Dr. David Donohue of Progressive Health of Delaware in Wilmington knows what it’s like to struggle financially in primary care.
Founded over 20 years ago, Progressive Health built a model focused on lifestyle medicine and preventing chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease. The practice grew and developed a waiting list, but low insurance reimbursements – especially from Medicare – made it difficult to survive.
“We were pretty much starved of cash,” he explained. “So we were able to survive, but we weren’t really thriving.”…