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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Email:

Dear {insert patient name},
[i][sic. That's what the email said][/i]

We are writing to announce an important practice change. We will convert to a concierge/personalized care practice model.

Unfortunately, in recent years the healthcare environment has made it almost unsustainable to practice medicine as independent physicians due to the mandated constraints placed on doctors.

Continuity of care and personalized communication have become more difficult. This is not the way we want to practice medicine.

As a member, you will enjoy phones answered live by caring staff, scheduling appointments quickly and at your convenience, having extended unhurried visits, receiving dedicated follow-up between visits, and directly communicating with us after hours for urgent issues.

In order to realize these goals, our practice size will be limited and there will be an [b]annual membership fee[/b]
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Fee amount not announced yet.

Thoughts?

Sounds like a lot of words to say "we need more profit per patient."

So now we get a guaranteed fixe price to pay PLUS still get surprise bills for treatment. [/quote]

We got a very similar email from Marshak medical group. A few sentences were different from whay you posted.

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I wonder if something changed that suddenly broke all the camels' backs at once. We just got this letter too, and I came here searching for previous experiences. We like our doctors, but we usually don't go often enough to warrant a concierge fee. If it's a fee per person, that's several thousand for our family... not going to happen. And now everyone will be squeezing into the smaller pool of non-concierge practices...[/quote]

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