THE CALIFORNIA DPC DOCS SUMMIT

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🗓️ Day 1 – Saturday, June 7 9am-4pm:

Getting Rooted

Welcome!
You Belong Here: Starting Where You Are

• Setting the tone: THIS is the year of your DPC dreams become reality.
   

Why California Needs DPC

• Real talk on the HMO practice climate in CA

• Why there aren't more DPCs in California—and why you can change that
   

The State of the Movement: National & California Advocacy for DPC

• National DPC trends

• Knox-Keene explained

• Legal & political landscape (Medicare opt-in/out, HIPAA, HSA nuances)
  Takeaway: Know what’s happening + how to get involved locally
   

Coffee + Connect: Guided Networking

• Speed-round intros, breakout into shared interest pods
  (Planning to open within 1 year, Already open, Specialty DPCs, Residents/Fellows)
   

Lunch + Learn: Mentorship Circles

• Casual small-group mentoring with experienced DPC docs and networking with our Sponsors
   

Operations Panel: No One Way to DPC

• Solo, small group, specialty (e.g., GYN, geriatrics)

• Panelists share structure, struggles, and wins
   

Breakout Labs: Build YOUR Model
Choose a breakout room: (example of topics)

• Lifestyle Medicine in DPC

• House Calls & Micropractices

• OB/Newborn in DPC

• Just Getting Started (Planning Pod)
   

The DPC Mindset: What It Actually Takes

• Getting over fear, perfectionism, and analysis paralysis

• Embracing failure, iteration, and individuality

• DPC is not plug-and-play—and that’s its power.
   

From Dream to Door: The California Checklist

• Step-by-step: Business structure, licensure, EHR, malpractice, banking, marketing

• Attendees fill out their “Where am I now?” map

• Leave with a checklist AND your first three steps
   

 

🗓️ Day 2 - Sunday, June 8: 9am-12pm

Making It Real

The Money Talk
Panel: Finances, Pricing, Budgeting for Launch

• Budgeting, setting fees, building in sustainability

• Getting past imposter syndrome about charging money

• Setting goals (join, micro, multi doc) and real business models
   

Ask Us Anything: Open Panel of Practicing DPC Docs

• Honest talk from physicians in their first 3 years

• Audience-submitted questions

• You ask. We answer. No fluff.
   

Closing Session: Commit to One Thing

• What’s your “One Thing” you’re doing next?

• Fill out your action card + accountability buddy system

• 📑 Printed workbook: CA-specific DPC roadmap