Better pricing for Paps!
This post is short and sweet: we just secured much lower pricing for Pap smears! While we still perform the pelvic exam and get the Pap smear sample here in the office (it’s included in your membership!), the outside pathologist's interpretation costs extra. Our Pap...
The Argument for Direct Primary Care: My Rebuttal to a Health Policy Professional
Kaiser Health News, an organization I respect when it comes to reporting and digesting the complicated subject of health policy, published a piece in October of 2017 about the prospects of Direct Primary Care (DPC) in Texas ("Flat-Fee Primary Care Helps Fill Niche For...
The Stomach Flu: A Bullet-Point Rundown
Medical name: gastroenteritis, colitis, or gastritis Major symptoms: fever, vomiting, and frequent, watery (usually nonbloody) diarrhea Caused by: most commonly caused by norovirus in adults and rotavirus in kids under 2; it can also be caused by food poisoning...
January Newsletter
Happy new year! And happy birthday to us! Exactly one year ago we opened our doors as Kansas City Direct Primary Care. I only saw one patient that day, but that one visit was huge: I helped prevent an unnecessary ER visit for a family. Since that small victory a...
‘Tis the season for getting sick!
When we all move indoors -- and the temperature drops outside -- the rate of pesky illness goes way, way up! I’ll talk about colds, flu, and the stomach flu individually over the next few blog posts, but there are a few things to know before we start: Colds,...
Do I Still Value the AAFP? (An Open Letter from One Family Medicine Doctor)
December 28, 2017 To whom it may concern, Please find enclosed the remittance slip for my 2018 AAFP dues. It is after much thought and with great hesitation that I submit my renewal. While I want to stand, with my fellow family physicians, in a united front...