In exchange for a membership fee, patients can receive round-the-clock physician access, same-day appointments, personalized health plans and longer office visits. But in a down economy, physicians ...

While traditional health care providers often see a large number of patients during shorter appointments, membership-based physicians said they are shifting to a more exclusive model that reduces ...

Innovative primary care service focuses on prevention, access, and long-term physician relationships Modern leaders ...

The rise of concierge medicine shows no signs of slowing down. Frustrated with long wait times for appointments, waiting room delays and only brief conversations with their doctor, those who can ...

With the national shortage of primary care physicians projected to worsen, more Americans are paying for the privilege of seeing a doctor. "You had to pay the fee, or the doctor wasn't going to see ...

As a busy business consultant in Charlotte, Michael Butterworth loves skipping the middleman when it comes to his healthcare. So he signed up for concierge medicine, which involves annual fees for ...

Heather Doolittle, of Rocky River, bounced between traditional primary care doctors and specialists for years. She suffers from migraines, meaning she sometimes needs quick access to a doctor. So the ...

As the demands of primary care continue to increase, many physicians face mounting pressure to see more patients in less time ...

When Annapolis resident Maria Pittarelli began pursuing concierge primary care for her mother, she quickly came down with an acute case of sticker shock. The idea behind concierge is that primary care ...

“The first wealth is health,” wrote American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1860. It’s a truism that has newfound resonance in today’s health and wellness sectors as more people explore what makes ...

If patients at the University of Arizona Medical Center didn’t care for the food, the nurses or the noise on their floor, Julie KennedyOehlert wants to hear about it. “I don’t know why, but health ...