The DPC Model
"I got into medicine because I want to really help people...to make a difference. To heal, and connect with my patients... Not to fill out paperwork and haggle with insurance companies!"
DPC stands for "direct patient care". Direct care is exactly what it sounds like – medical care directed straight at the patient. No insurance middle man, no red tape and certainly no opportunity for things to get lost in translation. This essentially means that the contract and relationship is with you, the patient, and not with insurance companies.
A direct care doctor deals with patients one-on-one, from both treatment and billing perspectives. As a direct care physician in a micro-practice, Dr. Lewis sees fewer patients and spend more time with each one – whenever the patient needs it. Without the hoops that insurance companies force the traditional primary care physician to jump through, she can spend more time doing what she signed up for in the first place – providing fantastic quality healthcare.
So rather than bill insurance, Dr. Lewis bills her patients directly (no insurance accepted) at the time of service. The patient is then able to bill their own insurance (if they have out of network benefits) to recoup a majority of their out of pocket costs.
"I got into medicine because I want to really help people...to make a difference. To heal, and connect with my patients... Not to fill out paperwork and haggle with insurance companies!"
DPC stands for "direct patient care". Direct care is exactly what it sounds like – medical care directed straight at the patient. No insurance middle man, no red tape and certainly no opportunity for things to get lost in translation. This essentially means that the contract and relationship is with you, the patient, and not with insurance companies.
A direct care doctor deals with patients one-on-one, from both treatment and billing perspectives. As a direct care physician in a micro-practice, Dr. Lewis sees fewer patients and spend more time with each one – whenever the patient needs it. Without the hoops that insurance companies force the traditional primary care physician to jump through, she can spend more time doing what she signed up for in the first place – providing fantastic quality healthcare.
So rather than bill insurance, Dr. Lewis bills her patients directly (no insurance accepted) at the time of service. The patient is then able to bill their own insurance (if they have out of network benefits) to recoup a majority of their out of pocket costs.
My Areas of Expertise:
Well-woman exams (full physicals and pap smears)
Vaginal Discharge
STD check and treatment
Bartholin's Cysts and Abscesses
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
Basic Infertility
Workup of Abnormal Pap Smears (colposcopy, proper referral and follow-up)
Birth Control
Outpatient management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Perimenopause and bio-identical hormones
2nd Opinions
I don't perform procedures in the hospital, or admit to the hospital, though I am happy to confer with your admitting physician and follow your progress.
Well-woman exams (full physicals and pap smears)
Vaginal Discharge
STD check and treatment
Bartholin's Cysts and Abscesses
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
Basic Infertility
Workup of Abnormal Pap Smears (colposcopy, proper referral and follow-up)
Birth Control
Outpatient management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Perimenopause and bio-identical hormones
2nd Opinions
I don't perform procedures in the hospital, or admit to the hospital, though I am happy to confer with your admitting physician and follow your progress.
