WHAT IS DIRECT PRIMARY CARE
DPC at Mosaic Medicine
Direct Primary Care (DPC) is an innovative alternative payment model that improves access to high functioning healthcare with a simple, flat, affordable membership fee. No fee-for-service payments. No third party billing. The defining element of DPC is an enduring and trusting relationship between a patient and their primary care provider. Our patients have extraordinary access to a provider of their choice; this is normally for less than a monthly cell phone bill, and physicians are accountable, first and foremost, to their patients.
When you visit a family medical clinic, mental healthcare clinic, or another provider, you are probably required to interact with many people before actually seeing your provider. Besides taking more time, it also makes everything more expensive for both you and the provider. In addition, many people work together to handle insurance claims and billing, and the need to fill these positions raises the costs of services.
Direct primary care cuts out this middle-man aspect by operating on a direct payment service. Specifically, clients pay their provider a flat rate every month, not unlike a subscription. In return, members get access to a wide range of services whenever they need them.
On average, Direct Primary Care costs are lower than traditional healthcare services. The result is members feeling significantly comfortable visiting their provider and receiving services instead of putting them off because they are cost-prohibitive.