While many physicians are looking to make the leap to a nonclinical career, others want to continue practicing, but do it on their own terms. A popular option for those in the latter group is direct primary care, or DPC. Today, I’m excited to have not one, but two, direct primary care and lifestyle medicine physicians as my guests, Drs. Monica and Prisiliano Salas. They’ll discuss what DPC is, the financial aspects of this practice model, how they incorporated lifestyle medicine into their practice, and steps you can take to pursue DPC for yourself.

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In this episode we’re talking about:

How a direct primary care model operates
What inspired the Salas’ to pursue opening a DPC practice
The nuts and bolts of DPC financials
How the Salas’ created a flexible work schedule to meet their needs
What types of specialties are best suited for DPC
Why lifestyle medicine is easily integrated into the DPC model
How you can get started down the path to practicing DPC medicine

Links for this episode:

Salveo Direct Care - The Salas’ Direct Primary Care Practice

The DPC Podcast - A podcast hosted by Dr. Landon Rousell on everything related to starting and running a direct primary care practice.

Direct Primary Care Summit

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