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Basics of concierge medicine

Posted by Health Entrepreneur 06/19/2016

The “American Academy of Private Physicians” stated that the concierge system was being practiced by only about 5,000 doctors, and the figure has risen gradually.On the contrary, physicians feel that they have lost power and that the payment system is mostly not within their control. They consider the system unfair and find this to be the case in most matters. Young doctors are therefore more liable to embrace these conversions. Nearly 17% of doctors below 45 years of age expressed their willingness to switch over to a new concierge/direct income system. Younger minds are open to these changes but the older ones are not too enthusiastic about the transition.

Concierge medicine services for diligent physician care:

The Concierge healthcare system evolved in Seattle in Washington during the 1990s. In this patient care system, the patients pay several hundreds of dollars for enhanced services. The typical services offered are extended physical examinations, instant appointments, home distribution of medicine, health care referrals, 24/7 physician access to telephone, pager and e-mail. The concierge care system is proposed to bestow “supreme value and maximum accessibility” of services to a niche clientele and selected set of patients. Although concierge care has an outstanding business prospect, it has fascinated only around 200 doctors countrywide. The approximate number of osteopathic doctors in concierge care is quite unpredictable.
 
The “American Academy of Private Physicians” stated that the concierge system was being practiced by only about 5,000 doctors, and the figure has risen gradually. The Physicians Foundation expressed that, in a survey of greater than 20,000 doctors, 20 percent or more claimed that they are at present practicing concierge medicine or have planned to practice it in future.
 
On the contrary, physicians feel that they have lost power and that the payment system is mostly not within their control. They consider the system unfair and find this to be the case in most matters. Young doctors are therefore more liable to embrace these conversions. Nearly 17% of doctors below 45 years of age expressed their willingness to switch over to a new concierge/direct income system. Younger minds are open to these changes but the older ones are not too enthusiastic about the transition. 
 

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