DPC News® (Direct Primary Care News & Resources)

DPC in 3: Melissa Jones, DO

Posted on March 25, 2021March 29, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

DPC Doctors are asked to pick three questions out of a bank of questions. Listen to Dr. Jones’s answers (one

DPC Docs Are Advocates

Posted on March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

At DPC News we like to peruse websites of direct primary care offices to find good ideas and pass along

Neighbors Med Offers Direct Primary Care to Hanahan, SC Community

Posted on March 24, 2021March 23, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

The Post and Courier recently wrote an article about Neighbors Med. Neighbors Med was started by Brian Reinhardt, MD and

Your Growth as a Doctor: Inspirational Moment

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

How do you want to grow as a doctor in the next year? Not a simple question, I know. Do you want

ACEs over Cowboys by Ben Hauter, MD PGY-1

Posted on March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 by Kenneth Qiu, MD

How much impact do social aspects have on one’s health? Recent studies in healthcare suggest that the area of social

DPC in 3: Natalie Gentile, MD

Posted on March 22, 2021March 26, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

DPC Doctors are asked to pick three questions out of a bank of questions. Listen to Dr. Gentile’s answers (one

Why Adding Non-DPC Services is a Great Way to Build or Grow Your DPC Practice

Posted on March 22, 2021March 21, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

There are so many wonderful things about DPC: high patient and provider satisfaction, improved quality of care; heck, even some

Dr. Omar Akhter Featured on Austin’s Studio 512

Posted on March 21, 2021March 23, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

Dr. Omar Akhter owns Madina Medicine in Austin, TX. In his recent interview on Austin’s Studio 512, Dr. Akhter spoke

The Great Pretender: Syphilis or DINOs (Direct Primary Care in Name Only)?

Posted on March 20, 2021March 21, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Some people are not going to like what they read here but it has to be said. The DPC movement

DPC News Television #2

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

Here is the second episode of DPC News Television. Tic was in a bad mood for this one. We apologize

DPC Practices Grow In Madison, WI Area

Posted on March 19, 2021March 18, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

In a recent issue of Isthmus, the surge in direct primary care offices is highlighted showing there is a need

Direct Primary Care: The Hero’s Journey

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

This is my lunch keynote talk about 4 years ago. It is 50 minutes long but I think you will

How the Small Independent DPC Practices Got Screwed Over the Vaccine

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

DPC practices did awesome in surviving the pandemic but it also showed we have at least one weakness. Very few

DPC in 3: Vance Lassey, MD

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

DPC Doctors are asked to pick three questions out of a bank of questions. Listen to Dr. Lassey’s answers (one

Optimize Your SEO: Share Your Story, Your Thoughts, Your Ideas, and More With Us So We Can Backlink To You

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

One way to optimize SEO is to get backlinks. Remember, we are all in this together. Getting your name out

Closure Rate for Membership Practices During the Pandemic? Zero.

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

Two massive physician surveys (over 500,000) were sent out recently and this is what they found: As of August 2020,

The Middlemen in Healthcare

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

Let’s give some props to DPC’s very own Molly Rutherford, MD, MPH, who wrote this great op-ed in her local

This is for Specialists Who Want to Do Direct Specialty Care

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

I have been involved in the DPC movement for a long time. From lectures to writing books to help start

DPC in 3: Jeff Davenport, MD and His Wife Christine

Posted on March 15, 2021March 14, 2021 by Douglas Farrago, MD

DPC Doctors are asked to pick three questions out of a bank of questions. Listen to Dr. Davenport and his

Marketing Tip: Should I Learn How to Market My DPC Practice?

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

Yes. End of blog post. I’m kidding. Kinda. Yes, we all hate to think that we have to market our