Traditional Medicine Sucks. - Looking for Physician partner in Ski Town, DPC model

[skis_the_trees]

Posting for a friend - please DON'T PM me but instead use the contact info below:

Hello TGR community - Reaching out to you because I bet there are a few of you on this forum who sometimes (or most of the time) feel like being a physician sucks. Or does it? I did not go into medicine because:
a. I love paperwork
b. Insurance companies are the best boss ever

I went into medicine for quite the opposite reasons. Reaching a point of frustration as an employed physician, I left my traditional practice and started a practice in Direct Primary Care (DPC). And, I need a partner to join me in the revolution. I figured TGR readers may be, or may know, someone who has interest in another option for practice in primary care (specifically DPC). This was the best career move I have ever made, and it has renewed my love of the work.

Your future office is located in Sandpoint, ID (Schweitzer mountain, Selkirk backcountry, Lake Pend Oreille) and we provide full spectrum family medicine (no OB or hospital). My current partner is retiring. We are cash-flowing and we make similar wages to our local colleagues. But, we have work life balance, can spend time with patients, and aren't the insurance companies b#*tch. Any FM, IM-Peds, or IM docs interested? Ultimately, the ideal partner would be kind, hard working, honest, and passionate about providing the utmost in patient care (without the shackles of modern medicine). Here are the details about the model:

www.sandpointdpc.com

Please email me with any questions. drjillian@sandpointdpc.com
And thanks for reading

[Buster Highmen]

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[romeo tango]

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the current ski/snowboard forum is sporting threads about:

neil diamond
shitting your pants
caroline gleich

but this thread crosses the boundary of relevant content?
ok, got it!

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[XXX-er]

gear swap ?

[m2711c]

"Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind."
D. MacArthur


good luck on the partner search.

[mcski]

Post pics of her non-traditional tits

[hopelesslyadolescent]

Wish you were available in my rural area. I like your model. Hope you find someone who fits perfectly.

[::: :::]

Sounds like a more human way to deliver family medicine…good luck

[SkiLyft]

Hell yeah — escape the payer hamster wheel!!


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[XXX-er]

locally there does not seem to be a problem finding MD's due to the amenities like the skihill, xc area, mtn bike area, airport, river & 3 lakes, vibrant arts & music community, 2 craft brews

we could do with some more restaurants Thai or something south azn would be great

[Harry]

Sounds like a more human way to deliver family medicine…good luck

This.

Good luck to OP. Thanks for trying something different to improve our society.


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[old goat]

Sounds like a good deal for the docs. For patients it's an extra cost in addition to insurance for specialists, hospital care. This is not capitated care where the primary care provider pays for those.

[::: :::]

Yes, on top of reg insurance
$1k/yr for an adult to have a dedicated MD who personally gives a crap about them
As opposed to one that doesn’t touch them or look at them as they type notes into the Epic station
& then adds service codes if the conversation strays beyond the bounds of the original office visit

American medical care really could improve by not relentlessly splitting up provider roles & specialties further & further, continuing to add layers of cost & providing worse personal care

[old goat]

Except that most people, when they have a serious problem, want the best subspecialist, not the most caring generalist. We need both.

A handful of docs doing boutique family practice for a few wealthy people will not solve American medicine. Single payer and getting rid of fee for service might help.

[MakersTeleMark]

I know a few docs who would be down, but not stupid enough to move to Idaho. And yes, I know the Sandpoint area very well.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Except that most people, when they have a serious problem, want the best subspecialist, not the most caring generalist. We need both.

A handful of docs doing boutique family practice for a few wealthy people will not solve American medicine. Single payer and getting rid of fee for service might help.

IDK, $1,000/yr isn't that crazy. Far less than a car payment.

[stuckathuntermtn]

I know a few docs who would be down, but not stupid enough to move to Idaho. And yes, I know the Sandpoint area very well.

Aren't doctors fleeing Idaho now because of things like their draconian abortion laws? I think I heard the one OB clinic in Sandpoint had to close recently and the nearest is all the way down in CDA. Best of luck to the doctors of Idaho.

[Conundrum]

Yeah. 25%+ OBs have left Idaho since the law took effect. Three practices closed for sure, maybe others. Bonner is the one you're thinking of. A friend of mine was a white internist at Kootenai Regional who adopted a couple of black kids. They moved to Bainbridge because they could make more money and their kids don't get their asses kicked at school any more. Recruitment of docs is way down too. Used to be easy with all the recreation and cheap housing. That was nice.

[Conundrum]

Not to say that if a doc wanted to make a go of joining a DPC practice, Sandpoint would be a bad place to do it. Just no fire sales on houses and longer lift lines. Plenty of retired transplants with money looking for care to fund the business.

[old goat]

IDK, $1,000/yr isn't that crazy. Far less than a car payment.

If you need to see a primary care doc to the tune of $1000/year there is a very good chance that you will need tests, xrays, specialists and hospitalization that will require additional insurance, and that additonal insurance will include primary care visits, so you are paying an extra 1000/yr for what is being advertised as personalized care, whatever that is. If the practice actually delivers that it may be worth it to you but for most people that is an extra expense that is not easy to shoulder. So like I said, a few wealthy people.

[Huskier]

So, uh. Never thought I'd be hustling on TGR, but here we are. Email sent, pretty interested

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[old goat]

So, uh. Never thought I'd be hustling on TGR, but here we are. Email sent, pretty interested

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Yeah, it sounds like a good deal for docs. Not such a good deal for patients except those with a grand to burn.

[Conundrum]

Selling convenience to affluence isn't novel. And it's not a bad spot in the world.

[old goat]

Sure--let all the primary care docs have boutique subscription practices for the affluent and let the hoi polloi go to the ER when they get sick.

[skaredshtles]

Sure--let all the primary care docs have boutique subscription practices for the affluent and let the hoi polloi go to the ER when they get sick.

I mean... that's not *that* much different than how things currently are with American health"care."