Direct primary care (DPC) is the practice of delivering high-quality, provider-led care to employees independent of traditional employer-sponsored insurance. When a company offers Direct Primary Care, they pay, or split, the membership fee for the employee as an additional benefit to their healthcare package. Direct Primary Care is a direct relationship between the care provider and the patient, rather than having the insurance company as a middleman.

DPC is a relatively new movement in the healthcare space in response to rising healthcare costs and has become a very popular solution over the past 5-10 years. There are currently tens of thousands of businesses across the country who provide a DPC membership for their employees.

DPC is in fact an additional cost to current health insurance but it’s better to think of it as a redirection of once paid claims.

DPC helps offer a reduction in primary and specialty care claims as employees shift their healthcare consumption behavior. The convenient access combined with relationship-based care also reduces long term care costs as well as urgent care and emergency room visits.

Therefore, DPC practices offer a better long-term healthcare investment with a focus on prevention versus only treating patients after diagnosis.

Employees are not forced to switch their PCPs under the employer shared Direct Primary Care model. Employers can offer DPC as a voluntary benefit that employees can choose to utilize. Direct Primary Care offers a convenient, preventive care solution that removes the common barriers discouraging employees from seeking care. Aside from convenience, the benefits of their voluntary participation in Direct Primary Care are innumerable.

Balanced Healthcare clinics offer members: Personalized, preventive care, Chronic condition management, Treatment of ailments, illness and injury, Referrals to specialists as needed, Unlimited appointment length, Exams, Labs, Testing, No insurance billing, No co-pays, Same day appointments*, No wait times, 24/7 access to care, and more!

No, enroll all your employees, or only the ones who want to participate.

Most health insurance does not include first dollar care, so it often costs hundreds of dollars each time your employees need to see a doctor for annual wellness or illness and injury. With DPC your employees don’t pay anything for primary care and other visits at our office (which are unlimited). This means they will seek care sooner, stay healthier, and miss work less.

Additionally, healthier employees mean lower insurance utilization. With the right insurance plan, you can get a discount on your business health insurance premiums.

There are several options for businesses who want to pair DPC with traditional insurance or a medical cost sharing. At Balanced Healthcare, we can help you navigate this to find cost-saving options specific to your company.

DPC could not be more different from a traditional corporate wellness plan. We understand that healthcare coverage for employees can be complicated, and traditional insurance costs seem to increase yearly while the quality of care declines, leading to unhealthy, unhappy employees.

By offering 24/7 access to primary care providers and offering mostly inclusive healthcare plans, we are cutting down healthcare costs and time spent in a doctor's office and away from work. This helps combat the fact that nearly  90% of insurance claims are from primary care services.