Economics and it said this: Burnout is not an individual problem, but rather

Practice Tip of the Day: MAKE MONEY on Medical Records!

Posted on September 13, 2021September 14, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

This comes from the doctor, Dan Swartz, MD, who took over my DPC practice: Doug, please tell others not to

9-11-01: Never Forget

Posted on September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

There are no words that could capture this moment appropriately so I won’t even try.

DPC Practice Opens in Rural Missouri

Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

The Mexico Ledger recently wrote an article about the opening of Cornerstone Family Medicine in Mexico, Missouri. It is the

Forbes Magazine Writes About Direct Primary Care! (But Keeps Calling Us Concierge Medicine)

Posted on September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

In another classic case of confusion, Dawnielle Robinson-Walker, just couldn’t figure out the difference between concierge medicine and DPC. Where

DPC Diary Part 8

Posted on September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

I’ve started to see patients in a DPC setting and it’s been pretty enlightening. Even more, so is contrasting my

DPC Mastermind Weekend in October

Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

Registration for the Maine Mastermind Weekend is officially closed. However, if you missed that one, you should start planning for

Direct Primary Care and Labor Day

Posted on September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Happy Labor Day! I hope you are enjoying yourselves. I do want to remind you of what this day is

Vital Areas In Your DPC Practice

Posted on September 4, 2021September 3, 2021 by John Hayes, Jr., MD

After a tougher day with patients not that long ago, I chilled out at home, then before quitting for the

How Can DPC Capitalize on the Love They Get From Healthcare Benefits Providers?

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

I continually read about more and more Healthcare Benefits Providers who mention DPC in their plans. For example, here is

DPC News Tours the New Clinic of Brian Blank, MD at Ember Modern Medicine

Posted on September 2, 2021September 1, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Those of us who showed up at the DPC Alliance Mastermind weekend were amazed at Dr. Blank’s office. Wow. Check

What You Are Missing Out On By Doing DPC: 4 New CPT Codes to Bill for Collaborative Care!

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

I know many of you yearn for the days of coding in the FFS system. The AMA has your back!!

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

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

The answer is YOU ARE NOT EATING IT (with your fellow DPC friends at the Maine DPC Alliance Mastermind!) It’s

How Real DPC Masterminds Work

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I can’t tell you how much I am impressed with…….everyone and everything down here in South Carolina. Greenville is beautiful.