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Fixing Medicine with Direct Primary Care with Dr. Jason Pfaffly – Epi-2997

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Jason Pfaffly, MD is a Family Medicine doctor who operates a new kind of primary care clinic in Ocala, Florida, Agora Health – Direct Primary Care. After practicing strategic relocation from Colorado to Florida, Dr. Pfaffly founded, Agora Health – DPC which operates under a model that is taking hold across the country, known as Direct Primary Care and is highly relevant to liberty and independence minded people.

Dr. Pfaffly is Family Medicine trained with a focus on rural medicine, which has provided very broad spectrum training from delivering babies to managing ICU patients on vents. After a career in corporate medicine which took him from covering rural clinics and ERs to practicing inpatient medicine as a hospitalist, Dr. Pfaffly has left the corporate world in order to directly contribute to fixing our broken health care system. Prior to going into medicine, Dr. Pfaffly had a career as a mechanical engineer, following graduation from the US Air Force Academy.

Dr. Pfaffly recently founded Agora Health DPC and is on a mission to redefine high quality medical care, outside of the government and insurance based system. Agora Health operates on the “Direct Primary Care” model, which is essentially a monthly membership model, in which we practice full spectrum medicine and can provide ~85% of a patient’s medical needs for between $25-$70 a month depending upon age.

The model allows Jason to have a very small patient panel and spend plenty of time with patients truly addressing their problems. They have access to the doc 24/7. This is NOT Concierge medicine. It is sometimes referred to as “Concierge for everyone.” If used in conjunction with catastrophic insurance, health share plans or fixed indemnity plans, this will absolutely save everyday people money while providing a dramatically improved experience with the medical system.

Dr. Pfaffly joins us to discuss Direct Primary Care and how this is absolutely an important thing for liberty and independence minded people to tune into.

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Fixing Medicine with Direct Primary Care with Dr. Jason Pfaffly – Epi-2997 — 6 Comments

  1. Jack, the “Join Us Today as we Discuss…” is not from this episode. Im assuming that it came from a previous one used as a template. FYI.

    • Martin,

      I am sorry it took me so long to respond to this question. I did not see this question until now.

      Questions to ask a DPC clinic and doc are very much individualized but make sure:

      1) You know the cost and the term of the agreement, ie when can you cancel. Is there a sign up fee? How frequently are you billed – Monthly, annually?
      2) Review their services and make sure you are getting what you think you are. In house labs? In house procedures? All DPC clinics are different and you need to choose the one that works for you.
      3) Make sure their approach to medicine and communication style works for you. A big part of the benefit of DPC is the relationship between patient and doc. So you will want to make sure the doc and their staff are people you can work with!
      4) Ask about employer discounts per below

      I hope this helps. Any other questions let me know.

      Jason Pfaffly, MD
      Agora Health – Direct Primary Care
      352-644-9030
      http://www.agorahealthdpc.com

  3. Is there a mechanism for a mid-size corporation to offer Direct Primary Care membership and catastrophic healthcare insurance to an employee base?

    Is there documentation or other references that an employee could leverage to inform an HR department of this offering for a corporate environment.

    • Nick,

      I am sorry I did not respond to this message until now. Just saw this question. Every DPC clinic will have different policies but pretty much all of them will offer a program for employers to offer DPC as an employment benefit. Many DPC providers will offer discounts for employers that bring a certain number of employees. The best approach is for an employer to shop around with the DPC clinics in your area. Ask about price, employer discount and overall policies and philosophies. The agreement will be directly between the employer and the DPC clinic with a separate contract.

      With respect to catastrophic coverage, this is not my world as I am a DPC doc but an employer can sign up with a company to offer fixed indemnity coverage which comes in many different flavors and essentially acts as catastrophic coverage. This is very much a buyer beware situation but there are good products out there that work for various situations.

      Best of luck!

      Jason Pfaffly, MD
      Agora Health – Direct Primary Care
      352-644-9030

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