Why

July 20, 2014 by Paul Williams 1 Comment

Patients and staff alike are asking “why”, “are you going through a mid life crisis?”, “why can’t you work in the system?”, “What are we going to do now?” The why is complicated for me to explain. I will try not lapsing into using medical language, acronyms, abbreviations. In general I can’t work in a ... Continue Reading

Dr. Paul Williams, MD is a small-town family practice doctor working in Centralia, Washington. He works from the same office where his primary care practice was established by his father over 38 years ago. He believes strongly that the art of the old-fashioned primary care doctor is an important feature of our medical system that should be preserved and protected from excess interference from insurance companies and government regulation alike.

Due to changes in the health care industry and regulations affecting it, and in an effort to preserve the art of old-fashioned primary care, Dr. Paul has shifted his practice to a Direct Care model, meaning that patients pay an affordable monthly fee to purchase primary care health care services directly, rather than having their services billed through an insurance company.

This blog is intended to help Dr. Paul's patients (and anyone else!) understand the changes the medical industry is going through, and to provide information about the Direct Care model of primary care.