My DPC Story
By Maryal Concepcion, MD
As the Direct Primary Care and Direct Care models grow, many physicians are providing care to patients in different ways. This podcast is to introduce you to some of those folks and to hear their stories.
Go ahead, get a little inspired. Heck, jump in and join the movement!
Visit us online: mydpcstory.com
Go ahead, get a little inspired. Heck, jump in and join the movement!
Visit us online: mydpcstory.com
My DPC StoryOct 25, 2020
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Dr. Katriny Ikbal & Neer Patel of DirectMed DPC in Austin, TX.
Episode 23: Dr. Katriny Ikbal and her Husband Neer Patel of DirectMed DPC - Austin, TX. Together, these entrepreneurs opened DirectMed DPC six years ago. They talk about how their practice came to be as well as being a part of the DPC community in Austin. They discuss the growth of their practice and how that came to include building a boutique benefits firm, Virtuous Benefits, to help employers take control of their ever rising healthcare costs. Hear them share this and much more! Also, for the latest in DPC news, check out
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For more information on this epidsode and much more, please visit mydpcstory.com.
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Feb 07, 202155:17
Dr. MaShira Jackson of Lutz Family Practice - Lutz, Florida
Episode 22: Dr. MaShira Jackson of Lutz Family Practice - Lutz, Florida. Dr. Jackson had always dreamed of owning her own peace and she shares the journey to doing just that. She had a soft opening of her DPC practice in 2015 and, after urgent care and locums positions, she has a physical space and couldn’t be more proud! Hear her speak about this and much more! For more information on this episode, please visit mydpcstory.com. For up to date news on DPC, please visit dpcnews.com.
Jan 31, 202101:04:28
Dr. Kate Snodgrass of First Primary Care - The Woodlands, TX
Episode 21: Dr. Kate Snodgrass of First Primary Care - The Woodlands, TX. Dr. Snodgrass joined First Primary Care after having worked in fee for service clinics for years. One experience that changed her outlook on life and medicine was when she lived in Namibia where she served as a Peace Corps Medical Officer. After returning to the states, she explains how DPC found her and she touches on how she grew her panel once she became a DPC doc. Dr. Snodgrass is a Mom of two and author of a children’s book series as well and she discusses how she brings balance into her life by self care.
For more information on this episode and much more, please visit mydpcstory.com For more information on this episode and much more, please visit mydpcstory.com
For more information on this episode and much more, please visit mydpcstory.com For more information on this episode and much more, please visit mydpcstory.com
Jan 24, 202147:38
Dr. Dhrupad Joshi of We-Care Neurology - Riverside, CA
Episode 20: Dr. Dhrupad Joshi of We-Care Neurology - Riverside, CA. Dr. Joshi is board-certified in Neurology and Psychiatry and fellowship-trained as a Clinical Neurophysiologist. In addition to a career in academic medicine, he has opened his own direct care neurology clinic. Hear how he serves the Inland Empire region where primary insurances are Medi-Cal (California equivalent of Medicaid) and HMOs. He discusses how he is able to offer services like nerve conduction studies to his patients and Botox. He discusses his strategy for establishing himself as a solo practitioner in different geographic locations using a virtual address and how he views telemedicine vs. a physical location and much more. For more information on this episode and much more, please visit mydpcstory.com
Jan 17, 202142:27
INTRODUCING MY DPC STORY!
As the Direct Primary Care and Direct Care models grow, many professionals are providing care to patients in different ways. This podcast is to introduce you to some of those folks and to hear their stories. Go ahead, get a little inspired. Heck, jump in and join the movement!
Jan 15, 202101:16
Dr. Althea Tyndall-Smith of Gainesville Direct Primary Care Physicians - Gainesville, FL
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.
Jan 10, 202101:14:40
The Father of DPC: Dr. Garrison Bliss
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.
Jan 03, 202101:01:52
Dr. Doug Farrago of Authenic Medicine and formerly of Forest DPC - Forest, VA
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.
Dec 27, 202045:51
Dr. Emily O’Rourke of Fountain Direct Primary Care - Chesapeake, VA
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.
Dec 20, 202044:38
Dr. Deepti Mundkur of My Happy Doctor - San Diego, CA
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.
Dec 13, 202039:14
Dr. Amber Beckenhauer of The Healthy Human DPC - Blair and Ashland, NE
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.
