La Crosse Area Is Proof Positive of the Power of Direct Primary Care

by ccadmin | May 29, 2018 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers

Last year, the La Crosse school district saved approximately $1.5 million because staff members and their family members opted to use fixed-cost, direct primary care, according to the district’s finance director.LA CROSSE, Wis. – In the death spiral days of...

Direct Primary Care Reform Could Save Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions – Or More

by ccadmin | Jan 15, 2018 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers, Direct Primary Care For Patients

MADISON, Wis. – The Senate is considering a free-market reform to the state’s most costly program, Medicaid, that has the potential to save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars or more. The Senate Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal...

The Deception Behind Those In-Network Health ‘Discounts’

by ccadmin | Oct 31, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers

Here’s a strange paradox: Health-care costs have increased by an unsustainable rate of about 8.5% each year over the past decade, according to PwC’s Health Research Institute. Already, the average employer-based family health insurance plans costs more than $18,000...

Patients & Doctors Alike Find New Hope in DPC Model of Healthcare

by ccadmin | Oct 5, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers

(MENAFN Editorial) Let’s face it. The traditional model for healthcare is not performing as well as it once was. Prescription costs are skyrocketing, government reform is failing and, according to some studies, is even decreasing. Medical debt has become the...

Readfield doctor’s shift to direct primary care prioritizes patient, cuts out insurer

by ccadmin | Aug 13, 2017 | Direct Primary Care For Healthcare Workers

After 12 years as a primary care physician at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Jennifer McConnell was tired of feeling as though she could never keep up. Though she adored her colleagues and thought she had grown into herself as a doctor during her time at MaineGeneral,...

Direct primary care: An alternative to fee-for-service

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...