My DPC Story
My DPC Story
Maryal Concepcion, MD
130 Patients in 6 Weeks: Dr. Nyasha Spears on Her Non-Compete Appeal and Opening Amity Creek Direct Primary Care in Duluth, MN
52 minutes Posted Aug 2, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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Two months after opening Amity Creek Primary Care in Duluth, Minnesota, Dr. Nyasha Spears returns to My DPC Story with the real numbers, the real costs, and the parts of a Direct Primary Care startup nobody puts on a slide. She and her DPC partner Dr. Kristin Lusian hit 130 patients six weeks in, with no advertising beyond a website and word of mouth. As of June they are covering overhead, rent, and debt payback, though they are not paying themselves yet. Meanwhile the non-compete case that m...