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Progressive Healthcare DPC

Tampa deserves better healthcare. Tony Cerna, APRN is your personal provider in Tampa. Same-day access. No copays. Starting at $95/month.

All patients welcome regardless of insurance.
📍 6577 Gunn Hwy, Tampa, FL 33625. Book your free meet & greet today.

03/26/2026

Your kidneys work 24/7 to filter waste and balance fluids, but high blood pressure, diabetes, and dehydration can put them at risk. Drink enough water, get regular lab checks, and catch problems early. Healthy kidneys keep your whole body in balance!
Start taking care of your kidneys today with Progressive Healthcare DPC!

03/20/2026

These are real things patients have told me. Every single one of them points to the same problem.

I hear versions of these stories every week. People who genuinely tried to get good care, followed the process they were taught to follow, and still ended up feeling invisible inside a system that was supposed to help them.

The traditional model runs on volume, and volume leaves no room for the kind of attention that actually makes a difference in someone's health.

Direct Primary Care is a real alternative to that model.

At Progressive Healthcare DPC, I see patients for 30 to 60 minutes because that is how long it takes to understand what is going on with someone. I am the one provider coordinating your full picture, keeping track of your history, and paying attention between visits when something comes up.

Your membership covers all of it at a flat monthly rate so that getting care stays simple and accessible.

The people in those stories deserved better. So do you.

Schedule a meet and greet. https://bit.ly/4rxBq9H

03/18/2026

For years, I walked into work knowing the care I wanted to give wasn't the care the system would allow. 👇

03/16/2026

I spent years working inside the traditional system, and I understand how it's built.

Annual physicals follow a structure designed around insurance billing cycles and liability protection. Insurance-driven structures leave no room for the kind of attention that actually keeps people healthy.

→ Annual physicals are scheduled around billing cycles. Your body's actual needs don't factor into the timing.

→ Standard labs are calibrated to catch disease after it develops. A clean result tells you nothing about where your health is actually heading.

→ A 7-minute appointment gives a provider enough time to document. Knowing you as a patient requires more than that.

→ By the time reactive care becomes necessary, the financial and physical cost is higher than consistent care would have been.

At Progressive Healthcare DPC, a physical runs 30 to 60 minutes. We review your labs with context behind them, talk through your history, and build a plan around where your health is actually heading. You leave knowing your provider understands your full picture, with direct access to me between visits when something comes up.

Schedule a meet and greet. https://bit.ly/4rxBq9H

03/13/2026

The simplest habits are the most sustainable, and sustainability is what actually produces results over a lifetime.

People in the world's blue zones, the regions studied for their unusually high rates of longevity and quality of life, walk regularly as part of their daily routine. They move through their days on foot as a natural consequence of how their lives are built, and that steady low-intensity movement compounded over decades is one of the clearest patterns researchers find when they study what these populations have in common.

Preventive conversations belong inside a primary care relationship. Preventive health is built on small, consistent actions. Taken over years, they shape the entire trajectory of someone's health.

The DPC membership model gives him 30 to 60 minutes per visit to talk through those habits, track what's actually working, and stay involved in the long arc of a patient's wellbeing.

A 30-minute walk taken daily for twenty years is one of the most powerful things a person can do for their health. Helping patients build those habits over time is what this practice was built around.

Schedule a meet and greet.

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03/10/2026

Most people in Tampa are paying hundreds a month for insurance they barely use, waiting weeks for a 10-minute appointment that solves nothing.

Join us Thursday, March 12 for a free Lunch & Learn where Tony breaks down how Direct Primary Care actually works, what it costs, and whether it makes sense for you or your employees.

Seats are limited to 10, and the first 5 people to register also receive a complimentary body composition test valued at $50.

Click the link below to register!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learn-about-direct-primary-care-dpc-services-in-tampa-tickets-1984761917323

03/09/2026

I have spent hours of my career building a case for care I had already determined my patient needed, waiting for someone who had never met them to decide whether it was justified.

