Ivory Tower Medical Experts Jump On Board The Direct Primary Care Train

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In an amazing turn of events, according to a recent article, many of the same experts used for media outlets have changed their tune about Direct Primary Care.

Francis Morgagni, DO from Yale recently said this:

“I used to nitpick about DPC because I found very little wrong with it. I came up with the term cherry-picking because it had a certain je ne sais quoi feeling to it. It just rolled off the tongue. Truth is, most of these doc (sic) give away about 10% of their care as charity. It kind of makes me mad that these do gooders figured how to get out of the system”.

Pretty amazing turnaround.

How about Jorge Colon, MD, Direct of Primary Care at Harvard Medical School:

“Well, this damn trend keeps growing. I thought Direct Primary Care would fizzle out after enough attacks on them but no. Of course, they are not the cause of the primary care shortage. The system is and these docs have figured a way out. Hell, what do we know? Harvard doesn’t even have a family medicine residency program”.

Wow. Finally, some truth.

Lastly from Samantha Dingle, MD, Case reviewer at Aetna, who hasn’t seen a patient in 20 years:

“It recently occurred to me that these docs I’ve been criticizing for “patient abandonment” who take care of ‘only’ 500-600 patients still take care 500-600 more patients than I do.  Perhaps I am the problem?”

Imagine that. She finally gets it.

To read the full article and understand how they changed their mind about Direct Primary Care click here.

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About Douglas Farrago, MD

Dr. Farrago is a retired family physician based in Forest, Virginia. Since 2021, he has run DPCnews.com, a leading resource for the Direct Primary Care (DPC) movement. He is the author of three best-selling books on Direct Primary Care: The Official Guide to Starting Your Own Direct Primary Care Practice The Direct Primary Care Doctor’s Daily Motivational Journal Slowing the Churn in Direct Primary Care (While Also Keeping Your Sanity) In 2016, Dr. Farrago conceived the idea for the Direct Primary Care Alliance and co-founded the organization alongside other pioneering DPC physicians. He is widely recognized as a leading expert in the DPC model and frequently lectures to medical students, residents, and practicing physicians on how to successfully start and run their own DPC practices.Dr. Farrago sold his Direct Primary Care practice in October 2020 but continues to receive care there as a patient.