The U.S. health care system is not prepared to handle the COVID-19 epidemic. We are likely to see it overwhelmed end-to-end, from the hospitals to the primary care doctors’ offices. The direct primary care membership clinic model has positioned a cadre of doctors with the [...]
Dr. Brian Birdwell and the MainStreet Clinic are excited to welcome Katherine Moore, Certified Nurse Practitioner. Katherine is joining the clinic with 10+ years of experience as a Registered Nurse and is offering services for all ages. Katherine is now accepting memberships for personalized health [...]
Updated October 31, 2018 Thank you Congressman Tom Cole The U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 6199 the Restoring Access to Medication and Modernizing Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018 on July 25 by a vote of 277-142. View votes Our Congressman Tom Cole joined a [...]
As seen in the Lawton Constitution December 21, 2017 Priced out of health insurance? Or do you feel it is too expensive to use? We enjoy quality medical facilities and excellent health care providers in Lawton. But these services do not help people who cannot [...]
Young people in Lawton tell us that direct primary care clinic membership is a “progressive innovation!” And then our senior members say, “That’s no innovation. It’s the way health care used to be!” Both young and old agree: direct primary care clinic membership delivers personalized [...]
KCCU Community Focus Public Radio Interview With Dr. Brian Birdwell “Have you ever heard of Direct Primary Care ? It’s a little different from what most of us are used to when we visit the doctor. It’s actually based on care and not coverage. It’s [...]
Legislation passed by the Senate Insurance Committee February 19 was passed in the Senate on March 2 by a vote of 44-0 and has been co-sponsored in the Oklahoma House. Senate Bill (SB) 560 is intended to protect patients’ and physicians’ rights to enter into [...]
By Jeff Davenport, MD (Edmond) and Brian Birdwell, MD (Lawton) First published in the Lawton Constitution Grand schemes by government and large corporations to reform health care in the U.S. always have good intentions and yet they all share one failure: they overlook the front [...]