Direct primary care (DPC) lets you pay a monthly fee so you can see your primary doctor at any time. The monthly fee to join a direct primary care office is usually between $50 and $100 per month.

Andrea Meneses stumbled on a direct primary care clinic because of a crisis. Her grandmother, visiting Wisconsin from Bolivia, did not have insurance but needed to see a doctor fast. One of the ...

Direct primary care is a subscription model of delivering health care that is gaining popularity in the U.S. DPC patients enjoy benefits unheard of in most primary care offices – from zero wait times ...

Direct primary care (DPC) clinics provide basic health care services for a direct monthly fee, allowing patients to receive care without relying on standard health insurance or paying per visit. While ...

American health care is too often overpriced, impersonal, and dysfunctional. Too many middlemen and regulations in the health care system are driving up costs, increasing complexity, burning out our ...

Direct primary care doctors can offer long appointments on short notice, but they don’t take insurance. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Working for a traditional health system in an outpatient pediatric practice, Dr. Keili Mistovich couldn’t help but feel like she was seeing a revolving door of patients. “The average panel for a ...

For the clients who work with care workers — older adults and people with disabilities — the assistance of care workers can help them to live their lives to the fullest. Credit: Licensed under the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic intensified shortages in the direct care workforce long driven by low wages, high turnover rates, and recruitment challenges. In some cases, these shortages contributed to the ...

Continuity of care, no third-party billing, and price transparency: direct care and concierge medicine have long embraced some of the benefits that traditional medicine lacks, and these models have ...

The nation faces a growing crisis in its direct care workforce, which was devastated by COVID-19 and is facing rising demands for its services. More than 1,000 nursing home, residential care facility, ...