Karen Brown

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Karen Brown

Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts, a small city two hours west of Boston, for about 10 years. She was happy with the care, though she started to notice it was becoming harder to get an appointment. "You'd call and you're talking about weeks to a month," Andrews said. That's not surprising, as many workplace surveys show the supply of primary care doctors has fallen well below the demand, especially in rural areas such as western Massachusetts.

3 weeks ago | swoknews.com | Karen Brown

Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts, a small city two hours west of Boston, for about 10 years. She was happy with the care, though she started to notice it was becoming harder to get an appointment. “You’d call and you’re talking about weeks to a month,” Andrews said. kAm%92E’D ?@E DFCAC:D:?8[ 2D >2?J H@C<A=246 DFCG6JD D9@H E96 DFAA=J @7 AC:>2CJ 42C6 5@4E@CD 92D 72==6? H6== 36=@H E96 56>2?5[ 6DA64:2==J :? CFC2= 2C62D DF49 2D H6DE6C?

4 weeks ago | healthleadersmedia.com | Karen Brown

Many physicians who've made the change say it resolved some of the pressures they faced in primary care. The trade magazine Concierge Medicine Today estimates there are 7,000 to 22,000 concierge physicians in the U.S. Membership fees range from $1,000 to as high as $50,000 a year. Critics say concierge medicine helps only patients who have extra money to spend on healthcare, while shrinking the supply of more traditional primary care practices in a community.

1 month ago | conciergemedicinetoday.org | Karen Brown

In other words, she said, serving only 300 patients is still better than serving zero. Many doctors who made the change have said it resolves, at least on an individual level, some of the pressures they face in primary care, such as too many patients to see in too short a time. Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

1 month ago | kuow.org | Karen Brown

Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts for about 10 years. She was happy with the care, although she did start to notice it was harder to get an appointment. "You'd call and you're talking about weeks to a month," said Andrews. That's not surprising, as most workplace surveys show the supply of primary care doctors has fallen well below the demand.