Ep 74: Employer Sponsored DPC with Dr. Suzanne Morgan

Voices of Women Physicians

Dr. Suzanne Morgan is a board-certified family medicine physician who earned her doctorate of osteopathic medicine in 2004 at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Feeling burned out after 11 years in fee-for-service practice, she sought out opportunities that would allow her to care for patients and practice medicine in a way that maximized patient success and wellness while providing a better work-life balance for her. In 2018, she moved to an employer sponsored direct primary care model that allowed her to care for patients and pursue leadership within that organization. In January 2022, she moved to PeopleOne Health as Chief Medical Officer, continuing to practice family medicine. A primary motivation for her to continue in leadership is the ability to educate and offer the opportunity of employer-sponsored direct primary care to colleagues in primary care.
Some of the topics we discussed were:

• What direct primary care is and how it can be employer sponsored
• How much time Dr. Morgan usually has for appointments and how many patients she sees per day
• How quickly patients can get an appointment
• Providing labs, medications, and imaging studies
• How the employer covers the cost so that the patient doesn’t pay out of pocket
• What happens with coverage if the patient needs to be admitted to the hospital
• What steps to take to find such a group
• If something similar exists for pediatrics
• Any downsides to this model
• Lessons she learned along the way
• If you can do telemedicine visits
• How specialty care works with the model
• If there is a difference in charting and notes

And more!
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