by ccadmin | May 26, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers
Direct primary care (DPC) will end up playing a more prominent role on the national stage of conservative health reform. The Wall Street Journal considers this patient-centered delivery model the “fourth leg” to any plan that would replace Obamacare. Lawmakers in...
by ccadmin | May 25, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers
EUGENE, Ore. – Across the country, Direct Primary Care is growing in popularity. It’s an alternative means of care to the normal health insurance model for doctor visits. According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, Oregon is one of 18 states where Direct...
by ccadmin | May 22, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers
Last fall, Eastport residents Bill and Ellen Peterson found themselves increasingly frustrated with their doctor’s office. Bill had symptoms of Lyme disease wanted to see his primary care doctor. It took weeks to get an appointment and then an hour or more waiting to...
by ccadmin | Mar 19, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers
A new kind of doctor’s office charges a monthly fee and doesn’t take insurance — and it could be the future of medicine Dr. Bryan Hill spent his career working as a pediatrician, teaching at a university, and working at a hospital. But in March 2016, he...
by ccadmin | Mar 17, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers
There’s no waiting room at Dr. Linnea Meyer’s tiny primary-care practice in downtown Boston. That’s because there’s rarely a wait to see her. She has only 50 patients to date and often interacts with them by text, phone or email. There’s no office staff because Meyer...