Parth Bhavsar, MD

Physician. Building doctor owned, led virtual care across 50 states. $79 cash-pay. On a Mission to make quality healthcare affordable and accessible.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

Read the fine print on your last medical bill. TeleDirectMD posts the price instead: flat $79, every visit with a physician, no insurance, no subscription.

(I founded TeleDirectMD.)

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

Cold, by video. For adults 18+ with common cold symptoms. A physician visit is a flat $79, no insurance required. The clip also covers when telehealth is not the right fit.

Education only, not medical advice. Emergency: call 911.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

The FTC alleges most Hims & Hers customers never got a consultation with a provider. They filled out an intake form and were charged and subscribed.

Hims disputes it. The test for any telehealth service is still simple: did a clinician actually see you before you paid?

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

Flu care by video. For adults 18+ with flu symptoms. A physician visit is a flat $79, no insurance required. The clip also covers when telehealth is not the right fit.

Education only, not medical advice. Emergency: call 911.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

Who decides how long your doctor's visit lasts?

At most practices, not the doctor. Visit length gets set upstream, by whoever employs the physician.

In my practice I set it. It's the one decision that most changes what a patient experiences.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

@RoupenMD Amazing

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

About time we talk about the under-insured.

#healthcare #virtualcare #telehealth #affordablehealth

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

82% of US physicians now work for a hospital or a corporation, up from 52% in 2018.

A new federal bill would require practices to be majority-owned by licensed clinicians.

I own mine. The line nobody's quoting: a management company couldn't market a practice under a name that isn't the practice's. That's how a lot of consumer telehealth is built.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

Our cash price is $79. That's the whole bill.

No facility fee, because there's no facility. No "Level 3 complexity" line item. You see the number before you book, and it's the same number when the call ends.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

@ScottFishman Wellness and longevity

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

The physician shortage isn't a natural disaster. It's a 1997 Medicare funding cap Congress never reversed.
Telemedicine doesn't create the shortage. It's how patients keep getting care while it exists.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

You can prepare for a trip, or you can get sick on it. Travel medicine is the prepare-first part.
Vaccines, prescriptions, destination-specific guidance, reviewed with a physician before you board.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

@vkhosla Ted owns the robot-clipper company. Ted’s son owns the barber shop. Ted buys ads explaining why robot clippers are the future. Then Ted calls actual barbers “special interests” for asking whether the haircuts are any good.

Very neutral analysis.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

We don't prescribe controlled substances, and we're not an emergency room. Telemedicine has a scope, and so do we.
Naming the limits upfront beats finding them out the hard way.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

Your doctor shouldn't stop being your doctor because you crossed a state line.

You move for a job.

You're between insurance plans.

You're a travel nurse on your fourth contract this year.

Your kid's away at school.

You're a snowbird. Georgia in summer, Florida in winter.

You're visiting the US and have no coverage at all.

Your deductible is $7,000 and it's February.

I'm licensed in 40+ states.

Same physician, every visit. $79 flat, no insurance, no membership.

I built it this way because the alternative is starting over with a stranger every time your life moves.

https://t.co/l2olQ4QNAd

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

Every clinician who treats patients at TeleDirectMD is a physician. That's a clinical floor, not a tagline.
The reason is outcome data, not guild loyalty. We can walk through the study.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

@TheAtlantic @ZekeEmanuel @vkhosla This feels like the barber not only announcing that everyone needs a haircut, but asking city council to require one every two weeks, with his shop pre-approved as the certified provider.
“Let the market decide” apparently means: let the barber write the grooming mandate.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

@vkhosla @ZekeEmanuel This feels like the barber not only announcing that everyone needs a haircut, but asking city council to require one every two weeks, with his shop pre-approved as the certified provider.

“Let the market decide” apparently means: let the barber write the grooming mandate.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

@vkhosla @ZekeEmanuel This feels like the barber not only announcing that everyone needs a haircut, but asking city council to require one every two weeks, with his shop pre-approved as the certified provider.
“Let the market decide” apparently means: let the barber write the grooming mandate.

[Parth Bhavsar, MD @TeleDirectMD]

I'm licensed to treat patients in 44 states plus Washington, D.C.
One physician, one standard of care, no matter which of those states you're in tonight.
State lines shouldn't decide whether you can see a doctor at 9pm.