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Misconceptions of Employer Sponsored Direct Primary Care (DPC)

Plum Health

Misconception #2: DPC Mandates a Switch in Primary Care Providers (PCP) Employees aren't required to change their PCP under the employer-sponsored DPC model. If you have a great relationship with your PCP, keep it! Sadly, up to 80% do not. Get started by contacting us today.

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

In fact, many internists serve as primary care providers (PCPs) for adults. They are well-equipped to manage chronic diseases, provide routine screenings, and guide preventive strategies. So if you’re wondering can an internist be a PCP , the answer is a clear yes. It’s about staying ahead of disease.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

And often patients are told there’s no cardiovascular problem, you don’t have heart failure, you’re older, or maybe it’s from another chronic condition or. And, you know, this is back and forth between the PCP and the cardiologist. They see it’s preserved. It’s one of my old, old patients.