Imagine a World Where You Can See Your Doctor-Right Away Sore throats, fever, nasty cuts and bruises, migraine pain, severe back spasms-who wants to wait when you need a doctor now? Imagine a world where your doctor will see you-today. The new Direct Primary Care model can fix many of our broken healthcare system's problems and give you and your family quick access to your doctor-to a doctor who knows you and doesn't care what health insurance you have. Troy A. Burns, MD, explains how guaranteed access to your primary care doctor can keep you healthier, help you manage chronic health conditions such as heart disease and diabetes, and circumvent the insurance companies' restrictions and rules. Like most people, you have probably experienced excessive delays in scheduling appointments with your doctor when ill, get frustrated with limited time with the doctor in rushed office visits, hate the long waits in your doctor's office, and really hate how hard it is to reach your doctor. An appointment today? Nearly impossible. If you don't have a doctor who is always available whenever you need them, then you don't really have a doctor! Fortunately, the affordable and highly efficient primary care delivery model known as Direct Primary Care promises high-level access to your personal doctor with same-day appointments and 24/7 remote access. What is this new model of healthcare, and what's the benefit to you? This book explains- A better approach to healthcare for you and your family Why having a personal primary care physician who is always available is essential to your health Why getting what you need from your doctor doesn't have to be so frustrating How to get fast, personal care from a doctor who knows you-even in emergencies How Direct Primary Care can cut costs and improve care for employers and employees If you're a patient (a parent, a senior, a twenty-something or someone who never goes to a doctor) who wants and needs to establish a relationship with a doctor for regular preventive care and for emergencies, Direct Primary Care is your solution (this book tells you how). Direct Primary Care physician practices are located throughout the United States. You can locate a doctor near you (this book tells you how). If you're an employer struggling to offer health insurance to your workforce, you can learn how to build your health benefits on a foundation of Direct Primary Care, give everyone better care and save everyone money-without playing games with insurance carriers who raise your rates every year while cutting back on care (this book tells you how). Troy A. Burns, MD, is a practicing primary care physician and the Founder and Medical Director of ProPartners Healthcare, Kansas City's leading Direct Primary Care medical practice. He is among the country's leaders in Direct Primary Care and advises Senators and Representatives on this revolutionary method to deliver healthcare most efficiently and cost-effectively.

"When you think of Andy Griffith-style medicine, the doctor had a clinic in the local town. It'd be strange for him to say, 'What kind of insurance does Opie have?'" says Michael Tetreault, Editor-in-Chief of The Direct Primary Care Journal. Learn the basics about this emerging healthcare delivery model in healthcare and revolutionizing the primary care physician office and forever changing the doctor-patient relationships. Direct Primary Care (DPC) doctors/offices usually offer monthly care fees which are not reimbursable by any health insurance company, and may not be applied to any insurance plan deductible. Your insurance plan may be billed by others for services such as emergency, hospital, specialty care, laboratory tests, diagnostic imaging, prescription drugs or other goods and services that are ordered by your DPC doctor/office health care provider but are not performed or provided in their offices. Look inside, find your doctor, find our checklist of 50 Questions you should ask your DPC Doctor, FAQs and Answers and learn so much more with this introduction to DPC!

Ask for a definition of primary care, and you are likely to hear as many answers as there are health care professionals in your survey. Primary Care fills this gap with a detailed definition already adopted by professional organizations and praised at recent conferences. This volume makes recommendations for improving primary care, building its organization, financing, infrastructure, and knowledge baseâ€"as well as developing a way of thinking and acting for primary care clinicians. Are there enough primary care doctors? Are they merely gatekeepers? Is the traditional relationship between patient and doctor outmoded? The committee draws conclusions about these and other controversies in a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion that covers: The scope of primary care. Its philosophical underpinnings. Its value to the patient and the community. Its impact on cost, access, and quality. This volume discusses the needs of special populations, the role of the capitation method of payment, and more. Recommendations are offered for achieving a more multidisciplinary education for primary care clinicians. Research priorities are identified. Primary Care provides a forward-thinking view of primary care as it should be practiced in the new integrated health care delivery systemsâ€"important to health care clinicians and those who train and employ them, policymakers at all levels, health care managers, payers, and interested individuals.

Learn the basics about this emerging healthcare delivery model in healthcare and revolutionizing the primary care physician office and forever changing the doctor-patient relationships. Direct Primary Care (DPC) doctors/offices usually offer monthly care fees which are not reimbursable by any health insurance company, and may not be applied to any insurance plan deductible. Your insurance plan may be billed by others for services such as emergency, hospital, specialty care, laboratory tests, diagnostic imaging, prescription drugs or other goods and services that are ordered by your DPC doctor/office health care provider but are not performed or provided in their offices. Look inside, find your doctor, find our checklist of 50 Questions you should ask your DPC Doctor, FAQs and Answers and learn so much more with this introduction to DPC!

In this revised, 2015 Edition, learn the basics about this emerging healthcare delivery model in healthcare and revolutionizing the primary care physician office and forever changing the doctor-patient relationships. "When you think of Andy Griffith-style medicine, the doctor had a clinic in the local town. It'd be strange for him to say, 'What kind of insurance does Opie have?'" says Michael Tetreault, Editor-in-Chief of The Direct Primary Care Journal. Direct Primary Care (DPC) doctors/offices usually offer monthly care fees which are not reimbursable by any health insurance company, and may not be applied to any insurance plan deductible. Your insurance plan may be billed by others for services such as emergency, hospital, specialty care, laboratory tests, diagnostic imaging, prescription drugs or other goods and services that are ordered by your DPC doctor/office health care provider but are not performed or provided in their offices. Look inside, find your doctor, find our checklist of 50 Questions you should ask your DPC Doctor, FAQs and Answers and learn so much more with this introduction to DPC in 2015!

Our market-based, profit-driven health care system in the United States has put necessary care increasingly beyond the reach of ordinary Americans. Primary health care, the fundamental foundation of all high-performing health care systems in the world, is a critical but ignored casualty of the current system. Unfortunately, primary care is often poorly understood, even within the health professions. This book describes what has become a crisis in primary care, defines its central role, analyzes the reasons for its decline, and assesses its impacts on patients and families. A constructive approach is presented to rebuild and transform U.S. primary care with the urgent goal to address the nation's problems of access, cost, quality and equity of health care for all Americans.

Ask for a definition of primary care, and you are likely to hear as many answers as there are health care professionals in your survey. Primary Care fills this gap with a detailed definition already adopted by professional organizations and praised at recent conferences. This volume makes recommendations for improving primary care, building its organization, financing, infrastructure, and knowledge base--as well as developing a way of thinking and acting for primary care clinicians. Are there enough primary care doctors? Are they merely gatekeepers? Is the traditional relationship between patient and doctor outmoded? The committee draws conclusions about these and other controversies in a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion that covers The scope of primary care. Its philosophical underpinnings. Its value to the patient and the community. Its impact on cost, access, and quality. This volume discusses the needs of special populations, the role of the capitation method of payment, and more. Recommendations are offered for achieving a more multidisciplinary education for primary care clinicians. Research priorities are identified. Primary Care provides a forward-thinking view of primary care as it should be practiced in the new integrated health care delivery systems--important to health care clinicians and those who train and employ them, policymakers at all levels, health care managers, payers, and interested individuals.