Comments on: My Boutique Medicine Visit

By: Zinc

Zinc — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:24:39 +0000

I've not been impressed by MDVIP either– my 86 year old mom lives in Vegas and recently had a stroke and has had to move into assisted living. Her doc a couple of years before switched to MDVIP-only, and essentially she was told she'd have to cough up a yearly fee to keep seeing him. She liked him (or thought she did), and went ahead with it. Since then, I've had the chance to sit in on some visits, and the guy is a bit cavalier. Docs don't like medicare patients because they have to agree to lower fees, so stuff like MDVIP is sorta like the hotels having a hidden "resort fees." Its a way to compensate for the downward fee pressure they're getting from insurers.

By: Ed Shull

Ed Shull — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:53:26 +0000

Susie, thanks for the comment. Did you sign up with a specific service?

By: Susie11

Susie11 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:06:54 +0000

Thanks for providing the information and review. I just went to a doctor's office yesterday and said to myself "that is it – I have to look into concierge medicine" I spent three hours waiting to be seen when I had an appointment!

By: Ed Shull

Ed Shull — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:47:38 +0000

Chris – I think they were both issues. I’ll go over it more in my blog post.

By: Chris Bishop

Chris Bishop — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:20:10 +0000

was it just MDVip that was the problem, or the idea? I thought about signing up with a different service.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:02:38 +0000

Thanks for the really great overview. I thought about joining MD-VIP, but I wasn’t sure if it would be worth it. I guess I know now that it isn’t.