Start with search, not a phone tree
- Open thedirectcarelist.com
- Search with AI-powered search — practice name, physician, city, specialty, symptom, or procedure (for example
DPC family medicine Texas or spine surgeon near Atlanta, GA)
- Use Verified if you want practices with map icons and trust badges
- Open the listing: check membership or cash labels, Google ratings when available, and the practice website
What “good” looks like
- Clear pricing or membership terms on the practice site
- A real street location — or a telemedicine policy you understand
- A care model that matches what you need: DPC, DSC, episode, cash-pay, hybrid, or concierge
- Answers to after-hours access, panel size, and what happens for labs/imaging
How to evaluate before you enroll
- Call or message and ask for current fees in writing
- Confirm whether insurance is billed for any part of care
- Ask about new-patient wait times and visit length
- For specialty / procedure care, ask whether the price is a visit fee, a membership, or an episode package
List your practice (clinicians)
Clinicians can add a practice. Unclaimed curated rows appear on the map as dots; claimed or Verified listings show your practice icon and a richer profile page (HTML + Markdown) that patients and AI tools can cite.
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