Dec 06, 202001:13:58
Dr. Jasmine Singh of Dr. Jasmine Singh Psychiatry
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.
Nov 29, 202035:45
Dr. Aimee Ostick of Health and Healing DPC - Woodland Hills, CA
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.
Nov 22, 202035:21
Dr. Linnea Meyer of Wellscape Direct MD - Boston, MA
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.
Nov 15, 202040:15
Dr. Mitch Li of Thrive Direct Care - Chicago, IL
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.
Nov 08, 202045:29
Dr. Diana Girnita of Rheumatologist ONCALL - Palo Alto, CA
Episode 9: Dr. Diana Girnita of Rheumatologist ONCALL - Palo Alto, CA. She is licensed in CA, OH, IN and KY. As a Rheumatologist, she opened her own direct care rheumatology clinic in August 2020 and she discusses how as a specialist she made the decision to leave the fee for service model. She mentions pearls useful to those in primary care and discusses her passion for teaching and how she incorporates mindfulness and other non-Rx med treatments into her care. For more information please visit the podcast website: mydpcstory.wixsite.com/mysite
Nov 01, 202030:54
Dr. Lauren Hughes of Bloom Pediatrics and Lactation - Kansas City, KS
Episode 8: Dr. Lauren Hughes of Bloom Pediatrics & Lactation - Kansas City, KS. As a Mom and DPC Doctor, she shares about how her practice incorporates both her training as a Pediatrician as well as an IBCLC. She shares about how she is in partnerships with other pediatric-focused services around Kansas City. She also discusses how she creates relevant social media content and how Covid-19 has impacted her practice. Dr. Hughes is also offering in-home procedures like circumcisions and frenotomies and shares how she is able to offer these services for her patients. For more information please visit mydpcstory.wixsite.com/mysite.
Oct 25, 202039:41
Dr. Jeannine Rodems of Santa Cruz DPC - Santa Cruz, CA
Episode 7: Dr. Jeannine Rodems of Santa Cruz DPC! Already in her 5th year, Dr. Rodems discusses how she learned about and transitioned to DPC. She discusses having a practice partner and touches on churn, how she maintains both her inpatient and outpatient full-scope care and much more. For more information please visit the podcast website: mydpcstory.wixsite.com/mysite
Oct 18, 202040:48
Dr. Jennifer Hetrick of Hetrick Health - Worthington, OH
Episode 6: Dr. Jennifer Hetrick of Hetrick Health in Worthington, Ohio. Dr. Hetrick shares her story about how she incorporates lifestyle medicine as well as some of her challenges she overcame creating her DPC. This October marks her 1 year DPC anniversary! For more information please visit mydpcstory.wixsite.com/mysite.
Oct 11, 202023:17
Dr. Christina & Dr. Jake Mutch of Defiant DPC - Williamsburg, VA
Episode 5: This husband and wife team opened up their DPC months after finishing residency! Hear their story, about their medical experience in the Himalayas and how they’ve already got a strong practice growing within the first month! For more information, please visit the podcast website: mydpcstory.wixsite.com/mysite
Oct 04, 202057:05
Dr. Marga Zarraga of Genera Health Direct - Needham, MA
Episode 4: Dr. Marga Zarraga shares her story about she and her practice have been affected by Covid, including closing one clinic location, as well as how she is incorporating wellness into her practice and family life while running a successful DPC. For more information, please visit the podcast website: mydpcstory.wixsite.com/mysite.
Sep 27, 202048:39
Dr. Paul Thomas of Plum Health DPC - Detroit, MI
Episode 3: Dr. Paul Thomas shares about how he opened Plum Health, how he manages his social media platforms, made the decision to add Doctors to his practice and much more! ***HINT SUMMIT 2020 PRICING UP TO DATE ACCORDING TO THE DATE OF RECORDING*** 9/21 Registration increases to $249.00/person, still FREE for students and residents. See summit.hint.com for more details. Visit the podcast website: mydpcstory.wixsite.com/mysite.
Sep 20, 202038:53
Dr. Neeti Kapur of Devoted Family Practice - Fayetteville, NC
Episode 2: Dr. Neeti Kapur joins us today to share her story about how she transitioned to DPC, found a clinic space, is incorporating homeopathic into her patient care and much more. Please visit the pod website: mydpcstory.wixsite.com/mysite
Sep 13, 202032:57