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The SPCP Difference – highlighting the individuals who advocate for providers and patients: A conversation with Dr. Danielle Lin
Tell us about your background and educational experience.
I am from Mississippi and did my medical school training in Jackson, MS. I did my Family Medicine residency in Salt Lake City and then moved to Georgia post-residency in 2020. I joined North Atlanta Primary Care in their Alpharetta office.
What made you want to pursue primary care?
I wanted to go into primary medicine because I aspired to be the “family doctor,” the doctor that can treat all facets of medicine for patients young and old. I enjoy treating all problems and thinking holistically about a person’s health when I see them in my office. While Alpharetta is not a small town, I like to think of myself as a community “small town” doctor.
Primary care is the front door to healthcare, most people see their PCP before seeing specialists, so it keeps you on your toes as a provider. As a primary care provider you often see things before they become more widespread, so you have an ear to the ground for new community outbreaks, new treatments that may be become available and ways to better treat your patients from the collaborative nature of a primary care practice.
Tell us more about your practice specifically.
I was drawn to North Atlanta Primary Care because they are a physician led practice. A lot of other primary care groups are part of larger corporations or big medical systems. Being physician-led enables us as providers to keep a patient’s best interests at the forefront of every decision we make.
What makes NAPC stand out?
I appreciate the flexibility to treat my patients with a unique plan that I put in place. While like any practice there are rules in place, I am able to formulate treatment plans and see them through completely with my patients. This enables me to have a more personal relationship with every patient I see, creating long-lasting relationships. I also appreciate that NAPC allows me to work with innovative treatments, like Botox for migraines. Often that type of treatment is referred to a specialist, but I was able to leverage my specialization to treat my patients in our practice.
How does the SPCP model alleviate some of the administrative stressors of your role?
As we’ve grown over the past few years, I’ve seen the administrative team expand greatly to take on a significant portion of the burden that otherwise falls to providers. Ensuring that specific screenings are completed, getting proper medical records in place, and soon an AI tool to scrub a chart to make sure we’re addressing conditions during annual wellness visits, which can impact Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements.
We also have a prior authorization team who has been incredibly helpful to cut down on the paperwork aspect of the authorization process. When I am prompted in a visit, the team is able to take that action to ensure a patient can access their prescription or specialist visit in a more timely manner. This is a huge improvement, as previously we were burdening our medical assistant with the work and they would have to stay after hours to get each request done.
What trends are you seeing in your practice?
The shift toward a value-based model really sets our practice apart from others in our community. We’re able to treat the whole patient rather than a specific ailment, which makes a patient feel “heard” during their visit. The personal touch of medicine has been lost in recent decades and I’m happy to work at a practice that is trying to bring this back into our daily interactions.
What is one specific benefit of working with SPCP?
It sounds simplistic, but the way my day runs smoothly has made a massive difference for me as a provider. I’m able to see my patients when they are scheduled, we can treat them in-practice and have appropriate tests done in-house for quick diagnosis or referral. Everyone is on the same team, working to provide top-notch healthcare and being a part of a team who works together from the moment an appointment is scheduled to the follow up after a patient's visit.
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