
Learn why and how to start an insurance-free, hassle-free Direct Specialty Care practice that lets you provide care your way for your patients without middlemen hosted by Dr. Tea Nguyen.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 210 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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What if you shouldn’t listen to me?
In this episode, I’m sharing three reasons why I might not be the right person to guide you into direct care.
I’m not a guru with a perfect success story. I’m still evolving, testing ideas in my... more
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Why do I answer my own phone?
Because I can.
And honestly, that’s one of the things I love about direct care.
I don’t need a big staff, layers of people, or a complicated system between me and my patients to run a successful prac... more
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Before you can build a direct care practice, you have to start thinking like a direct care doctor.
The insurance model has trained us to think that more patients means more money, that we should only offer what insurance covers, an... more
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What if the “safe” path in medicine is actually keeping you from practicing the way you want?
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Dr. Tea’s podcast is a truly motivational as well as insightful resource for those who want to learn about direct care. She really make you feel empowered to want to start my own direct care practice. A lot of what she shared resonates with me because they are what how I have felt for so long too. The fear of taking risks and stepping into unknown and less popular pathway always linger in my head, but my gut and heart always want me to take the chance and be my own boss! Thank you, Dr. Tea for ... more
Dr. Nguyen makes a generous and important contribution to the inevitable and hopeful pendulum swing from near complete control of the “healthcare” industry by increasingly oligopolistic hospital, insurance, and pharmaceutical companies to back to control by patients and their physicians.
Direct care (both primary and specialty) is a huge wave that is getting clearer by the day — don’t miss it!
Tea provides a roadmap for practice startup. I have been investigating this myself for a while, and I find this to be very helpful as it is hard to find useful information of this sort in the foot and ankle specialty. Look forward to the next podcast.😍
Dr. Nguyen presents a thoughtful and thorough explanation of what brought her to a direct pay practice that resonated with me and helped me to better understand the ins and outs of making changes toward more cash pay services. It is entertaining and thought provoking and helped me to see patient care from a different perspective. Thank you, Dr Nguyen!
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A practical, practitioner-centric show focusing on building a Direct Care / Direct Specialty Care practice outside traditional insurance models. Episodes center on pricing, packaging services into memberships, and creating clear offers to attract patients, with a strong emphasis on mindset, scripting, and systematizing marketing and operations. The host frequently promotes a self-paced Launch/Lab program designed to help doctors launch or scale cash-based practices, often through actionable steps, templates, and community support. Notable for its clear stance against insurance middlemen, a high-touch patient experience, and a strategic, value-driven approach to practice ownership that resonates with clinicians exploring autonomy and sustain... more
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