Are you curious about direct pay medical care and how it could potentially revolutionize your practice and life? Join us this week on the Pod of Inquiry as we explore this topic in-depth with our special guest, Dr. Tea Nguyen! Dr. Tea is a physician who has made direct payment her primary model of care for over the last several years now, and she will be discussing what changes have been seen since then from both patient and provider perspectives. She’ll also provide insight into how to get started if you are considering transitioning your practice to a fully self-pay model.
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Show Notes
Dr. Tea Nguyen 01:27 Shares her path to direct care
Dr. Barrett 04:12 Talks about his migration to direct pay
Dr. Tea Nguyen 06:18 Some bumps in the journey
Dr. Barrett 10:44 An adjustment for the patient
Dr. Tea Nguyen 11:29 No regrets
Dr. Barrett 12:10 Biggest barriers to entry
Dr. Tea Nguyen 12:35 Her biggest barrier
Dr. Barrett 14:05 Not a problem for the dental or veterinary world
Dr. Tea Nguyen 15:06 Direct Pay for Wound Care Patients
Dr. Barrett 18:15 Every Practitioner is Direct Pay during Deductible Season
Dr. Barrett 18:56 The Burdens of EMR, Billing and Collecting
Dr. Tea Nguyen 20:54 Shares some of her greatest frustrations
Dr. Barrett 21:47 What is the real cost of goods?
Dr. Tea Nguyen 24:07 Making everything worse with insurance
Dr. Barrett 24:58 The onerous insurance model
Dr. Tea Nguyen 26:57 The complete disrespect of our education and knowledge
Dr. Barrett 27:25 The healthcare administration is not taking pay cuts
Dr. Tea Nguyen 28:26 Having a better work life balance.
Dr. Barrett 29:48 What about staffing?
Dr. Tea Nguyen 29:59 Outsourcing
Dr. Barrett 31:52 The benefit of Nerve Fellows and real patient connection
Dr. Tea Nguyen 33:55 The insidious drain on a practice from insurance regulatory non sense
Dr. Tea Nguyen 35:21 The DSC Alliance
Dr. Barrett 36:57 New dogs and old dogs
Dr. Tea Nguyen 38:13 Maxed out with loans
Dr. Barrett 40:32 What about Stress?
Dr. Barrett 42:59 How 3rd party insurance actually decreases the quality of care
Dr. Tea Nguyen 45:59 How to contact her
Dr. Tea Nguyen
Pacific Point Podiatry (831) 288-3400
9500 Soquel Dr. Ste A, Aptos CA 95003