The Five Criteria You Must Meet to Start a Successful Direct Primary Care Practice
In order to build a successful direct primary care practice, you must meet the following 5 criteria:
Solves a customer pain or addresses a need
You have to ask yourself if you’re creating something valuable for your community
Provides a new service or reaches a new market
Are you bringing something to your community that hasn’t existed before? Are you reaching an until-now underserved segment of the population? If yes to either (or both) of these questions, you’re off to a good start
Builds on an existing competitive advantage
Are you a kind, caring, responsive, personable, and trustworthy doctor? If so, you’re going to do very well in the Direct Primary Care model.
Fits you!
Are you passionate about this work? Can you work every day on this challenge of starting a direct primary care practice with enthusiasm and gusto? If so, you’ll be miles ahead of your competition.
Has potential to be profitable
Have you considered the price points at which you’ll be profitable with 300 patients, 400 patients, or 500 patients? Have you crafted your business plan to help you succeed in this model? If so, you will be a great success in the DPC model.
These are crucial points for the direct primary care doctor who is starting a DPC practice.
HOW CAN I LEARN MORE ABOUT STARTING A DIRECT PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE?
If you enjoyed reading this blog post and if you want to learn more about starting and growing your direct primary care practice, look no further than our book and our courses on how to start and grow your direct primary care practice. We at Startup DPC have begun compiling some of the best content available on this blog, in our book, and in our courses.
The best place to start is to take our Direct Primary Care Business Plan course, available here. From there, you can learn how to attract new patients to your direct primary care practice and how to find the perfect location or build out the practice of your dreams.
Thanks for reading and watching, and best of luck in your direct primary care journey!
-Dr. Paul Thomas with Startup DPC