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Healthcare Concierge

 



 Healthcare concierge is a new healthcare delivery model where a primary care physician charges a patient an annual fee (retainer) and promises to provide enhanced care to the patient by sparing adequate time and ensuring availability to the patient. Healthcare concierge is also known as concierge medicine or retainer medicine. The Four Seasons Medical Concierge is an example of an organization that gives healthcare concierge services by linking you to qualified and dedicated physicians in pain management, spine treatment, and podiatry.

Models of Healthcare Concierge

Organizations that offer healthcare concierge services adopt one of the three primary business models. These models are Fee for Care, Fee for Extra Care, and the Hybrid Concierge Model.  

Fee For Care (FFC)

In this model, a patient pays a physician an annual, quarterly, or monthly fee. This fee covers the services provided by the physician in the office. However, it does not include other services like lab work, x-ray, or vaccinations.

Fee For Extra Care (FFEC)

This model is like the FFC. The only difference is that it offers additional services to the physician's office services and charges the other services on a patient’s insurance plan or Medicare.

Hybrid Concierge

In this model, patients prepay a yearly, quarterly, or monthly fee to physicians for services that insurers or Medicare do not cover. Examples of such services not covered by Medicare or insurers are the provision of comprehensive wellness and evaluation plans. Physicians that use this model charge Medicare and insurers for the covered services. They cater to the uncovered services using prepaid periodical fees to them.

Types Of Services Offered By Concierge Medicine

In addition to the usual medical services, concierge physicians offer aeromedical evacuations, comprehensive, individualized examinations, access to second opinions, and routine and emergency diagnosis and treatment.

The fee charged for concierge medical is like an insurance policy where you pay a fee to a physician in anticipation of a future healthcare expense. 

Benefits Of Healthcare Concierge

Healthcare concierge has several advantages.

Increased Attention

Patients who subscribe to concierge medical services receive convenient, personal attention from their physicians. Their physician spares adequate time to attend to them and understand their medical history when they visit their offices.

Concierge physicians spend 20 minutes more with their patients than traditional physicians. It occurs because concierge physicians attend to a significantly lower number of patients (about 50 to 1000 patients annually) than traditional physicians (about 3000 to 4000 patients annually).

In-home Visits

 Concierge physicians do not just wait for you to go to them. They are usually a phone call or an email away. They are willing and bound to see you at your place and time of convenience. Since some health conditions and debilitating, it is beneficial that concierge physicians can visit and offer you treatment in the comfort of your home. Patients who receive personalized care at home recover faster than those who receive care at the hospital.

Worldwide Access to Physicians

Concierge organizations, such as our Four Seasons Medical Concierge, offer patients unlimited access to different physicians worldwide. They link up our global pool of very-able physicians to our cherished patients. It ensures that patients receive the best treatment at their convenience, facilitating quick recovery.

Conclusion

Healthcare concierge is an incredible service that gives you improved attention and care from the best physicians in the world. Contact several healthcare concierge organizations like the Four Seasons Medical Concierge to receive the best healthcare service at your convenience.

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