Direct primary care creates a pay-to-play system that excludes middle- and low-income patients, who already face barriers.

The growing number of concierge medical practices limit the number of patients and charge them membership fees. Will this ...

Proponents herald the practice as a free-market approach to providing medical care, while critics say it could widen health care disparities by requiring patients to pay membership fees.

Subscription models gives patients benefits unheard of in most primary care offices, from home checkups to direct phone access to their providers.

Though providers and patients in direct primary care prefer the model, it does not replace all medical services.

Direct primary care does not make sense for everyone. Memberships do not cover everything, and patients still need to buy insurance so they are covered for major medical expenses and specialty care.

MU Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield could not agree on a contract, leaving thousands of patients to look for ...

Kopelman is a one-woman show, operating Personalized Pediatrics of Maine in Portland, a direct primary care practice. She is not affiliated with or beholden to any large hospital system ...

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South Carolina lawmakers are considering legislation establishing that direct primary care agreements are not insurance. Primary care includes routine and preventative services such as annual ...

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