18 Years in the Insurance System, Then She Built Something Better: Dr. Samantha Mekrut on DPC and Women’s Midlife Health, EP 250
About this episode
Tracy Cherpeski interviews Dr. Samantha Mekrut about the differences between direct primary care and concierge medicine, focusing on affordable healthcare models and women's midlife health.
In this episode, Tracy sits down with Dr. Mekrut to unpack the real difference between direct primary care and concierge medicine, what it actually takes to make an affordable membership model work, and why eliminating insurance billing overhead is the key that makes it possible.
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