Episode 19: Dr. Althea Tyndall-Smith of Gainesville Direct Primary Care Physicians - Gainesville, FL. Dr. Tyndall-Smith’s desire to practice medicine started in early childhood and she discusses how this foundation has helped shape her career. She details the collaborative effort to start Gainesville DPC with her partner, Dr. Cotter and discusses how the clinic has grown since its inception. She also describes how Gainesville DPC incorporates faith into the practice and how the space they’ve created promotes an environment where all in the community are welcome and respected. For information on this episode and much more, please visit mydpcstory.com. 

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Episode 18: Dr. Garrison Bliss formerly of Bliss MD and Qliance - Seattle, WA. Dr. Bliss is considered by most to be the Father of the DPC Movement. Hear him discuss his background and how he developed the idea of direct primary care as a solution to the country's broken health care system. He puts forth the seven most important points that he believes can be used to reflect on and to grow the movement from. These points include discussing the culture of care the movement provides, what it takes for patients to join and what it takes for doctors and the movement to succeed. As we enter a new year, no matter where you are in your DPC journey, his words are sure to inspire! For more information on this episode and much more, please visit mydpcstory.com.

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Episode 17: Dr. Doug Farrago, formerly of Forest DPC - Forest, VA. Dr. Farrago is known by most as a best-selling author in the DPC world. Hear him as he shares about his transition out of his direct primary care practice and how he prepared his patients for his transition. He details how he left the fee-for-service world and how he opened up for us DPC in Community that was new to him. He discusses the four agreements of DPC and how these helped him overcome the challenges of being a solo DPC doctor and how he focused always building value into his care. He discusses the importance of being connected with other direct care doctors and much more. For information on this episode and much more, visit mydpcstory.com.

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Episode 16 - Dr. Emily O’Rourke of Fountain DPC - Chesapeake, VA. Dr. O’Rourke discusses how she transitioned from her primary care physician fee for service role to working both in urgent care as well as opening her direct primary care at the same time. She discusses the demographics of her 140 patient population and how she works with different employer groups. She covers what kinds of questions she was asked when pitching her practice to eventual members from those employer groups. She discusses churn in her practice and how her churn was affected by the pandemic. She discusses the value she builds into her practice and how she’s even gone with an uninsured patient to a specialists office to get her patient a decent price on a necessary surgery. Additionally, she discusses allergy immunotherapy and hormone replacement and how she offers 12-week challenges for her patients and much more! For more information on this episode and much more, please visit mydpcstory.com.

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Episode 15: Dr. Deepti Mundkur of My Happy Doctor - San Diego, CA. Dr. Mundkur opened her DPC after residency and she shares about building her patient panel in her telemedicine and home visit model. She explains about her ability, and her learning process she’s gone through, to be able to choose which patients are a good fit for her practice. She is a whiz at social media and describes how she designs her content to engage patients from before and after they enroll. She completed additional training in a primary care psychiatry fellowship through UC Davis and shares about this as well. For more information please visit the podcast website: mydpcstory.com.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Episode 14: Dr. Amber Beckenhauer of The Healthy Human DPC - Blair and Ashland, NE. Dr. Beckenhauer shares her story about how she was on the fence about DPC until she saw other practices and had some help from her family to push her into opening. Now, she has expanded into two locations and is growing with a second Doctor! She offers obstetrical care and continues to do both vaginal and cesarean deliveries. Other services she offers: shockwave therapy, allergy treatments, hormone and IV treatments. She shares about how she offers some services to non-members and how she promotes wellness amongst her staff. For more information, please visit mydpcstory.com.

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Episode 13: Dr. Jasmine Singh of Dr. Jasmine Singh Psychiatry. Dr. Singh discusses how she decided to offer direct care as opposed to staying in a fee for service model. She describes how her virtual practice runs for patients and how she manages her practice as a solo practitioner. She draws from a wide range of treatment modalities like talk therapy, psychopharmacology, psycho education, and wellness for all of her patients. She discusses additional dedicated training in addressing the mental health needs for college students and the young adult population which has serves her patients well during the pandemic. For more information please visit the podcast website: mydpcstory.com.

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Episode 12: Dr. Aimee Ostick of Health and Healing DPC - Woodland Hills, CA. Dr. Ostick has just celebrated Health and Healing DPC’s FIRST ANNIVERSARY and she is fast approaching her full panel size of 400. Dr. Ostick is a Mom of three and she discusses balancing her family life with her clinic life. She explains how her clinic has successfully pivoted in her first year because of the Covid pandemic. She also shares about how she keeps patients engaged even during times when Telehealth is more prevalent than on-office visits. For more information on this episode and much more, please visit mydpcstory.com.

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Episode 11: Dr. Linnea Meyer of Wellscape Direct MD - Boston, MA. Dr. Meyer shares about her journey to designing a practice as she envisioned and how she has had a thriving practice as a solo-practitioner without any additional staff. She describes her 240 square foot office space and how she handles safety and changes due to the pandemics. She describes the ongoing challenge she faces maintaining self-care to continue thriving as well. For more information please visit the podcast website: mydpcstory.com.

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Episode 10: Dr. Mitch Li of Thrive Direct Care - Chicago, IL. ***Please be aware there is explicit language in this episode.*** He shares about his unique journey from being a phlebotomist to becoming an ER physician and how he has opened his DPC doors! He discusses the financial outlook he had before opening and about hosting a Zoom meeting regarding financial independence as a doctor. He shares how he has been part of the Chicago area DPC community collaborating with other DPCs nearby. As an ER-trained physician, he gives some great tips on tools he uses while doing home visits as well! For more information, please visit mydpcstory.com. 

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