MODERN HEALTHCARE: Expanding VIP care: New Concierge Doc Models focus on...
By Steven Ross Johnson | September 19, 2015 Dr. Louis Malinow had become increasingly dissatisfied with the amount of time he had with patients in his family medicine practice in Baltimore. He was...
View ArticleDoctors’ association sees harm in insurance mergers
The New York Times, September 8, 2015 Doctors and hospitals are stepping up their criticism of proposed health insurance company mergers. In a new study to be released on Tuesday, the American Medical...
View ArticleMILLER, MD: (CALIFORNIA) “SB 277 …a law that took away every child’s right to...
Why Everyone Should Help Repeal SB 277, the New Forced Vaccination Law in California. By Shira Miller, MD (California) Alongside thousands of other outraged parents across California, my husband and I...
View ArticleIBM Watson Health Announces New Partnerships, New Cloud Services and Global...
Veteran Health/Tech Leader Deborah DiSanzo Joins IBM Watson Health as General Manager Introduces IBM Watson Health Cloud for Life Sciences Compliance and IBM Watson Care Manager Boston Children’s...
View ArticleThe top 5 considerations institutions should consider when exploring...
By Concierge Medicine Today Staff Hospital Environments. An excerpt from The Doctor’s Guide to Concierge Medicine (Published: Summer 2015) Medical centers are no strangers to Concierge Medicine...
View ArticleThe Big Box Retailer in Health Care
By Devon Herrick Filed under Health Alerts on August 31, 2015 with 25 comments Back in the 1950s, department stores were the big box retailers of their day. Rather than go to different specialty...
View ArticleFORBES: Census Bureau Confirms How Badly Obamacare Is Underperforming.
By Chris Conover,Contributor SEPT 16, 2015 – The Census Bureau has finally released definitive statistics on the number of uninsured in 2014 and the news is not good for Obamacare (unless, of course,...
View Article2015 Great American Physician Survey: Key Findings
2015 Great American Survey, Sponsored by Kareo We surveyed 1,001 physicians as part of our annual Great American Physician Survey, Sponsored by Kareo, revealing their thoughts on their personal and...
View ArticleWAYNE LIPTON: Three Alternatives to Traditional Primary Care.
By WAYNE LIPTON, CEO, Concierge Choice SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 – It seems like much of primary care in the U.S. has been stuck in a delivery approach that is falling apart at the seams. Over and over I read...
View ArticleTECHNOLOGY, Apps: SuperCharged Launches First Voice Analysis Health App...
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Kelly Crow PA to Harry Massey (831) 359-2091 kelly@superchargedmovie.com http://www.superchargedmovie.com SuperCharged Launches First Voice Analysis Health...
View ArticleObamacare’s many double-digit price hikes for next year
CNBC, September 8, 2015 Insurers have asked for double-digit rate increases for nearly 1 out of every 3 Obamacare plans that will be sold on HealthCare.gov for 2016 coverage, according to a new...
View ArticleMore docs, health systems embrace posting consumer ratings, warts and all.
By Sabriya Rice | September 9, 2015 Health systems are more frequently going the do-it-yourself route and posting both good and bad physician and hospital ratings on their websites. It’s a means of...
View ArticleRohal, M.D.: “How the Amish Made Me a Better Doctor.”
By Patrick Rohal, M.D., Family Physician and Founder, CovenantMD SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 – I’ve spent the last three years of my career as a doctor for the Amish. It is frontier medicine. I can regale you...
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View ArticleSTARTUPS: Osteopathy Growing Specialty for Concierge Medicine, even in...
By Concierge Medicine Today | The Concierge Medicine Research Collective | Editor, Michael Tetreault SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 – The Concierge Medicine specialty sector is growing … and why not, with over 60%...
View ArticlePENNSYLVANIA: Staying afloat in a solo practice, though, is a day-to-day...
By MARION CALLAHAN and CRISSA SHOEMAKER DEBREE Bucks County Courier Times LEVITTOWN, Pa.- SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 Dr. Sharon Jellinek opened her Buckingham pediatric practice in 2004. Her goal: To preserve...
View ArticleWSJ: Medical Quarterbacking.
Providers are drowning in patients. As a result, you need to fight tenaciously to make sure that you get the best care. By David A. Shaywitz Sept. 8, 2015 7:25 p.m. ET With gleaming hospitals, highly...
View ArticleRather than turn hospitals into expensive resorts, healthier patients require...
Quartz, September 9, 2015 In 2012, Medicare began to use the results of patient satisfaction surveys to calculate how much they would pay hospitals. They called it the Hospital Consumer Assessment of...
View ArticleConcierge Physician to speak at next Professional Women’s Roundtable luncheon...
TEMECULA, CA. SEPT 22, 2015 — Dr. Laurie Blanscet, a board certified family physician, will speak at the next Professional Women’s Roundtable luncheon meeting on Thursday, Oct. 1 from 11:15 a.m. to 1...
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