Insurance companies employ reviewers whose job is to find reasons not to approve what providers order. Patients rarely see that part of it. I ran into it constantly, and eventually I had to be honest with myself about what that system was costing the people I was trying to take care of.

The time that disappears into appeals and prior authorizations belongs to my patients. The energy it pulls out of a provider affects every visit that comes after it.

Joining Progressive Healthcare DPC meant stepping out of that dynamic. My practice runs on a direct membership model with no insurance layer mediating the clinical decisions I make. When something needs to happen for your health, that conversation happens between us and it goes somewhere immediately.

You have 30 to 60 minutes with me, direct access between visits, and a provider whose judgment reaches you without a third party sitting in the middle of it.

This practice was built around you, and every decision reflects that.

Schedule a meet and greet. https://bit.ly/4rxBq9H

03/08/2026

For Tony, leaving traditional practice was a personal decision as much as a professional one.

The hours that used to disappear into insurance denials and prior authorization battles are now spent on patient care, follow-ups, and staying current on medicine that actually improves people's lives over time. That shift in where his energy goes changes the quality of every visit in ways patients feel immediately.

People who come to Progressive Healthcare DPC say the experience feels different from anything they've had before. That feeling comes from being in a room with a provider who has 30 to 60 minutes to give, who is reachable directly between visits, and who isn't mentally carrying the weight of a claims process that has nothing to do with the person sitting in front of him.

The flat monthly membership removes the financial unpredictability that makes people hesitant to even schedule an appointment.

When a provider has the space to practice medicine the way they were trained to, the patient gets the version of care they always deserved.

Schedule a meet and greet. https://bit.ly/4rxBq9H

03/07/2026

Most people leave a doctor's appointment feeling like they barely got a chance to explain what was actually wrong.

They came in with real concerns and left with a prescription that answered the surface question but not the deeper one. On the drive home they're already wondering whether they should just book another appointment to cover everything they didn't get to say.

That cycle wears people down. It's the model. Traditional primary care is built around volume, which means your time is always the first thing that gets cut.

A membership at Progressive Healthcare DPC changes that experience completely.

Appointments run 30 to 60 minutes so there's actual room to get to the real conversation.

Tony is reachable directly between visits so you're not sitting with a question for weeks waiting for someone to call you back. The flat monthly fee covers your care without copays or unexpected costs attached.

Your health deserves that kind of attention and you don't have to wait for the system to decide to offer it.

Schedule a meet and greet.

https://bit.ly/4rxBq9H

03/06/2026

The day I looked at my schedule and saw 15 patients in 10-minute slots was the day everything changed.

Nobody goes into healthcare to rush people out the door, but for a while that's exactly what I was doing.

The system I was working inside didn't leave room for the kind of care I actually wanted to give. Fifteen patients every morning, ten minutes each.

I learned to move fast and hope I hadn't missed anything important. Sometimes I did miss things. The time simply wasn't there.

Joining Progressive Healthcare DPC changed what my days look like entirely. I have 30 to 60 minutes with each patient now.

I can text directly with the people I care for. I can ask the follow-up question and actually wait for the real answer.

The membership model removes the insurance pressure so the visit belongs to the patient.

That's the difference you feel when you walk in here.

Schedule a meet and greet by clicking the link below.

https://bit.ly/4rxBq9H

03/04/2026

Weight isn’t the only measure of health, and it never should be.
Real progress looks like healthier blood pressure, balanced labs, better sleep, steady energy, and easier movement. No shame. No pressure. Just supportive conversations and realistic goals that fit your life. Because long-term health matters more than quick fixes.
Want care that respects you, not just your weight? Visit the Progressive Healthcare DPC website.

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6577 Gunn Highway
Tampa, FL
FL

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Monday	8am - 4:30am
Tuesday	10am - 6pm
Wednesday	8am - 4:30am
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 4:30pm

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