Information for Primary Care Physicians considering Direct Primary Care
This page in intended for doctors only please. Docs who need some help. Be nice, ok.
This page in intended for doctors only please. Docs who need some help. Be nice, ok.
Dr. McGann to my fellow Physicians:
Are you considering a move into Direct Primary Care? Do it.
Call me if you have questions. I'm happy to answer questions from any Physician who has them. Not kidding, call me. I will help you. I'm in Shreveport Louisiana. I've been doing DPC since 2018. Before that I was in private practice, insurance based, & physician owned for a total of about 13 years. I spent a couple years in academics, teaching med students and residents. Want to know who you are getting your information from? That would be wise; check my profile on LinkedIn for more info.
"Physician heal thyself." An ancient proverb that Jesus used in Luke 4:23. We know if we are not in a good place mentally, physically, and systemically then we are not well equipped to serve our patients. Tell the truth: Our insurance-based system is lacking. 'Lacking' is me trying to be generous.
Direct Primary Care has saved my career. Saved my sanity. Moral injury to doctors in the US healthcare system is real. I've seen it kill my physician friends. Literally kill them. Dead. Dead at the cemetery now. That much dead. Stop. Stop participating is a system you know is corrupt, evil, profit-driven and not patient-centered. You can stop. DPC is the proven mechanism to stop.
Here's what Direct Primary Care has done for me:
DPC is better for my patients. Better access, service, outcomes, cost, and patient satisfaction. I like that. Now my work is rewarding. I objectively measured outcomes. It's better. That makes me a better doctor.
DPC is truly patient-centered care. My time, talents, and entire practice if focused on the patients.
DPC has eliminated 95% of the stress I felt in practicing medicine. I love being a doctor now. I hope my health stays good because I can do this forever. I hope my career is long because this is fun.
DPC has allowed me to run my own practice for low overhead. It brings freedom, autonomy, and a medical practice that is not that hard to run.
DPC has allowed me to practice medicine of higher quality; with quality being defined by only me, not inappropriately by some 3rd party.
DPC allows the physician to be the decision maker. Every single aspect of how the office runs is decided by me. The office runs how I say it's going to run. No frustrations with some one else making those decisions. And when I get it wrong, I fix it. Now. Easily. No meetings.
DPC allows entrepreneurship, so I'm always learning. It keeps me sharp. If the practice had a challenge there is no one to blame except myself, it's my fault. When the practice is thriving like it is now, that's my fault too.
DPC has allowed me to spend more time with my family. Now my life is more rewarding, not just my work.
This background picture is from my home country, the Cayman Islands. It's 7 Mile Beach close to where I grew up. I was home in July 2025, for the funeral of my step-father, who I was very close to. Life doesn't last forever. Don't waste it. Don't waste one minute of it. Enjoy the journey, let no one steal your joy. Work for yourself, practice medicine on your own terms, do it properly. Direct Primary Care can give you that. Do it!