What a primary care, concierge medicine practice can learn from neighborhood...
WHAT ABOUT THE IMPACT OF RETAIL MEDICINE in our local neighborhood and providing more convenient access to a primary care doctor? By Michael Tetreault, Editor AUGUST 23, 2013 - Retail medicine and...
View ArticleThe Surge in Retail Clinics
The Surge in Retail Clinics Expansion of Services Signals More Testing By Bill Malone November 2012: Volume 38, Number 11 – AACC – As the healthcare system prepares to cope with an influx of 30 million...
View ArticleWSJ Makes Point on Paying for Health Care, Introducing Market Forces, and...
Jeffrey Singer: The Man Who Was Treated for $17,000 Less Bypassing his third-party payer, my patient avoided a high hospital ‘list price.’ AUGUST 21, 2013 - Every so often I have an extraordinary and...
View ArticleAMA To Cease Publication of American Medical News
For immediate release: Aug. 12, 2013 Plans to enhance online communication channels for physicians CHICAGO – The American Medical Association announced today that it will stop publishing American...
View Article60% of Docs Wouldn’t Recommend Their Profession as a Career
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, July 11, 2013 The administrative burden of being a physician continues to fuel discontent among doctors. More than a third report having a negative outlook for...
View ArticleUPS cuts healthcare benefits for spouses, blames ObamaCare
By Sam Baker – 08/22/13 09:44 AM ET hipping giant UPS says rising costs under ObamaCare are causing it to roll back parts of its employees’ healthcare plans. UPS will no longer offer healthcare...
View ArticleHow HSAs and Concierge Medicine Complement Each Other
By Roy Ramthun, “Mr. HSA”, HSA Consulting Services, LLC, CMT Contributor AUGUST 26, 2013 - HSAs complement concierge medicine in a variety of ways. First, the high deductible coverage from the HSA...
View ArticleWhy OB/GYN Concierge medicine specialty is likely to succeed
By Michael Tetreault, Editor-In-Chief | MARCH 4, 2013 | Like many American women, they aren’t seeing an internist or family physician for primary care needs but instead receiving her primary care from...
View ArticleMEDAMAI, Calif: Concierge Medicine, The Ideal Environment for Effective...
By Dr Joseph J. Pinzone AUGUST 17, 2013 - Patient’s themselves aren’t always able to convey important details gleaned from one professional to another, as time pressures can make detailed discussion...
View ArticleGOODMAN: ObamaCare Will Bring About a Two-Tiered System
By John C. Goodman · July 24, 2013 President Obama’s health care law is supposed to insure 32 million additional people by this time next year. These newly insured will try to consume nearly twice as...
View Article7 technologies that are helping families watch over their seniors.
Seniors and technology—two words not often linked together without a pang of frustration. But family caregivers know differently. In fact, research shows the important role that technology plays in...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA: Team-Based Concierge Medicine Model Integrates Dietitians
By Shani Verchick, Registered Dietician AUGUST 14, 2013 - A registered dietitian has an important role to play in health planning, because diet is the foundation of health. Proper nutrition is...
View ArticleEditors at Concierge Medicine Today (CMT) Applaud American Academy of Family...
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michael Tetreault, 770-455-1650 AUGUST 26, 2013 – The growing direct primary care [direct care] marketplace now has another supporter and this time it’s...
View ArticleBUSINESS: How You Can Get Some Serious Press For Your New Business
By Adriana Lopez, Contributor, Forbes 08/07/2012 - When starting your own business, you are often left with the responsibility of even being your own custodian, besides the CEO, CFO, IT department, and...
View ArticleNPs, PAs Trending Away from Primary Care
By David Pittman, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today AUGUST 16, 2013 - Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) are increasingly choosing subspecialty practices and could come up...
View ArticlePATIENT GUIDE: 41 Questions To Ask A “Concierge” Doctor Before You Sign-Up
By Michael Tetreault, Editor AUGUST 27, 2013 - The concierge medicine and direct primary care health industry is just like any other industry — it has many success stories, but it also has a few...
View ArticleNY: Concierge Telemedicine May Save Patients Time and Money But Could Have a...
By S.Z. Berg AUGUST 27, 2013 - NEW YORK (MainStreet)—Once reserved for the business elite, virtual doctor visits are becoming a matter of convenience to many families with moderate incomes as...
View ArticlePoll: How Did You Finance Your Concierge or DPC Medical Practice?
By The Collective AUGUST 27, 2013 - With the cash-pay healthcare industry continuing to grow we are constantly on the look out to assist both the physician-owner operators as well as the patients of...
View ArticlePR 101: How You Can Get Some Serious Press For Your New Business
By Adriana Lopez, Contributor, Forbes 08/017/2012 - When starting your own business, you are often left with the responsibility of even being your own custodian, besides the CEO, CFO, IT department,...
View ArticleHSA Education: “Top 5 Things You Should Tell Your Patients About HSAs”
By Roy Ramthun, HSA Consulting Services, CMT Contributor Be smart about your health insurance. Instead of paying thousands of dollars for health insurance you may never use, switch to an HSA-qualified...
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