Easier access
Members can use office visits plus direct communication options such as phone, text, secure messaging, and telehealth when clinically appropriate.
For Central Ohio employers
Direct Primary Care for Small Businesses in Columbus & Worthington
Give your employees a direct relationship with a local family physician through a simple membership benefit. Firebird DPC works with small businesses that want to improve access to everyday primary care without turning the benefit into another complicated insurance product.
A practical employee benefit
Primary care access your employees can actually use
Employees often delay routine care when appointments are difficult to obtain or costs are unclear. An employer-sponsored Firebird membership gives enrolled employees an ongoing primary care relationship with Dr. Mark Hagen, DO in Worthington.
Predictable primary care
A recurring membership fee covers the primary care services included in the membership, making the benefit easier for an employer and employee to understand.
A local physician relationship
Employees receive ongoing family medicine care from Dr. Hagen rather than relying only on episodic urgent care or virtual encounters.
What employees receive
Comprehensive first-contact primary care
Preventive and wellness care
Chronic condition management
Common illness and injury care
Longer visits when needed
Direct communication options
Lab testing and blood draws
Selected office procedures
Care coordination and referrals
DPC and insurance
DPC is not health insurance
Direct primary care handles routine and ongoing primary care. Employees should still have appropriate coverage for hospitalization, emergencies, surgery, specialty care, and other major medical expenses.
Beginning in 2026, federal law also allows otherwise eligible individuals enrolled in certain qualifying direct primary care arrangements to remain eligible to contribute to an HSA. Whether a particular arrangement qualifies depends on federal requirements, including the services and applicable fee limits.
Flexible for small employers
Several ways to offer Firebird DPC
Employer-sponsored
The business can pay the membership fee for eligible employees as an employee health benefit.
Defined contribution
An employer can decide on a set contribution toward eligible employee memberships, subject to the employer's benefit and tax structure.
Voluntary access
Businesses can introduce employees to Firebird DPC even when the company is not paying the full membership cost.
For employers: DPC benefit design, tax treatment, HSA compatibility, and interaction with other health benefits can depend on the specific arrangement. Employers should review their plan design with their benefits or tax adviser.
Why primary care access matters
A benefit focused on access—not promises about savings
Your flyer has a strong employer message, but this page deliberately avoids guaranteeing that DPC will save every business money, eliminate absenteeism, or make every employee healthier. Those outcomes depend on the workforce, benefit design, utilization, and other coverage. Firebird's employer offering is built around something concrete: making routine primary care easier to reach and easier to understand.
Firebird Direct Primary Care
Could DPC work for your small business?
Schedule a free conversation with Dr. Mark Hagen to discuss your workforce, how employer memberships can be structured, and whether Firebird DPC fits what you want to offer employees.