How to Hire the Right Doctor for Your DPC Practice (Avoid This Costly Mistake)

🏆 Huge congratulations to Dr. Wendy Molaska, who was recently honored with the inaugural DPC Physician of the Year Award at the DPC Summit. We could not be more proud of her leadership, her advocacy, and the DPC community she has helped shape. This episode is a replay of our original conversation, and it's a perfect look at the work that earned her this recognition. Today's episode is a replay of one of my favorite conversations from last year, and I'm bringing it back for a reason. Dr. Wendy Molaska of Dedicated Family Care in Fitchburg, WI was just honored with the inaugural DPC Physician of the Year Award at the DPC Summit, and this conversation is exactly why. Wendy opened her practice in May 2021 out of a one-room micropractice, built a bilingual and trilingual team, and now serves one of the most diverse patient panels in DPC. She's also the past president of the Wisconsin Medical Society, testifies at the state legislature every year for DPC recognition, and somehow still runs a full-scope family medicine practice from womb to tomb. IN THIS EPISODE How Wendy went from a one-room micropractice to a full team (three exam rooms, a bilingual RN, a trilingual office assistant, and a new associate physician) The hiring lesson she learned the hard way and why "hire slow, fire fast" isn't just a saying Building the most diverse patient panel in DPC (40% uninsured, 40% Latino, 20% BIPOC, 15% LGBTQ+) Chamber of Commerce networking that actually works, including the Latino, Black, and LGBTQ+ Chambers Advocacy at the state level and how to talk to both Republicans and Democrats about DPC Practice: Dedicated Family Care Location: Fitchburg, WI (Madison area) Specialty: Family Medicine Recognition: Inaugural DPC Physician of the Year Award, DPC Summit Leadership: Past President, Wisconsin Medical Society CONNECT WITH DR. MOLASKA If you want to follow Wendy's work or reach out about advocacy, hiring, or building a diverse DPC panel, here's where to find her. Website: https://familydpc.com/ Email: [email protected] LinkedIn:   / wendy-molaska-md-faafp-990041154   Facebook:   / dedicatedfamilycare   Instagram: @dedicatedfamilycare ENJOY THIS EPISODE? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Share with any DPC doc thinking about hiring, advocacy work, or building a more diverse patient panel Send Wendy a note of congratulations on her DPC Physician of the Year Award. She has earned every bit of it 🚀 Pre-launch or in your first year of DPC? The Early Practice Plan is for you. The Early Practice Plan is the HarmonyOps program I built for physicians who are still figuring out the systems, the messaging, and the day-to-day of running a new practice. You get help with your operations, your patient flow, your CRM, and the marketing foundation that carries you through year one. $99 per 28 days plus a one-time setup fee. Learn more and get started here: https://bot.harmonyopsfordpc.com/earl... KEY TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Cold open: leaving employed medicine during the pandemic 01:00 Dedicated Family Care: womb to tomb family medicine in Fitchburg, WI 02:00 Growing from a one-room micropractice to a full team 04:30 Finding her new associate physician through a residency talk 09:00 The hiring lesson: what went wrong with the first doc she hired 12:00 Hire slow, fire fast. Why desperation is the enemy of good hiring 13:00 Advocacy work: past president of the Wisconsin Medical Society 14:00 Dobbs, the 1849 Wisconsin abortion law, and finding the language to talk across the aisle 17:30 Testifying for DPC recognition in Wisconsin year after year 18:00 Talking to Republicans vs Democrats about the same DPC bill 19:30 The patient panel: 40% uninsured, 40% Latino, 20% BIPOC, 15% LGBTQ+ 22:00 Building a bilingual and trilingual team (English, Spanish, and Quichua) 24:00 How one Bolivian grandma turned into a whole word-of-mouth network 26:00 Chamber of Commerce networking with the specialty Chambers 27:00 Working with small business employers: restaurants, daycares, construction 30:00 Advice for DPC docs who want to get into advocacy 33:00 Where to find Dedicated Family Care online