Long wait for a rushed doctor's visit? Maybe you'll get more with a 'membership' fee
The growing number of concierge medical practices limit the number of patients and charge them membership fees. Will this ...
These Doctors Are Cutting Out the Middleman
Direct primary care offers doctors a way to keep insurance companies out of their business. They say this helps them provide ...
A doctor you can text, call, and see within a day? Inside the growing model of ‘direct primary care.’
Proponents herald the practice as a free-market approach to providing medical care, while critics say it could widen health ...
This Doctor’s Primary Care Startup Focuses On Keeping Older Adults Out Of The ER
Khosla-backed Gather Health has signed up more than 2,500 patients, the majority on both Medicare and Medicaid, for its ...
What to do when your doctor retires or charges $10,000 a year to go concierge
The odds are growing that your doctor will leave their practice amid a nationwide shortage of primary-care physicians.
Doctors, patients finding relief by switching to direct primary care physicians
Though providers and patients in direct primary care prefer the model, it does not replace all medical services.
Primary care physician honored for Doctors’ Day
In honor of Doctors’ Day, a primary care physician is being highlighted after being honored as a hero by her patient. “I think primary care is, is ...
Physician assistants say they could help the primary care crisis. Will Mass. lawmakers agree?
Physician assistants will return to Beacon Hill this year to advocate for the removal of “archaic” requirements that, they ...
To bolster primary care workforce, R.I. offers grants to train next generation of doctors
This program will encourage trainees in primary care to remain in Rhode Island after completing their education,” said Dr.
10 Questions You Should Always Ask at Doctors’ Appointments
We asked experts to share the questions you should ask your doctor to help you get well or stay that way. Exactly which ...