Small Businesses and DPC: A Match Made in Heaven
Direct Primary Care (DPC) is gaining a lot of traction among employers and small business owners as a way of reducing benefits costs while remaining competitive in the labor market.
By partnering with a local direct primary care clinic, businesses can offer their employees and their families access to high quality, personalized primary care services for a fixed monthly fee.
While not a replacement for traditional health insurance, DPCs can handle 90% or more of employees’ medical needs, including:
-physical exams
-chronic disease management
-acute care for illnesses and injuries
-after-hours advice and access
-steeply discounted labs and imaging
-access to low cost prescription medications
Let’s face it, due to the increasingly high costs, most small business owners simply cannot afford to offer their employees traditional health insurance. The few who can afford it often discover the “budget” plans to be so lousy that they become practically useless. For businesses who still desire to offer quality medical care to their employees, DPC is a very attractive option for providing necessary services without destroying the bottom line.
DPC memberships reduce health-related absences and increase productivity among employees by streamlining their access to care and preventive services. DPC physicians serve significantly fewer patients than the average fee-for-service doctor. This allows them to:
-spend far more time with each patient
-get to know their patients and what works for them
-provide higher quality care
-offer much shorter wait times
-enable patients to reach and maintain their optimal health goals
Instead of patching up chronic problems with short-term band-aids, DPC promotes a proactive approach to healthcare, focusing more on preventive medicine, lifestyle, and early intervention. This holistic approach leads to better health outcomes and helps businesses avoid more costly medical procedures and treatments down the line. By fostering strong patient-physician relationships, DPC encourages real continuity of care. This results in superior management of chronic conditions and overall improvement in physical and mental health.
By providing comprehensive primary care services with minimal out-of-pocket costs for employees, small businesses can enhance their overall employee satisfaction and morale.
Direct primary care has the potential to revolutionize healthcare in the workplace by prioritizing employees’ health and well-being while minimizing healthcare costs.
If you are a business owner interested in offering DPC services to your employees, click here to contact Momentum Direct Primary Care to get all of your questions answered.
