DPC Action

02/05/2024

Taking action!

Yikes! Our hotel block is filled!! "Nuts & Bolts" is BACK! The conference ctr has ADDED MORE ROOMS but discounted rate is not guaranteed - first come, first served!

AND here is Version One of the Official Conference Poster. How many can you name? Answer in comments. No peeking.

Register now!!! DPC Nuts & Bolts to 2.0 - League of Extraordinary Physicians

07/20/2023

DPC Action Applauds the Introduction of the Personalized Care Act for Healthcare Transformation!!!

DPC Action proudly announces its wholehearted support for the groundbreaking Personalized Care Act.

This transformative legislation, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), promises to revolutionize the healthcare landscape by reforming Health Saving Accounts (HSAs).

As actively practicing physicians ourselves, the Board of DPC Action firmly believes that the Personalized Care Act represents a significant step forward in empowering patients, liberating employers, and freeing physicians from the constraints of the current healthcare system.

The key highlights of the Personalized Care Act are as follows:

1) Empower Patients: The Act seeks to expand the cap on contributions and broaden the uses of pre-tax HSA healthcare dollars, granting patients the freedom and control to seek out the coverage and high-quality healthcare services that best suit their needs. By placing patients at the forefront of the healthcare system, this legislation ensures that they regain their rightful place as the central focus, rather than being intermediaries in financial transactions between providers and insurers.

2) Liberate Employers: Through equalizing the tax advantages of individually purchased coverage with employer-provided plans, the Personalized Care Act liberates employers from the burden of serving as de facto healthcare providers. This freedom will allow businesses to redirect their focus toward their core operations and foster economic growth.

3) Free Physicians: By clarifying the use of HSAs for direct patient-physician contracts, the Personalized Care Act levels the playing field for physicians who choose to engage in these direct arrangements. This newfound freedom will liberate physicians from the cumbersome obligations of the third-party payer system and empower them to be true advocates for their patients, rather than mere gatekeepers of insurance company interests. As a result, physician satisfaction will improve, stemming the exodus of physicians from healthcare that is threatening our system.
In light of these transformative reforms, DPC Action calls upon all supporters to take action and reach out to their respective Representatives and Senators to urge them to endorse and support the Personalized Care Act.

Dr. Lee Gross, chairman of DPC Action, states, "We firmly believe that the Personalized Care Act has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by placing the power back into the hands of patients, employers, and physicians alike. It is time for a patient-centric approach, and this Act offers the foundation for such a transformation."

09/04/2022

Hey, our friends at Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation are back with the Nuts & Bolts Conference for the Direct Primary Care practice model Doctor’s office.
If your a doctor, if you know a doctor, tell them they should attend the happiest physician conference on earth!

DPC Conference is BACK
VOLUME FIVE of "Nuts & Bolts to 2.0"
Early Bird Tickets on Sale NOW
The Definitive Direct Primary Care (DPC) Conference is back - returning to Dallas, TX this Fall.

From our first DPC conference in 2016, we have trained hundreds of physicians each year - some introduced to the practice model, some to sharpen, improve, and share best practices in the happiest community of doctors on earth.

The practice model did more than survive, it thrived through the pandemic response.

"Pandemic Tested - Patient Approved"
November 10 -12 in Dallas,TX

For Physicians New to DPC - Inspiration, Practical Nuts & Bolts of Startup, Peer Mentoring and the experience of joining the happiest group of physicians in America.

For Physicians in DPC practice - Best Practices, Strategies to Grow, and navigating services that streamline your practice (with peer input).

NEW - Procedurals - Specialists join our program to offer training across a range of procedures including Suturing, Biopsy, Catheter, Joint Injections, & ENT for DPC.

EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS OFFERED THROUGH AUGUST 29!

www.dpcconference.com

11/04/2020

Lil’ ole us?!? What problem could we possibly be?

We would LOVE to run a Facebook ad for Dr. Chad Savage - "The Free Market and Healthcare – the Only Real Solution" tomorrow, Thursday at 1pm ET. However, Facebook has repeatedly denied us the opportunity to run this ad. No matter what verbiage we try to use, we are rejected.

