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“Do You Take My Insurance?” How Dr. Donna Mayeda Explains DPC Without Feeling Salesy
Coaching a brand-new DPC micropractice in Hawaii through pricing pushback, ‘concierge’ confusion, and early-growth doubt.
When a patient asks, “Do you take my insurance?” most DPC‑curious docs freeze. In this episode, we coach Dr. Donna Mayeda, founder of Ke Ola Noa DPC in Honolulu, through exactly what to say, without feeling salesy or defensive.
Just five months into her micropractice, Dr. Mayeda is building Direct Primary Care in a state where almost no one’s heard of it. We dig into:
How to explain DPC vs “concierge” in one or two calm sentences
What to say when patients don’t see the…
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