# Frontier Direct Care

> Frontier Direct Care connects Texas members with local primary care providers through a membership model. Its employer offering combines clinic and virtual access, specialty-care navigation, negotiated direct-pay services and prescription delivery with the aim of reducing healthcare spending.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Harlingen, United States
- **Founders:** Peter Lazzopina (Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer), Bibb Beale (Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)
- **Products:** Frontier Direct Care, Frontier Direct Pay, Frontier Rx, Frontier Direct app, Flume-powered self-funded health plan
- **Notable:** January 2025: company reported more than 100 employer clients and over 10x membership growth in two years., Inc. 5000: No. 464 in 2025 and No. 708 in 2026; the 2026 listing reports 483% three-year growth., Inc. Best Workplaces honoree in 2026.

## Products & services

- **Frontier Direct Care** — Membership-based local primary care and virtual access to a designated provider.
- **Frontier Direct Pay** — Specialty and hospital-care coordination, direct cash-pay contracting and administrative support.
- **Frontier Rx** — Mail-order maintenance medicines, urgent prescriptions and medication support; eligibility and exclusions apply.
- **Frontier Direct app** — Mobile access to appointments, provider chat, scheduling and payments.
- **Flume-powered self-funded health plan** — Announced in September 2022 to integrate primary care with broader employer health coverage.

## Achievements

- January 2025: company reported more than 100 employer clients and over 10x membership growth in two years.
- Inc. 5000: No. 464 in 2025 and No. 708 in 2026; the 2026 listing reports 483% three-year growth.
- Inc. Best Workplaces honoree in 2026.
- Current homepage reports 11 clinics and +95 NPS; company-reported metrics, not an independently verified comparison.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Inc.’s 2026 profile lists Frontier at No. 708 on the Inc. 5000 and as a Best Workplaces honoree.
- **2026-06** — Published a June 19 explainer describing its direct-contracting approach to employer healthcare.
- **2026-05** — Pflugerville ISD announced a planned Frontier clinic, expected to open January 2027.
- **2025-01** — Announced initial closing of a $20 million Series B; Axios subsequently reported approximately $10 million raised to date.

## Links

- Website: https://frontierdirect.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/frontier-direct-primary-care-pllc/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/FrontierDirect
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FrontierDirectCare
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontierdirectcare/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frontierdirectcare

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Last updated: 2026-10-04