Comments on: How we destroyed primary care http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/how-we-destroyed-primary-care.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: IVF-MDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/how-we-destroyed-primary-care.html#comment-86484 IVF-MD Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:35:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/how-we-destroyed-primary-care.html#comment-86484 Thanks, Tannus. That was an interesting article. Well I wish the best to the concierge practices. I see that the insurance companies influence is only limited to their excluding the doctors out of their networks. Good riddance. It just challenges the doctors to get so good and so desired that that they won't have any wish to be part of any insurance networks. Let the patients have insurance to cover hospitalization and catastrophic illness and let the concierge doctors practice medicine as they see fit. Thanks, Tannus. That was an interesting article. Well I wish the best to the concierge practices. I see that the insurance companies influence is only limited to their excluding the doctors out of their networks. Good riddance. It just challenges the doctors to get so good and so desired that that they won’t have any wish to be part of any insurance networks. Let the patients have insurance to cover hospitalization and catastrophic illness and let the concierge doctors practice medicine as they see fit.

]]> By: Tannus Qhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/how-we-destroyed-primary-care.html#comment-86478 Tannus Q Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/how-we-destroyed-primary-care.html#comment-86478 IVF-MD: This is already happening...but it's not government stepping in with restrictions - it's the insurance companies. Read more <a HREF="http://www.vantageclinicalsolutions.com/blog/2008/05/07/insurers-strike-back-at-concierge-medicine/" REL="nofollow">here</a>.<br/><br/>Tannus<br/><a HREF="http://www.vantageclinicalsolutions.com/blog" REL="nofollow">The Healthcare Entrepreneur Blog</a><br/><a HREF="http://www.vantageclinicalsolutions.com" REL="nofollow">Vantage Clinical Solutions</a> IVF-MD: This is already happening…but it’s not government stepping in with restrictions – it’s the insurance companies. Read more here.

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]]> By: IVF-MDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/how-we-destroyed-primary-care.html#comment-86476 IVF-MD Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:10:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/how-we-destroyed-primary-care.html#comment-86476 As the shortage of PCP's becomes very real and people find themselves having to wait TOO long to see their doctor, the new breed of concierge practices will spring up with greater vigor than ever to fill the demand. From what I read on these blogs, there are mixed messages of whether or not this is already happening. The one thing that could defeat this partial solution is if government stepped in with restrictions banning or greatly restricting the rights of concierge practices. As the shortage of PCP’s becomes very real and people find themselves having to wait TOO long to see their doctor, the new breed of concierge practices will spring up with greater vigor than ever to fill the demand. From what I read on these blogs, there are mixed messages of whether or not this is already happening. The one thing that could defeat this partial solution is if government stepped in with restrictions banning or greatly restricting the rights of concierge practices.

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