My DPC Story

Under current Medicare rules, a physician who opts out of Medicare for their DPC practice can't bill Medicare anywhere else. That means no hospitalist shifts, no SNF work and no hospice. AAFP Resolution 504, introduced by the New Mexico chapter, asks the AAFP to advocate for a partial opt-out by practice setting. The Congress of Delegates votes on it in October. Dr. Shannon Connolly is co-owner of Open Arms Direct Primary Care in Southern California, a past CAFP president and a CAFP delegate ...

Today a DPC physician in Iowa, 25 months into her DPC practice, emailed us with three decisions she's weighing, and one challenge: "If there are still spots, convince me to come." Challenge accepted. In this mini My DPC Story episode, Drs. Clodagh Ryan and host Maryal Concepcion answer her directly and walk through how the Illinois DPC Summit (open to DPC docs in ALL STATES!) meets each of the three things she's actually asking: "Help me look at the books." Friday morning's session, The Busin...

Dr. Brian Juan toured with rock bands and played dueling piano bars for more than a decade before he became a family doctor. Three months into Metronome Family Medicine, his solo Direct Primary Care practice in Longmont, Colorado, he talks about what it actually took to make the leap. Dr. Brian Juan spent most of his 20s and 30s on the road, first touring with rock and jam bands, then playing dueling pianos in bars around Boulder and Denver. His dad was a Filipino immigrant physician who ran ...

What should a direct primary care physician actually pay themselves? On this episode of My DPC Story, Dr. Maryal Concepcion sits down with Nate Goodman, CPA, founder of Goodman CPA, the accounting firm that works exclusively with direct primary care and direct specialty care practices. Nate is also a DPC patient. His family's experience with direct primary care in the Black Mountains of North Carolina is why his firm stopped taking non-direct care clients in 2024. Together they walk through 1...

Dr. Jillian Klaucke, MD, FAWM. Board-certified family physician at Sandpoint Premier Direct Primary Care, Idaho. Wilderness medicine fellow. Eight years into Direct Primary Care, Dr. Klaucke shares what actually works running a rural family medicine practice without insurance. Her practice runs on three pillars: teamwork, accountability, and patient safety. Teamwork means working with patients as partners. When imaging is needed, someone follows up to confirm it happened. Accountability means...