Podcast Episode
Live from DPC Summit New Orleans: Boundaries, Employers, and Succession Planning in Direct Primary Care | Dr. Angela Andrews & Dr. Nicholas Jones

About this episode
Recorded LIVE on the floor at the AAFP Co-sponsored DPC Summit in New Orleans, Dr. Angela Andrews of Direct Primary Care of West Michigan and Dr. Nicholas Jones of Clear Health Direct Primary Care in Eugene, Oregon sit down with Dr. Maryal Concepcion for an honest roundtable on what changes between year one and year three of direct primary care practice ownership.Both opened in November 2023. Both came to New Orleans with a list. What they say out loud is what most physicians only think: the workflows you built on day one and never revisited, the boundaries you are usually the first to cross, and the succession question this movement has not solved yet.IN THIS EPISODEPhysician owned regional DPC networks, and using them for call coverage, internal locums, and physician funded startup loans instead of banksWhy you do not need a nonprofit to do nonprofit workRevisiting the workflows you built when you were solo, and what to automate, eliminate, or documentEmployers as the next phase of DPC growth, and the arrival of employed DPC positionsBoundaries, moral injury, and why the physician is usually the first one to violate the boundaryHow to handle one star reviews and trolls without losing your weekendSuccession planning, and what happens to patients when a DPC physician gets sick or closesOregon's corporate practice of medicine law, the non compete ban, and what advocacy looks like when you own your practiceGetting onto your state chapter committees, and why DPC needs representation at AAFP and state academiesSpouses, kids, and the family roles that quietly keep practices runningChoosing an EHR you will not have to leave in three yearsMENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEDr. Emily Holt, Dr. Esther Khatibi, Dr. Julie Gunther, Dr. Timothy Blain, Dr. Phil Eskew, Dr. Jill Scherer, Dr. Clodagh Ryan, Dr. Neil Douglas, Dr. Hailey Miller, Dr. Amy Tressan, and Shaunna SandersRESOURCESThe Toolkit Magazine, including this year's Battle of the Support Stack and last year's Battle of the EHRs: toolkit.mydpcstory.comThe Physician Owner's Planner Limited First Edition Bundle: mydpcstory.com/shop
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