Perhaps you’ve made the decision to transition your practice to a membership medicine model. As you begin to introduce the concept to patients do you find yourself complaining about the myriad difficulties practicing medicine due to the dysfunctional healthcare system? Are you explaining those are the reasons you’re shifting to private medicine? While it’s usually read more…
Our Medical Future: Volume-Driven or Service-Driven?
Access to doctors is getting more difficult. And when we do see our primary doctors, we’re seen for an average of 7 minutes. Not enough time to adequately address the most important issues, let alone focus on wellness and prevention. Our insurance premiums are escalating. Yet doctors are making less money with dropping reimbursements and read more…
Concierge Medicine Will Get Massive Boost From Obamacare
As dysfunctional as the current healthcare system is, we do have choices – both as patients and as physicians. We can wait for policy and administrative changes from the top down, or we can work on an organic level, from the ground up – one physician, one practice, one patient at a time. As we come to the fork in the road how will we respond?
Why is Concierge and Direct Care Medicine Good for Us?
You depend on your car to get you where you need to go. You give it gas, schedule timely oil changes, and replace worn-out tires. Of course we depend on our bodies too, ensuring we sleep, eat and otherwise take sufficient care of ourselves. But imagine if your car was treated like your health… Say you’re read more…
What IS the Difference Between Concierge Medicine and DPC?
“Concierge” Medicine has become an often used, catchall term for new, more satisfying ways to deliver care to patients. These practices can best be described as “Membership Medicine” practices, a model based on the financial relationship the doctor has established with his/her patients in order to provide exceptional personalized care. As a doctor with such read more…
