Three pharmacies in town and a shortage area statute on the books. Can she keep dispensing? Dr. Phil Eskew tours the state by state dispensing map, from Minnesota's flexible rules to the administering loophole.
Yes. As of January 1, 2026, a Direct Primary Care arrangement no longer disqualifies a patient from HSA eligibility, and DPC membership fees are a qualified HSA expense at or below $150 per month for one person or $300 per month for a family. Above t...
Ever been bounced between offices just to get a referral? There's a name for the alternative: direct primary care. A PA-turned-physician explains what DPC really is, why it isn't concierge medicine, and how he built a full practice near Palm Springs...
Dr. Timothy Blain The Anatomy of Physician Burnout Dr. Blain describes a burnout curve that many primary care doctors will recognize instantly. It isn't the volume of patients alone. It's the impossible math of caring deeply about people you don't ha...
Dr. April Soto left corporate medicine to build an integrative Direct Primary Care practice with ketamine-assisted therapy, MCAS care, and firm boundaries.
Justin Lam, CEO of Cool Blue VA There is a number that should stop every Direct Primary Care physician in their tracks. Twenty-seven percent. THAT is how much of the average physician's day actually goes to direct patient care. Nearly half of the res...
Dr. Jeremiah Fillo of Big Trees MD What happens to a family physician when the system he trained inside of decides he no longer has value? That is the question at the center of one of the most personal episodes of the My DPC Story podcast. Host Dr. M...
Featuring Dr. Manuel Vogt of Texas DPC on the My DPC Story podcast Dr. Manuel Vogt photo: Voyage San Antonio A Texas physician couple built two Direct Primary Care clinics, funded a historic renovation with tax credits, and grew to a full panel. Here...
One year ago, Dr. Emily Holt opened the doors of Poppy Direct Care in a 100-year-old house in Uptown New Orleans. Attendees of the 2025 DPC Summit walked through her clinic, met her patients in the neighborhood pizza shop, and watched a mission-drive...
Dr. Nyasha Spears When Dr. Nyasha Spears walked into a mandatory 4 PM meeting that had been called with less than four hours notice, she already knew something was wrong. Her century-old community clinic in downtown Duluth, the legacy practice founde...
