There is a quiet tragedy in how industrialized medicine today treats children—not as full human beings with stories and struggles, but as entries in a billing system, as numbers shuffled between insurance codes and waiting rooms. The industrialized model of healthcare has turned the most sacred of relationships—the trust between a parent, a child, and their doctor—into something transactional, something rushed, something dictated by how many patients can be seen in an hour rather than how well each one is understood.

Rising Star Pediatrics’ Direct Primary Care (DPC) model does something radical–it steps outside the machine and returns medicine to its original calling: care, consistency, attention. In industrialized medicine, Dr. Marie was just another physician disconnected from her patients, lost in the shuffle of an endless, impersonal system. Now, she is there for all her patients on her terms—there through every milestone, every fever, every late-night worry. She won’t disappear when you switch jobs. She won’t rush through a visit, already thinking about the next overbooked slot. She has time—time to listen, to teach, to catch problems before they grow into crises.

And because the insurance companies can’t dictate to her anymore what is “covered,” no more surprise bills, no battles over whether a necessary visit will be reimbursed. From day one, you know what is included in your membership, what your child’s care will cost, and what kind of access you will have. Prescription medications? Often dispensed directly by Dr. Marie at a fraction of the cost. Urgent concerns? No endless hold times—just a direct line to Dr. Marie.

And this is not just about convenience. It is about better health. A 2020 study from the Society of Actuaries found that patients (in DPC modeled clinics like Rising Star Pediatrics) needed far fewer emergency room visits and hospital admissions. Dr. Marie knows your child deeply, which means there is continuity of care, trust, and problems are caught early. Because parents have direct and frequent access, small issues often do not escalate. And children grow up with a doctor who truly knows them, from their first breaths, their first steps and beyond.

Again, the numbers tell the story:

• DPC clinics have 40% fewer ER visits compared to traditional clinics.

• 25.54% fewer hospital admissions.

But numbers only tell part of it. The real difference is in the small, human moments: a doctor who remembers the exact way your child’s asthma flares up in the fall, who notices the slight change in mood that signals something deeper, who is not just treating symptoms but caring for the whole child and, by extension, the whole family.

Rising Star Pediatric’s Direct Primary Care model is not just a different way to do medicine. It is a return to what medicine was always supposed to be—a relationship, a partnership, a commitment to the long road of childhood and everything that comes with it. Because children deserve more than a system that rushes them through. They deserve care that sees them, knows them, and walks with them every step of the way.

And you can’t put a price on that.