Douglas Farrago, MD
Founder & Family PhysicianDr. Douglas Farrago is a retired family practice doctor who now runs DPCnews.com. He helped create the DPC Alliance in 2017 and has written three best-selling books on direct primary care.
Dr. Farrago is a leading expert in the Direct Primary Care model and regularly guides medical students, residents, and doctors in starting their own DPC practices.
He also wrote the only book on physician retention for hospital employers, and lectures regularly on the present crisis in our healthcare system and its effect on the doctor-patient relationship.
Josh Umbehr, MD
Founder & Family PhysicianDr. Josh Umbehr is a board-certified family physician and nationally recognized leader in Direct Primary Care. He founded Atlas MD in Wichita in 2010 to give patients affordable, transparent care and a direct relationship with their physician.
He later co-created Atlas.md, a comprehensive practice-management platform for Direct Primary Care clinics, and now helps physicians across the country build successful direct-care practices through free consulting and resources.
His newest work, Atlas.Direct, applies the same principles of transparency, affordability, and patient control to larger healthcare expenses.
Dr. Josh continues to care for patients while advocating for a healthcare system in which routine care is too affordable to insure.