Concierge Medicine - Worth it?
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Anonymous
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We have paid a local NP a concierge fee for several years. Since telemedicine took off I’m finding this hard to justify. I am able to get quicker appointments, and better care. The telegraphy doctor, rather than steering me toward a lucrative glp1 subscription, took a more detailed look at my labs and found a different problem.
I’m also accessing a much more diverse group of medical professionals. I had not really focused on this before but the entire NP practice is white, often blond, and has high turnover. What am I missing? |
Anonymous
Is this a joke? |
Anonymous
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What does white and blond have to do with anything? If you don't like the practice, then just leave. Sounds like you prefer the Teledocs anyway.
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Anonymous
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It's worth it for someone like my mom, who has major health anxiety and needs a doctor who responds to her in a prompt manner and who can get her in easily to guarantee her she doesn't have a brain bleed, cancer, infections, etc.
I get my labs done every year and have my necessary screenings. It would be a total waste of money for me. |
Anonymous
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It's worth it for someone like my mom, who has major health anxiety and needs a doctor who responds to her in a prompt manner and who can get her in easily to guarantee her she doesn't have a brain bleed, cancer, infections, etc.
I get my labs done every year and have my necessary screenings. It would be a total waste of money for me. |
Anonymous
| No |
Anonymous
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NPs are going concierge?
Now I’ve heard everything. |
Anonymous
+1,000,000 |
Anonymous
| KG right? We love them, but agree on the lack of diversity. |
Anonymous
| not at all. |
Anonymous
| 100% worth it for me and my family. A whole new level of care. |
Anonymous
A whole new level of care? For a NP? Well, technically correct I’m sure… |
Anonymous
| Kelly Goodman!!! Why does this practice come up so much here?? |
Anonymous
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Not sure about NP concierge but we started using a full pay (by the visit) doctor for DD with a chronic condition. It ends up being about the same as an annual concierge charge. They are super responsive, spend a long time per appointment and have been great with paperwork. Also made some great referrals, including to a helpful research study. So the idea of paying more for a more personalized service has been worth it in this case.
For everyone else in the family, with more routine care, we just use in-network under insurance. |
Anonymous
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Why would anyone in their right mind pay a concierge fee for a NP? That is ludicrous.
The minimum amount of education a NP needs is a Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) — about 2 years to get their RN Then there are RN-to-MSN bridge programs that take 2-3 years. So that could be 4-5 years after high school. Let's say the NP actually has a BA or BS then it is 6 years after high school. A MD/DO is 4 years of college 4 years of medical school 3 years of residency for Family doctor/pediatrics/internal medicine That is 11 years of education Look at the Clinical Training Requirements: A key difference is clinical training hours: Physicians usually complete 12,000–16,000+ hours during residency. NPs typically complete 500–1,000 hours in graduate training. |