Walmart Announces Ambitious Goal: ‘To Be The Number One Healthcare Provider...
By Dan Diamond Contributor, Forbes OCTOBER 18, 2014 - Walmart doesn’t settle for second place: The nation’s #1 retailer just said it wants to be the #1 health care provider in the retail industry, too....
View ArticleMontana physician happy with concierge practice after four years
By Candace Chase/The Daily Inter Lake | Posted: Saturday, February 16, 2013 10:00 pm Dr. Doug Pitman takes calls from patients anytime and doesn’t mind consulting while on skis at Whitefish Mountain...
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“It’s notable that growth in the DPC industry according to physician interviews across the U.S. throughout the past 18-month is largely supported by consumers motivated by price and transparency,” said...
View ArticleSTAFF Challenges: ‘Wearing Multiple Hats Inside Your Concierge Practice.’
By Michael Tetreault, Editor OCTOBER 9, 2014 – If you’re like most doctors who own a medical practice, your business card has your title listed as an M.D., D.O. Family Medicine Physician, CEO or...
View ArticleFirst woman internist in Vermont to join national “concierge health care”...
South Burlington, Vermont (PRWEB) February 13, 2013 | Dr. Alicia Cunningham today announces the opening of her concierge internal medicine practice in South Burlington, Vermont. This new, simple...
View Article5 health care megatrends to watch for
Robert Pearl, MD | Policy OCTOBER 19, 2014 - Recently, Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers told me that U.S. health care is at a tipping point. A positive one, he hopes, but the truth is no one knows...
View ArticleTRENDING STORY today on CMT: “The VA Goes Postal …” By Steven Knope, MD
By Steven Knope, MD June 6th, 2014 – For those of you who have not been following the story, the VA medical system has come under attack over the past month after a whistleblower, a Dr. Foote from the...
View ArticleSPECIALDOCS: “Hosting an Open House…opening the doors to new opportunities”
October 03, 2014 – Opening your “medical home” to patients and their families and friends has proven successful for many Specialdocs concierge medicine / personalized care physicians, who found that...
View ArticleConcierge Choice Physicians Survey Shows that Physicians Choose Concierge...
Survey also shows exceptionally high satisfaction rate among patients. ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE, October 20, 2014 07:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time)–With research showing that nearly 90% of...
View ArticleNYTIMES.com: Unable to Meet the Deductible or the Doctor
By ABBY GOODNOUGH and ROBERT PEAR OCT. 17, 2014 – Patricia Wanderlich got insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, and with good reason: She suffered a brain hemorrhage in 2011, spending...
View ArticleWhy “DocPreneurs” Should Avoid Business Credit Cards
By Clark Howard, ClarkHoward.com Why Entrepreneurs Should Avoid Business Credit Cards AUGUST 17, 2014 - What’s the difference between personal credit cards and small business credit cards? One can...
View ArticleWEBINAR: “Concierge Medicine and direct pay are not identical … Despite the...
Free Webinar: Keep Doing the Math: Primary Care, Concierge Medicine and Relationships; Part of Concierge Choice Physicians (CCP) Free Webinar Series Tuesday, October 28th at 6:30 PM EDT / 5:30 PM CDT...
View Article2014 Poll: Average Monthly Cost of Concierge Medicine In America?
By Concierge Medicine Today, The Concierge Medicine Research Collective OCTOBER 20, 2014 - Average Monthly cost For Your Concierge Medical Services? (i.e. Patients, What Do You Pay? or Physicians, What...
View Article6 Tips for iPhone Medical Practice Photography
Chances are, you own an iPhone. If you have an iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S, or even then iPhone 5 — you can record digital video to document or photograph your practice from the inside out. A lot...
View ArticleA Small Practice’s Fight to Stay Independent: Can It Work?
In a May 2014 Medscape interview, Concierge Medicine Today and the Direct Primary Care Journal, said that there were nearly 4000 physicians “who are verifiably, actively practicing concierge medicine...
View ArticleMDVIP Is The First Network of Personalized Healthcare Physicians To Offer...
Boca Raton, Fla. & Madison, Wisc.— (October 22, 2014) – MDVIP, the leader in personalized preventive medicine with a nationwide network of over 750 affiliated primary care physicians, announced...
View ArticleTECHNOLOGY: HealthTap Concierge, its affordable pay-as-you-go service.
HealthTap Launches Nationwide Digital Health Marketplace, Providing 24/7 Fast, Affordable Access to Your Doctor and Doctors in 105 Specialties OCTOBER 22, 2014 - HealthTap+, the company reinventing...
View ArticleNot Just Walmart: Amazon May Be Pushing Into Healthcare. “Amazon executives...
Apple, Google Are Jumping Into Health Care. Will Amazon Be Next? By Dan Diamond Contributor, Forbes OCTOBER 18, 2014 - Apple’s iPhone 6 is just weeks from release and will kick off Apple’s new health...
View ArticleWhat Does The Average Concierge Medical Patient Look Like?
WHAT DOES THE CONCIERGE MEDICAL PATIENT LOOK LIKE and WHO IS USING CONCIERGE MEDICINE? Source: Concierge Medicine Today and The Concierge Medicine Research Collective © 2012 So, what type of person(s)...
View ArticleAre convenient care clinics (CCCs) more affordable than other health care...
By The Convenient Care Association, 2014 Convenient Care Clinics: Reducing Costs For Consumers and Third ‐ Party Payers ANSWER: CCCs are more cost ‐ effective for basic healthcare needs than...
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