by ccadmin | Aug 13, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Patients
The excessive amount of government intervention that has encumbered our nation’s health care system is pushing some physicians to scale back or cut off their relationships with middleman insurers to spend more time with their patients. The innovative business model is...
by ccadmin | Aug 13, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers
Direct primary care: An alternative to fee-for-service Unlimited time with patients, decreased practice overhead, less exposure to risk, fewer medical errors, zero insurance filing; while this sounds like a wish list for family medicine in an increasingly complex and...
by ccadmin | Jun 8, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers
By Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur), who sponsored the Direct Pay Contract legislation (SB94) in the 2017 Regular Legislative Session along with Rep. Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Fort Payne). A recently-released report on insurance costs nationwide shows average premiums for...
by ccadmin | Jun 6, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers
“I avoid the hospital and doctor at all costs,” says Alicia Woods, who is expecting her second child. Woods, 25, is one of more than 40 percent of Americans who are dissatisfied with their health care cost, according to a recent study done by Gallup. “I look for...
by ccadmin | Jun 2, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers
This doctor doesn’t mess around with insurance. She thinks it takes too much time and costs too much money. The deductibles are frighteningly high and many maladies aren’t covered. So Dr. Wendy Schilling, an internist in Ashland for 15 years, has gone to a direct...
