Tag: direct patient care

National DPC Day is in One Week! Get Something Ready to Post on Social Media.

Posted on October 25, 2026October 25, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

The goal of National DPC Day is to get the word out to prospective patients about what Direct Primary Care

Cash For Cancer Care?

Posted on October 24, 2026October 24, 2026 by Shane Purcell, MD

Can cash pay work for cancer care? It would be very hard to do without a good sharing plan or

Do Medical Schools Need to Expose Students to Direct Primary Care?

Posted on October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

The image above may come across as a little harsh, but is it true? I think it is. Being employed

What Is Your Obsession?

Posted on October 22, 2026October 22, 2026 by Angela Andrews, MD

Has your practice become your obsession? How about medicine itself? Is it being known? Becoming influential? Maybe it’s taking down

Five years into DPC: what I’d do differently

Posted on October 21, 2026October 21, 2026 by Anne Gonzalez, MD

Emerald Health DPC is five years old this year. Here are a few things that I would change if I

Listen to Her: Angela Andrews, MD’s Book on DPC & Women’s Health

Posted on October 19, 2026October 19, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I always want to support my DPC colleagues when I can. I met Angela Andrews, MD, years ago when I

Topic Interests in Direct Primary Care

Posted on October 18, 2026October 18, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I started DPCN because the only other place for current information about Direct Primary Care was Facebook, but those posts

Unlearning Medicine’s Culture of Self-Sacrifice

Posted on October 15, 2026October 15, 2026 by Rebekah Bernard, MD

It’s Friday at 4 PM when the chills begin. I’m at a hotel a few hours from home for a

My Amazing (and Humble!) DPC Doc (or…the slow financial suicide of a small town hospital)

Posted on October 14, 2026October 14, 2026 by Vance Lassey, MD

I have bad tendons. I’ve had what we used to call enthesopathy, but now know as insertional tendinitis, all over,

30 Rules for a Direct Primary Care Office

Posted on October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 by Joseph Rotella, MD, DC

Rules for the Business Mindset Rules for Patient Relationships Rules for Operations and Overhead Rules for Marketing and Growth Rules

Don’t Lead Employers with “DPC Saves Money”

Posted on October 10, 2026October 10, 2026 by Shane Purcell, MD

Today, we talk about your sales pitch to employers. Don’t lead with “DPC saves money.” It probably will, but employers

Dude, Where’s My Modifier?

Posted on October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I was going to say there is a lot to unpack here, but there really isn’t. The proposed Medicare fee

It Can’t Be Done?

Posted on October 5, 2026October 5, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I saw this story on Facebook, and it checks out:. In 1939, a graduate student named George Dantzig arrived late

Two Weeks Until National DPC Day!

Posted on October 4, 2026October 18, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

The second annual National Direct Primary Care (DPC) Day, is coming up quickly. November 1 is a celebration of physician

How Much Does DPC Cost for 10 Employees?

Posted on October 3, 2026October 3, 2026 by Shane Purcell, MD

How much does DPC cost for 10 employees? Small businesses struggle to provide health insurance due to high cost. What

The Arsonists Are Applying to Be Fire Chief

Posted on September 28, 2026September 28, 2026 by Jack Forbush, DO

It’s an election season, which means it’s also confession season, if you know how to translate the language. Watch any

Why are we teaching NPs and PAs to practice direct care?

Posted on September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 by Rebekah Bernard, MD

One thing that stands out about direct primary care conferences is the number of smiling faces and happy doctors. That

How Many Administrators Does Direct Primary Care Need? Almost None.

Posted on September 19, 2026September 19, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

For fifteen years, I worked as a hospital employee. There were some good things about it (a guaranteed salary when

Pediatric DPC’s Honest Problem

Posted on September 18, 2026September 18, 2026 by Daniel Dvoskin, DO

Family medicine DPC has a natural tailwind that pediatric DPC doesn’t. Employers. When a company offers DPC as an employee

Tough Days In Direct Primary Care

Posted on September 17, 2026September 17, 2026 by April Soto, MD

I had just come back from a walk on a beautiful morning, feeling ready to start the day. My assistant