FREE DPC STARTER KIT
The Roadmap to Freedom
A step-by-step guide to launching a direct primary care practice that runs on systems, not on you.
✓ 14 step in 5 stages
✓ Checklists for every step
✓ Sources verified Nov 2026
What’s inside
Work through it in order. Each stage uses what the one before it produced. Every step asks one question: could someone else run this?
Groundwork
STEPS 1-5
Know your exit, your rules, your practice and your market before you spend a dollar.
Number and entity
STEPS 6-7
Set your budget and price, then form the business that collects it.
STEPS 8-10
Place and paperwork
Find the smallest space that works, then register and insure it.
Agreement and launch
STEPS 11-13
Write your membership agreement, build your operations and go public.
Ownership
STEP 14
Plan your first hire and your first day off before you need them.
Start here: your first five moves this week
Write your why, and describe the week you want once the practice is running
Pull your employment contract and find the noncompete and malpractice sections
Call or email your licensing board and ask what it requires to open a practice
Look up your state's DPC statute
Set up a folder for each of the 14 steps
WHERE PEOPLE GET STUCK
Pricing the space and the supplies separately
I started in an 8×8 exam room inside a jiu-jitsu gym. We now have a 3,000 sq ft facility and a separate office. We did it low and slow, and it worked. You don't need more than a small room to begin.
Who it’s for
Physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants who are ready to own a practice, and are stuck on the business side, not the medicine.
From Dr. G
I'm Dr. Golfran A. Rivera, DMS, PA-C, founder and clinical director of TrueCare DPC in Fayetteville, NC. Today I hold clinic hours Tuesday through Thursday and keep Mondays and Fridays for the business and my family. That only works because someone else can run the practice when I'm not in the room. This guide is the path I wish I'd had.
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This guide is educational. It isn't legal, tax or medical advice. Rules vary by state, so confirm each step with your board, your attorney or your accountant.