By Maryal Concepcion, MD, FAAFP | Published September 19, 2026 | Updated September 19, 2026 | 8 min read Dr. Brian Juan of Metronome Family Medicine Dr. Brian Juan toured with rock bands and played dueling piano bars for more than a decade before he...
Nate Goodman, CPA of Goodman CPA on the My DPC Story podcast: 10 numbers every DPC owner needs to know. Most Direct Primary Care physicians can tell you their panel size, their EHR, and what went wrong in year one. Far fewer can tell you what they sh...
How an Eight-Year Rural Family Medicine Direct Primary Care Practice Actually Works - 8 min read Teamwork in action at Sandpoint Premier Direct Primary Care. Dr. Klaucke and her team coordinate patient care together, closing every loop on referrals,...
Before she looked at a single feature, Dr. Sarai Ambert-Pompey timed how fast each EHR vendor answered her email. That one test eliminated most of them. One year into owning Libelula Primary Care in Boise, Idaho, she shares how to vet an EHR, what sa...
Ten questions decide whether your next EHR helps you practice medicine or just generates paperwork. Score candidates on ten categories, from charting speed to who owns the company, and learn the one question vendors hate: how do I leave you?
One month shy of five years with the same system, Dr. Maryal Concepcion switched EHRs, not from outgrowing it, but because the terms controlling her patients' data changed. Her four-bucket cost math and the one question vendors dread: how do I leave...
Claiming to be open 24/7 can become a breach-of-contract trap, warns Dr. Phil Eskew. He maps the three ways states treat workers' comp inside a DPC membership, plus the malpractice tail and clawback bonus clauses residents should spot before signing.
A Texas physician cannot dispense to a patient who lives a minute away, but can watch that patient swallow a pill in the office instead. Dr. Phil Eskew explains the administering loophole and why Minnesota, Maryland, Utah, and Mississippi each run en...
As of January 1, 2026, Direct Primary Care no longer disqualifies patients from HSA eligibility, as long as the membership fee stays at or below $150 a month for one person, $300 for a family. Miss the December 1, 2026 filing deadline, though, and a...
Dr. Reid Lancaster once nearly bought a wheelchair from a thrift store for a Medicare patient after weeks of insurance denials, the moment that sent him back to medical school. Today his Direct Primary Care practice serves both some of the wealthiest...
