The Direct Care Way

About The Direct Care Way

Learn why and how to start an insurance-free, hassle-free Direct Specialty Care practice that lets you provide care your way for your patients without middlemen hosted by Dr. Tea Nguyen.

Publisher

Tea Nguyen, DPM

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

16 Feb 2022

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

242 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   The 5-Part Introductory Call Script for Direct Care Specialists

   Send us Fan Mail Are you offering free introductory calls in your direct care practice? In this episode, I’m breaking down when these calls make sense, when you may not need them anymore, and how to use them to find the right patients for your practice. I’ll walk you through my 5-part introductory call script—from framing the call and understanding their problem to uncovering the cost of doing nothing, helping them picture what they want, and explaining how you can bridge the gap. If you’re b...

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   3 Reasons You Shouldn't Listen to Me

   Send us Fan Mail What if you shouldn’t listen to me? In this episode, I’m sharing three reasons why I might not be the right person to guide you into direct care. I’m not a guru with a perfect success story. I’m still evolving, testing ideas in my own practice, and learning from what works, and what doesn’t. I also don’t want the traditional version of success. I work about two and a half clinical days a week because I value freedom, time with my family, and having a life outside of medicine....

3. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Why Direct Care Doctors Answer Their Own Phone

   Send us Fan Mail Why do I answer my own phone? Because I can. And honestly, that’s one of the things I love about direct care. I don’t need a big staff, layers of people, or a complicated system between me and my patients to run a successful practice. In this episode, I’m talking about why I still answer the phone, collect payments, schedule patients, and keep my practice simple—and why the traditional idea of what a “successful” private practice looks like can actually get in the way of the ...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

358

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

37 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

55

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

32

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