Direct Primary Care
What is Direct Primary Care?
Direct Primary Care (DPC) is a modern, patient-centered approach to healthcare. Instead of relying on insurance, you pay a simple monthly or annual membership fee that gives you unlimited access to your doctor.
Your membership includes office visits, consultations, exams, care coordination, and many routine labs—without surprise bills or hidden costs.
Unlike traditional practices, DPC physicians care for fewer patients. This means you get more time during visits, easier communication by phone, text, or email, and a trusted relationship built around your health.
At Direct Health DPC, we believe healthcare should be personal, accessible, and affordable. By removing the barriers of traditional medicine and focusing on fewer patients, we ensure you receive:
- Immediate, comprehensive, and tailored care
- Direct access to your doctor when you need it
- A compassionate partnership focused on your well-being
What Direct Primary Care Does Not Replace
Direct Primary Care (DPC) is designed to give you accessible, personalized primary care. It does not replace health insurance or coverage for major medical expenses.
Your DPC membership does not include coverage for:
- Hospitalizations and inpatient care
- Emergency room and emergency services
- Specialist consultations and specialty care
- Advanced imaging, surgeries, and procedures
- Other high-cost or complex medical care
DPC and Insurance: A Complete Healthcare Strategy
DPC works well alongside a health plan that protects you against unexpected, high-cost medical expenses.
Common pairings include:
- High-deductible health plans (HDHPs)
- Employer-sponsored or self-funded health plans
- Catastrophic health coverage
- Health care sharing programs, such as Zion, Sedera, or Medi-Share
Together, this gives you personalized, everyday access to your primary care team through DPC, along with financial protection for major medical needs through your health plan.
Why This Model Works
Traditional primary care often requires physicians to spend significant time on insurance billing and administrative requirements. DPC takes a different approach.
By removing insurance billing from routine primary care, Direct Health Primary Care can spend more time with patients and less time on paperwork.
With easier access to your primary care team, that added time supports earlier identification of health concerns, more consistent preventive care, and fewer unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits.
HAVE QUESTIONS? BOOK A FREE MEET-N-GREET
Whether you’re ready to get started, or still have some questions — book a free consult call with Dr. Mittal J. Patel, MD. We will tell you more about our practice model, how it got started, and what you can expect from becoming a member.
High-quality care. No hassles. Just healthcare designed for you.
TRADITIONAL VS DIRECT CARE MODEL