What Is Direct Primary Care?
The most important medicine you can offer isn’t a prescription—it’s the time and attention you give to each patient.
Direct primary care, or DPC, is a different approach to family medicine that saves you money and provides a better experience by cutting insurance out of the picture. Instead of accessing healthcare through your insurance company, with DPC you pay a flat fee for clinic membership directly to your doctor. In return, you get unlimited access to the services they provide.
As a member, you get 24/7 access to your doctor via phone, text, and email, making them easily accessible when medical questions arise.
Direct primary care removes the barriers between you and your doctor, placing the doctor-patient relationship where it should be— back at the heart of medicine.
More Personalized Care
While a doctor working in the traditional system might be responsible for over 2,000 patients, we limit our practice size to 400. That means more time spent getting to know you, more time dedicated to your care, and easier access to appointments when you need them.
Comprehensive Services
We provide all of the same services that a traditional family medicine clinic provides, including preventative screenings, management of chronic conditions, minor procedures, treatment of common illnesses and injuries, and coordinating care with your specialists.
Unlimited Appointments
As a member, you can schedule as many visits as you need for no additional charge. Appointments can usually be made either same-day or the following day - no more sitting on hold just to book something for three months out! Additionally, our smaller patient panel allows us to make each visit as long as you need it to be. According to a 2021 study, the average length of a primary care visit is just 18 minutes. DPC doctors, on the other hand, typically spend anywhere between 30 and 60 minutes with each patient.
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Frequently Asked DPC Questions
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Direct primary care membership includes all of your routine care - annual physicals, preventative screenings, management of chronic health conditions, treatment of everyday illnesses and injuries, and more! It also includes simple procedures such as joint injections or mole removal. Some elective services, such as botulinum toxin injections, are available for an additional fee.
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Yes! If you’re healthy, our goal is to keep you that way. Your doctor will work to make sure that you stay up to date with your preventative screenings, and that you are happy, healthy, and living well. Your DPC membership also gives you easy access to your doctor in the event that you do get sick or injured.
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Nope! Insurance has not proven to be very reliable in covering most cares for most patients.
Instead- your membership covers all of your routine physicals and labs, will dramatically reduce any chance that you would need an urgent care visit, and allow you to fix many, many things with a simple phone call or text. Instead of waiting several hours for a phone call or days for an appointment- we will be quick and and efficient.
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Yes. Your DPC membership will include all of your routine care, but you’ll still need insurance if a major health problem arises. Many patients find that joining a DPC clinic actually helps them save money on health insurance! With routine care taken care of, patients can switch to a high-deductible insurance plan with a lower monthly cost.
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Yes! We offer non-members individual appointments for a flat fee. We charge $150 for a 15 minute visit, and $200 for a 30 minute visit.
If you’re not sure about a DPC membership and want to know more about us, you can also schedule a free meet and greet to chat about your goals for your care.
Want to learn more?
Watch the video below, or check out DPC Nation for more information.