What is DPC?
Direct Primary Care, or DPC, is a fast-growing trend in healthcare as both Patients and Providers are getting fed up with insurance-based care. To get back to the basics, DPC clinics use monthly membership instead.
The Problem with Insurance-Based Care
The costs are out of control, and increasingly the middleman dictates how your care is delivered. Hard-to-get appointments, crowded waiting rooms, rushed visits, inability to talk to your provider directly, hard-line policies — not to mention copays, deductibles, and uncovered surprise charges — are largely because of insurance.
What Happens When You Remove Insurance?
When you take insurance out of the picture, you realize how free and personal your healthcare can be! DPC clinics are an 'everyday — every persons' affordable healthcare model, and not to be confused with Concierge or VIP medicine, which charge high monthly fees in addition to insurance.
Everything You Wish Your Clinic Had
DPC clinics operate just like regular primary care — just with all the features you wish your Insurance clinic had.
Same & Next Day Appointments
No more waiting weeks to be seen. Get in when you need to.
Little to No Waiting
Your time matters. When you arrive — we strive to be ready to see you!
No Copays
Your membership covers essentially unlimited visits. No surprise charges at the door.
Up to 60-Minute Visits
Longer appointments mean your provider can actually listen and address your concerns. We can do efficient or extended visits, based on what you need.
Home Visits
New moms and newborns--care comes to you.
Convenient Telehealth
Get care without leaving home — perfect for follow-ups and minor concerns, school excuses, and things we can manage with pictures or a chat. We can even use digital Otoscopes so there's no guessing about the ears, even from home!
In-House Pharmacy
We stock the most common Rx in clinic at wholesale prices, so you leave with your medications in hand, often at significantly reduced cost.
Discounted Labs & Imaging
We are sometimes able to negotiate discounted cash prices for our patients at outpatient labs and imaging centers, saving you money over insurance again.
The Biggest Difference
In DPC, you get your provider's personal cell phone — and you're encouraged to directly text, call, or email them with your questions, concerns, problems, or needs. Where you'd need a special family or friend 'connection' to access your provider personally in insurance-based care, in DPC it's the standard of care.
3,000+
DPC clinics nationally & growing
DPC Is Growing Fast
There is information about DPC all over the web and social media. There are over 3,000 DPC clinics nationally and more popping up every day. Come and see for yourself — it's what we all deserve from our healthcare!
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