Third Thursday Business Builder, January 2025

Join the Augusta Metro Chamber with Welcome Health for Cut Costs Not Care, The Competitive Edge in Employee Healthcare.

Dr. Lamberts will be discussing the in's and out's of Direct Primary Care (DPC) and how it helps small and large businesses improve their employee health while reducing costs.

Dr. Rob Lamberts

Fresh out of residency, I came to Augusta in 1994 and joined Steve Letchford in my first practice. We formed Evans Medical Group, Steve left for Africa, I hired a bunch of other doctors and advance care providers, and our practice was a success.

But by 2012, things started to unravel. The business was going fine, but I was burning out. I was spending more and more time at work and less time giving care to my patients. I knew I needed to change something, and a mutual parting of ways with EMG allowed me to start fresh.

I learned about direct primary care from a colleague. It seemed perfect for what I wanted to do (even though it had never been done in the local area), so in February of 2013, along with my long-time nurse Jamie, I opened up one of the first direct primary care practices in Georgia: Dr. Rob Lamberts, LLC.

The road wasn’t totally smooth, but eventually we built a solid business and were filled with happy patients. Then, out of the blue, Ed and Davis contacted me, expressing interest in starting their own direct care practices. I was thrilled to have co-laborers in the journey, and they turned out to be hard workers, good providers, and good friends. So now we have joined forces to make Welcome Health, and I am excited about the future.