What is Direct Primary Care?
Direct Primary Care is a nationwide movement of Primary Care physicians who have disembarked from the insurance companies and their assembly-line model of medicine in favor of re-establishing the patient-doctor relationship. It is a form of concierge medicine that is designed to be affordable for the masses. We operate on a monthly membership fee, much like a gym, which allows patients to receive unrestricted office visits and what we call technology visits (email and cell phone/text messages, video visits).
Because DPC practices do not participate in any insurance plans, the providers can avoid the increasingly costly documentation demands and administrative intrusions that come with accepting insurance. DPC practices also avoid the onerous patient data collection responsibilities that many plans impose. These require staff, time, and money which drives up healthcare costs and most importantly, often amounts to substantial instructions on patient care.
DPC physicians avoid these obligations to insurance companies, and by doing so are free to spend that time listening to and treating patients. And because DPC physicians eliminate the significant overhead costs of participating in insurance, they can pass the savings on to you, the patient. The result is compassionate, attentive, and timely access to health care at an affordable cost.