Tag: direct specialty 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

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

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

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

Why Are Physicians Still Staying in the System?

Posted on September 27, 2026September 27, 2026 by Douglas Farrago, MD

Things are not going well for doctors who try to run their own practices while still trying to suckle at

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

Sometimes the Doctor Needs the Hour

Posted on September 16, 2026September 16, 2026 by Joseph Rotella, MD, DC

Direct primary care gives patients more time, but just as importantly, it gives physicians time to think. A common reaction

Let’s Go To The Movies: Healthcare Lessons from ‘The Big Short’

Posted on September 15, 2026September 15, 2026 by Cristy Gupton

I loved Dr. Daniel Dvoskin’s recent post, “Here Are the Top Gun Quotes Rewritten for DPC by AI:” Since 1986, many

Protect the Mission: What Costco Can Teach Us About the Future of DPC

Posted on September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 by Angela Andrews, MD

I was first introduced to Costco by my best friend, Alisa Biederman, and her family. As a teenager, I could

Can Direct Primary Care Scale?

Posted on August 6, 2023August 6, 2023 by Shane Purcell, MD

Welcome back in all you DPC Rebels and resistance fighters. I am back with another Friday 5-Minute Magic Tip. Today,

What is the Difference Between Direct Primary Care and Concierge Medicine? (Encore Version)

Posted on April 8, 2022December 8, 2022 by Douglas Farrago, MD

I am putting this out there again so that it may be shared. The same question seems to be asked

Mosaic Theory MD Opens in Sterling VA

Posted on April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 by Debbie Farrago

Loudon-Times Mirror posted a recent article about Dr. Anusha Khan and Dr. Sherri Kochendoefer of Mosaic Theory MD Direct Primary

Direct Primary Care is a Solution to the Primary Care Physician Shortage by Melissa Boylan, MD

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

Our financial advisor tasked my husband and me with guessing the age at which I would retire from my job