Please share this event, help us fight back, and join us tomorrow at 1pm ET and see what Facebook is afraid of. Register now - and share this! https://bit.ly/BRI_ChadSavage

09/28/2020

“...improve access to direct primary care arrangements that cut out the middleman and cut red tape to enable patients to spend more time with their doctors.”
-Item #2 in White House Press Release

No matter your political philosophy, this action is a herculean victory for Direct Primary Care.

The Executive Branch has committed to supporting and promoting the DPC practice model that will expand access to direct doctor care to millions of Americas.

The leaders of DPC Action and the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation have been RELENTLESS in advocating for freeing physicians and directly caring for patients for the past decade.

In the CENTER of the ACTION DPC Among TOP Priorities of America First Health Care Agenda “President Trump will improve access to direct primary care arrangements that cut out the middleman and cut red tape to enable patients to spend more time with their doctors.” -Item #2 in White House Press R...

08/24/2020

Tonight, the Trump administration released the emergency use authorization of convalescent plasma through the FDA.

This promising therapy has been used in clinical trials, and on a compassionate use basis for the most critically ill patients in the hospital with coronavirus.

This new EUA allows front line treating physicians to use their clinical judgment for when convalescent plasma is appropriate for their patients.

It frees physicians to use their clinical experience and evolving scientific data to make treatment decisions as a right to try for their individual patients. It no longer requires permission on a case by case basis to use this potentially life-saving treatment.

We are thankful to the Trump administration for advancing this critical treatment and relying on the judgement of physicians.

Please donate plasma and help save a life.

08/08/2020

Final Hours to Speak out for DPC!
After the President's Administration endorsed DPC via Executive Order, the Treasury developed a rule that risks the future freedoms of Direct Primary Care.
Read about the rule through and comment to the IRS in the Federal register - we need an avalanche of voices NOW!
https://dpcaction.com/irs/

07/23/2020

Victory NEEDS Vigilance! We need you - Doctors and Patients to take action!
The IRS has placed a proposed rule in the Federal Register for PUBLIC COMMENT (

Proposed IRS Rule – Free Your Health Saving Account (HSA) for Direct Primary Care But there is a catch… Harking back to our earlier victory for DPC in Executive Order 13877 when the President ordered the IRS to:“propose regulations to treat expenses related to certain types of arrangements, po...

03/21/2020

TROJAN HORSE slipped into 3rd Bill. Retweet & Contact ur Senator -
Get bill S.2999 OUT and put
bill S.3112 IN
Buried on page 171 of 247 pages of the 3rd Coronavirus bill is Sec. 4403 - Delete it all!
Read the analysis of original bill we defeated last year that they slipped back in -
https://dpcaction.com/take-action-dpc-action-statement-opposing-hr-3708

Contact your senator - Email, Tweet, Call!!!
https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Sen. Marsha Blackburn Senator Mitch McConnell Bill Cassidy Ted Cruz John Barrasso

03/20/2020

BREAKING - TROJAN HORSE in CoronaVirus Bill

“Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste”
A bill intended to relieve the suffering and dying of Americans should not become a vehicle to pass unpopular legislation.

This is exactly what is happening in the massive bill currently rushing through the Senate intended to provide emergency assistance to those affected by the Coronavirus.

Buried on page 171 of 247 of the 3rd Coronavirus bill is Sec. 4403.

This section, of a bill intended to assist those suffering from Coronavirus, incorporates the unrelated S. 2999 “The Primary Care Enhancement Act” . S. 2999 is a bill which had little chance of passage on its own as it set dangerous new precedents and confounded the very Direct Primary Care (DPC) doctors it claimed to help. Its incorporation in his broader bill is inappropriate.

Please join me by URGENTLY contacting your Senators and ask that they remove this harmful language. Insist that during this time of National Emergency they throw away politics as usual and instead pass a clean bill.

Find your Senator’s number using the following link and ask them to remove Sec. 4403 -

https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state&Sort=ASC

Thanks for your help in this and your support of DPC Action!

- President Chad Savage, MD
on behalf of the DPC Action Board