Six Years in Direct Primary Care: Hiring an RN, Fighting Misinformation, and DPC Finances
My DPC Story · with Lauren Hughes, MD · October 4, 2026
In short
Dr Mutch said in the episode that an RN could do a triage visit and report back, and could do hospital rounds for patients. She said the physicians usually stacked somewhere in a range of 150 to 200 patients each. Dr Mundkur said she started her pricing at $35 a month to get people in. Dr Hughes said she had not taken new patients since 2022 or 2023 besides siblings.
Key points
- Dr Mutch said the RN could do a triage visit and report back, and could do hospital rounds for patients.
- Dr Mutch said the physicians were usually stacking somewhere in a range of 150 to 200 patients each.
Dr Mundkur said she started at $35 a month to get people in.
I started like $35 a month, ridiculously low just to at least get people in
— Deepti Mundkur, MD, guest on My DPC Story, October 4, 2026. Listen at 51:52 Dr Hughes said she had not taken new patients since 2022 or 2023 besides siblings.
I haven't taken new patients in since- 2022 or 2023 besides siblings.
— Lauren Hughes, MD, guest on My DPC Story, October 4, 2026. Listen at 18:11
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The guest's practice
Bloom Pediatrics and Lactation, Kansas City, KS · Lauren Hughes