Definitive DPC Training
Our 5th “Nuts & Bolts to 2.0” Conference training hundreds of physicians in the Direct Primary Care practice model (doctor’s office).
Build a DPC doctor’s office free of insurance and other third parties challenging your clinical judgment and robbing your time with patients.
Approved for 15.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ by Texas Medical Association (TMA).
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Dates: November 10-12, 2022
Location: Dallas, TX (near DFW airport)
Email: info@dpcconference.com
Accreditation Statement:
The Texas Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement:
The Texas Medical Association designates this (educational format) for a maximum of 15.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Note: Topics and instruction is subject to change by curriculum committee and CME certifying body.
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Doctor Driven, Doctor Approved
Agenda
Thursday
Family Friendly Welcome Event
2nd Floor Ballroom Foyer ~ 5PM to 8PM
Note: Topics and instruction is subject to change by curriculum committee and CME certifying body.
Agenda
Friday
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Genexa
Medicine made Clean
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Welcome
Breakfast 7:00 – 8:00
Introductions & Instructions 8:00 – 8:20 AM
Empowering Physician Leaders
Panel 01 – 8:30 – 10:30 AM
Dr. Katarina Lindley
Dr. Jeffrey Davenport
Dr. Chad Savage
Dr. Josh Umbehr
DPC thriving during the pandemic
Legal Issues & Solutions for DPC
Panel 02 ~ 10:40 – Noon
Dr. Kimberly Legg Corba
Cynthia Stamer, Esq
Helping Hands Award
TBA
Ellen McKnight, MD
Keynote Speaker ~ Noon – 1:30 PM
“The Case for Physician Autonomy”
Dr. Ellen W. McKnight is a rheumatologist in Pensacola, Florida and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Gulf Breeze Hospital and Baptist Hospital. She received her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years.
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Case Study in DPC
Panel 03 ~ 2:00 – 3:15PM
Learn how DPC, free market principles and an innovative health plan design can help save rural healthcare
Carl Scheussler, Jr
TBA
Vincent A. Sica, CEO DeSoto Memorial Hospital
TBA
Dr. Lee Gross
TBA
Specialists & DPC
Panel 04 ~ 3:50 – 4:50 PM
Dr. Cristin Dickerson - Green Imaging
The role of specialists in building an affordable consumer-driven healthcare market
Dr. Michael Koriwchak
History of Healthcare financing – How we got here
Dr. Keith Smith
Keynote Speaker ~ 6:00 – 7:30PM
The Free Market: the Pandemic’s Unsung First Responder
Dr. G. Keith Smith is a board-certified anesthesiologist in private practice since 1990. In 1997, he cofounded the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, an outpatient surgery center in Oklahoma City. SCO is owned by over fifty of the top physicians and surgeons in central Oklahoma. Dr. Smith serves as the medical director, CEO and managing partner while maintaining an active anesthesia practice. He is also cofounder of the Free Market Medical Association.
Note: Topics and instruction is subject to change by curriculum committee and CME certifying body.
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Agenda
Saturday
Office Managers Breakfast
Operations & Insight to Back Office of DPC
TBA
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Breakout Sessions
Tracks for Startup and Advanced DPC
8:00 AM – Noon
Track One – Start Up
Session One
Keen Umbehr
Legal challenges for the startup DPC practice
Discuss contracting, pitfalls and precautions.
Track Two – Established Practices
Session One
Drs. Phil Boucher ~ Brandon Alleman
Assessing Growth and Innovation for established practices
Evaluating growth marketing strategies, pricing & services
Discuss adding new flavors and spice to primary care
Overcoming obstacles to stalled growth
Track One – Startup
Session Two
Dr Adriana Raus ~ Dr. Morgan Coleman
Getting comfortable being uncomfortable in DPC startup
Learn how to find and navigate existing resources to help
Explore embracing the identity of business owner and advocate
Setting practice and business goals
Track Two – Established Practices
Session Two
Dr. Luke Van Kirk ~ Dr. Belen Amat
Managing Expectations and Success in DPC
Managing DPC growing pains
Discuss complex patient navigation in DPC
Discuss defining success
Understand how building better relationships is the foundation of DPC
Track One – Start Up
Session Three
Drs. Kym Moyer, Rebecca Berens, Jade Norris
Setting up your practice, determining services and marketing strategies
Determining pricing and services
Balancing practice and family needs
Leveraging tech to grow your DPC with your ideal patients
Track Two – Established Practices
Session Three
Drs. Molly Rutherford ~ Grace Torres-Hodges
Redefining the scope of primary care – DPC as the specialist
Defining the role of primary care doctor as specialist
Adding ancillary services to your DPC
Reclaiming full-scope primary care through DPC
Case Studies in DPC Startups
Chad Savage ~ Moderator
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
- Discuss pitfalls and problems that physicians encounter.
- Learn practice pearls
- Explore real and perceived obstacles to DPC Startup
Case Studies in DPC Startups
DPC Docs - TBA
Best Practices
DPC Docs - TBA
Best Practices
DPC Docs - TBA
Best Practices
DPC Docs - TBA
Best Practices
DPC Docs - TBA
Best Practices
DPC Docs - TBA
Best Practices
Note: Topics and instruction is subject to change by curriculum committee and CME certifying body.
Procedurals – Add on Sessions
Five Procedural Topics Available ~ Hands on Instruction
Three one hour sessions blocks available
- Session One – 2PM – 3PM
- Session Two – 3:30PM – 4:30 PM
- Session Three 5PM – 6PM
Registered attendees may select up to three sessions as slots remain open (Up to 45 slots per procedural per session)
Dermatology & Derm for Primary Care
David Kent, MD
Skin Care Physicians of Georgia
Gain a competitive advantage in dermatology, learn key features of common skin cancers and performing office based skin procedures including: Painless local anesthesia, skin biopsy techniques, and cryosurgery.
Wound Management Principles
Hal C. Scherz, MD, FACS, FAAP
Managing Partner Georgia Urology; Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery- Emory University; Senior Pediatric Urologist Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
The attendees will learn how to evaluate a patient with an open wound and determine the most appropriate ways to manage them. We will cover basic suturing techniques and review the best choices of suture materials. We will also discuss how to manage wounds that do not require suturing.
Catheters and Common Urological Problems
Ori Hampel, MD
Managing partner and founder, Adult and Pediatric Urology of Houston, LLP
Removal and application of catheters. Managing common urological problems in primary care physicians
Primary care physicians routinely encounter conditions related to the genitourinary system. Urinary retention is an emergency condition that can be alleviated by the primary care physician and prevent costly emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations while relieving patient suffering more expeditiously. We will discuss and teach techniques of bladder catheterization from simple to complicated as well as the management of Foley catheters. We will discuss renal colic and the workup and management of urolithiasis. The management of urinary tract infections is integral to the primary care setting. Time permitting, we can review and discuss other urological topics, including the acute scrotum, hematuria, genitourinary cancer detection, urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, enuresis, etc.
ENT Techniques for DPC
Michael Koriwchak, MD
ENT of Atlanta
Ear Nose and Throat techniques for the DPC physician including common problems (hoarseness, reflux, allergies, sinusitis etc) and exam findings, control of epistaxis and cerumen removal. Endoscopy will be used to demonstrate deeper anatomy.
Frontline Ortho for DPC
Scott Barbour, MD
Barbour Orthopedics
Joint injections for acute conditions and managing temporizing acute orthopedic injuries
TBA
TBA
Specialist
In office technology
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