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10 Steps to Start Your Direct Specialty Care Practice

If you are wondering how to start a direct specialty care practice, the short version is this: about a year, ten clear steps, and no MBA required. I know because I did it as a physician in the traditional system, seeing 25 to 28 patients a day. I spent hours writing notes to satisfy the right billing codes, […]

The Real Economics of Direct Specialty Care

Here is the truth about direct specialty care economics: you finally get paid what your expertise deserves, and your patients finally take control of their own money. If you are a specialist worn down by falling reimbursements and the sense that you are running faster every year just to stay in place, the numbers are […]

Three Beliefs Keeping Specialists Trapped in Insurance

Most of the direct specialty care myths that keep good specialists stuck in insurance are not facts at all, they are inherited fears. If you are burned out, tired of doing more each year for less, and quietly wondering whether there is another way to practice, the first thing standing between you and that other […]

Direct Care Beyond Primary Care: Any Specialty Can Use This Model

When physicians hear “direct care,” many still picture a family doctor with a monthly membership. That is direct primary care, and it is wonderful, but it is not the whole story. The same model works for specialists, and increasingly, for nearly every specialty. Quick answer: Direct care is not only for family medicine. The same […]

Why This Psychiatrist Chose Direct Specialty Care

Meet Patrick. Patrick is an adult with the classic fingerprint of ADHD tangled up with anxiety. He is disorganized and terrible at time management. He is easily distracted and forgets important obligations, then works twice as hard to make up for the mistakes. He over-promises and under-delivers, gets overwhelmed quickly, and overreacts faster than he […]