Terri Durheim and her family now have health insurance, courtesy of Obamacare. But what they don’t have are local doctors and hospitals who will take it.
Category Archives: Announcements
March 20, 2014
March 19, 2014
Oklahoma, Meet Your New Direct Care Practitioner, Dr. Davenport.
Great news! Edmond, Oklahoma will have local access to direct care on April 1. That’ll be the day Doctor Jeffrey Davenport, M.D. opens his new practice, One Focus Medical. He is offering Atlas MD-style of primary care: membership-based, insurance-free, and destined to save patients money.
March 19, 2014
ICD-10 Billing Codes Cover Everything That Happens On And Off The Silver Screen
You know this guy, right? Rapper-turned-actor Will Smith is also the only person who’s tried to kill himself with a jellyfish.
You’ve heard the stories about ICD-10 billing codes covering everything under the sun — suicide via jellyfish included. Well, in case you’re wondering where the idea came to kill yourself with a tentacular sea creature, look no further, we found the inspiration — Hollywood.
March 17, 2014
Atlas MD Is Neck In Neck For CMT’s Most Influential Brand In Cash-Only Medicine
Do you believe in the power of Atlas MD-style direct care to address our ailing healthcare system? Affordable subscriptions, unlimited visits, 24/7 doctor access, wholesale prescriptions — some as low as pennies per pill — and discounted labs, and the reality of switching to a wrap-around insurance plan… Then take the CMT survey here.
March 17, 2014
It’s Hard To Get Burnt Out On Medicine When A Patient Brings You These
Mmmm, they’re even St. Patty’s Day-themed. See, this is what happens when you cut the red tape — happy patients, happy doctors, and donuts.
March 13, 2014
Healthcare Startups Can Save Lives, Rake in Money, And Introduce Competition.
Ron Gutman is on a mission to bring back the village doctor. But he’s going about it in a different way than we are. He runs a three-year-old startup called HealthTap. They offer an online service that replicates a house call. With his app, you can instantly connect with physicians via the net and ask them personal medical questions.
March 10, 2014
Oregon’s ACA Healthcare Website Failed, Too. But The Reason Why Could Spell Direct Primary Care Success.
The state of Oregon has paid software giant Oracle over $100 million to build a healthcare exchange site. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work. And now it appears that Oregon is stuck with Oracle because they can’t hire another firm to finish the job. This is case and point of an old-school IT provider lagging behind the current trends in building massive web operations i.e. the open source approach used on mega-scale websites like Google and Facebook.
March 10, 2014
Vote For Atlas MD As The Most Influential Cash-Only Clinic
Concierge Medicine Today is asking their readers ‘What are the most influential “brand names” and “people” in the concierge medicine and direct healthcare marketplace? We earned their nod amongst an impressive list of insurance-free clinics/physicians. Results will be revealed mid-March, so if you have time, vote for us! Atlas MD is primary care fit for a CEO — free procedures, unlimited office and tech visits, discounted labs and prescriptions — at a price fit for all of us. Thanks for your support!
March 8, 2014
Cut The Red Tape: Dr. Ciampi — Portland, Maine
In South Portland, Maine, Dr. Michael Ciampi took a step last spring that Bangor Daily News said some physicians would describe as radical (not us, though). He reclaimed his practice from the Mercy health system because he found that patient care was too impersonal. Then he stopped accepting insurance and Medicaid so that he could work more directly with his patients. Earlier in 2013, Ciampi sent a letter to his patients informing them that he would no longer accept any kind of health coverage, both private and government-sponsored. Given that he was now asking patients to pay for his services out of pocket, he posted his prices on the practice’s website.
March 7, 2014
Direct Care Is So Good You Will Cry. Stream ATLAS MD PODCAST #15…
Thank you for Tweeting us your direct care questions. We went through and answered them one by one in our newest podcast. Someone asked about how many patients we’re seeing. Great question! We’re proud to say that we’re seeing about 1,500 patients in total now, and that Dr. Palomino is seeing ~415 patients after entering Atlas MD last May.