S1 Ep193: What’s holding direct primary care back, with Kenneth Qiu, M.D.

Off the Chart: A Business of Medicine Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 32m · transcript

Direct primary care physicians charge an average of about $98 a month for a membership, and those who consider their practices full care for roughly 400 to 700 patients, according to a national survey led by Kenneth Qiu, M.D. Qiu says most of the practices that responded have a single physician, and a third of those have no staff at all.

Medical Economics Senior Editor Richard Payerchin sat down with Qiu, a family physician who founded EuDoc in the Richmond, Virginia, area straight out of residency and led the Direct Primary Care Alliance’s “State of Direct Primary Care” report.

Qiu says the…