With expected steep cuts to Medicaid, there’s a growing movement in Maine of primary care providers skipping insurance ...

By Rose Lundy of the July 3, 2025 After about 15 years in different health care settings, Brad Tuttle and his wife, Alley ...

With expected cuts to programs like Medicaid, a new clinic in Bangor is aiming to bring more affordable and accessible healthcare to the area.

With expected steep cuts to Medicaid, there’s a growing movement in Maine of primary care providers skipping insurance ...

Direct primary care (DPC) clinics provide basic health care services for a direct monthly fee, allowing patients to receive care without relying on standard health insurance or paying per visit ...

A health care clinic with a unique membership model recently opened its doors in Helena. Ridgeline Family Health, which is one of eight "direct primary care" clinics in Montana, opened Dec. 14.

Northern Light Inland Hospital is set to close in June, but the clinic and primary care practices in Madison and Unity will continue under new providers.

No single healthcare delivery model works for everyone, but increasing access to primary care is critical to improving population health and reducing costs.

To prepare for a direct primary care career while in medical school, look for opportunities to shadow DPC doctors, and seek out faculty members who are involved in direct primary care.

Dr. Chris Newland and his wife Wendy opened Dragonfly Direct Primary Care in north Loveland earlier this year, celebrating with an official ribbon cutting earlier this week.

Doctors, patients finding relief by switching to direct primary care physicians Though providers and patients in direct primary care prefer the model, it does not replace all medical services.