Employers

Why DPC Works for Small Businesses?

Insurance costs are rising. This is especially true for small businesses who can't compete for the best rates or options when it comes to providing benefits. You are small change to the big insurance corporations. This can make it hard for you to retain employees. The DPC model works for small business because it is designed as a small business too. That means the corporate overhead of insurance companies, hospital corporations, and layers upon layers of administration in just the billing and payment process are taken out of the equation. It works as a simple membership-based program. There is an affordable monthly membership fee for each person. This membership fee covers most of the members primary medical care needs, and the doctor is available for same or next day appointments in the office and by phone, text, or email 24/7. Basic labs are available at a wholesale rate that we do not mark up and in-house prescriptions are also available at our discounted cost. By giving your employees access to a doctor 24/7 without any obstacles of co-pays or hidden fees when the go to the doctor it is easier for them to receive preventive and sick care they will use, meaning that they are less likely to get sick or will be sick for a shorter duration. This results in less employee absences and less sick days. Studies of DPC patients show they "have 59 percent fewer ER visits, spend 30 percent fewer days admitted to the hospital and are referred to specialist's 62 percent less often¹."We recommend patience have a high deductible / catastrophic insurance plan in addition to being a DPC member, for those times they may need to go to the emergency room or be hospitalized, but by getting good basic primary care, instances of this can be dramatically reduced. Check out this article about how a small business used Direct Primary Care with a few other creative solutions to put together a great benefits package for its employees that was also affordable.