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Has anyone signed up for this? Just curious as to experiences if so.
Thanks!
Thanks!
I have a concierge doctor. He does not take insurance.
The answer is… not unless the fee covers specific medical expenses actually performed.
I wonder if it qualifies for FSA fund use? Still working here
Maybe this will help: Is Concierge Medicine FSA Eligible?
But how does such a plan work with other specialists?
And there lies the catch ! Only my Primary Doc is Concierge. All of my specialists - including the ones he has referred me to throughout the years remain as is.
I don't know of any Specialists who are Concierge, but there may be.
Rich
We were torn with the decision just like you. Had our Doctor for over 20 years and he went concierge this year. We didn't plan to sign up, but he approached me near the sign up deadline and offered to give me a 2 for 1 price for me and my wife. He said he didn't want to lose us as patients. Although we're both in our sixties, we've exercise and follow his advice - so don't usually see him more than 2-4 times a year.Has anyone signed up for this? Just curious as to experiences if so.
Thanks!
takes our insurance and we never seem to have a copay. Costs $1800/yr.
So you pay the $1800 fee for the Concierge service, and then he applies charges to your insurance?
So you pay the $1800 fee for the Concierge service, and then he applies charges to your insurance?
I'm curious about concierge doctor plans and might be interested if my primary care doc ever proposed it. But how does such a plan work with other specialists? I had a serious health scare, and while my primary doc was great, I also ended up with a dozen or more other docs, surgeons, etc called in for various specialty expertise.
We were torn with the decision just like you. Had our Doctor for over 20 years and he went concierge this year. We didn't plan to sign up, but he approached me near the sign up deadline and offered to give me a 2 for 1 price for me and my wife. He said he didn't want to lose us as patients. Although we're both in our sixties, we've exercise and follow his advice - so don't usually see him more than 2-4 times a year.
He told me that the company that he signed up with gives him the right to sign up 10-15 people who don't have to pay the full fee. He's contracted to seeing only patients through the "plan" - a third party who handles the administrative sign-up, etc. and gets their take of the fee. Most of those he let in on this plan were ones that had serious health issues and didn't have the funds to pay. He had no problem reaching his "quota" that ensured the viability of his practice before the deadline. He said he went from about 2700+ patients to less than 400. He offers a "no cost" full scale physical with a large number of tests and measurements not normally covered by insurance once a year as part of this service. He's nervous about this change as well, but reaching the quota ahead of the deadline gave him a bit more confidence.
He's promising 24/7 and same day visits. There are 4 other physicians in the area that are on the same arrangement who will be available if for some reason we cannot contact him. We're glad we did it, but will have to think about it in the future.
Hope this helps.
Sounds like your Doc may have traded one bureaucracy for another. I hope it works out for you and your Doc but I certainly hope that this does not emerge as the main DPC model.
Wow -- I always thought one of the advantages of DPC was to get all the administrative stuff off the table and just practice medicine for a reasonable monthly cash payment.
Sounds like your Doc may have traded one bureaucracy for another. I hope it works out for you and your Doc but I certainly hope that this does not emerge as the main DPC model.
-gauss
So it's not exactly a concierge practice, but a good plan that works for us.
What you described is exactly what I'd go for once I get a few things that need monitoring. Not there yet.