By Maryal Concepcion, MD, FAAFP | Published October 11, 2026 | Updated October 11, 2026 | 18 min read Dr. Nada Farooqui, MD opens RAWQ Medicine, a Direct Primary Care practice in Hillsborough, New Jersey, this fall. Dr. Nada Farooqui, MD trained in family medicine at the height of the pandemic, in an unopposed program where she learned to do nearly everything a family doctor can do. Then she sat in job interviews and listened to someone else describe how narrow her scope woul

By Maryal Concepcion, MD, FAAFP | Updated September 25, 2026 | 8 min read Dr. Shannon Connolly discusses the AAFP Resolution 504 on Medicare Opt-Outs If you are a Direct Primary Care doctor who has ever had to choose between your DPC practice and the hospitalist shifts, SNF rounds or hospice work you love, this one is for you. Right now, Medicare opt-out is all or nothing. Once you opt out for your DPC practice, you cannot bill Medicare anywhere else, outside of emergency and

By Maryal Concepcion, MD, FAAFP | Published September 19, 2026 | Updated September 19, 2026 | 8 min read Dr. Brian Juan of Metronome Family Medicine Dr. Brian Juan toured with rock bands and played dueling piano bars for more than a decade before he became a family doctor. Three months into Metronome Family Medicine, his solo Direct Primary Care practice in Longmont, Colorado, he talks about what it actually took to make the leap. He opened on June 1, 2026. When we first sat

Nate Goodman, CPA of Goodman CPA on the My DPC Story podcast: 10 numbers every DPC owner needs to know. Most Direct Primary Care physicians can tell you their panel size, their EHR, and what went wrong in year one. Far fewer can tell you what they should be paying themselves. That gap is the reason this episode of My DPC Story exists. Nate Goodman, CPA, is the founder of Goodman CPA, an accounting firm that has worked only with Direct Primary Care and Direct Specialty Care pr

How an Eight-Year Rural Family Medicine Direct Primary Care Practice Actually Works - 8 min read Teamwork in action at Sandpoint Premier Direct Primary Care. Dr. Klaucke and her team coordinate patient care together, closing every loop on referrals, follow-ups, and outcomes, the foundation of Direct Primary Care Dr. Jillian Klaucke has been practicing Direct Primary Care for eight years. She is a board-certified family physician and Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicin