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...able to pay extra for." Given the insurance companies' strict rulebook, says Darvish, neither patients nor doctors have much choice. "I think the incentives are all wrong," Darvish says. "They don't pay for you to make a phone call. They don't pay for you to send an e-mail. They don't pay for you to find an interesting article about a problem the patient is having and discuss it with them...
...Innovative Medical Practice Design. They limit the number of patients they see so they can devote more time to each; accept insurance for routine treatment and tests; and charge patients an additional flat fee for extras like no waiting, longer office visits and ?round-the-clock availability via e-mail or cell phone. Though it seems like a recipe for more work, boutique docs say their style affords them more control over their lives and careers, and is more fulfilling. Most are primary care physicians, but OB/GYNs are entering the field too, as Burnette-Dubose discovered when an acquaintance suggested...
...after and opened Elite, and now charges patients $15,000 on top of insurance for VIP prenatal care that includes add-ons like a fetal ultrasound photo at every visit, private birthing classes, one massage per trimester, optional home doctor visits, her private home and cell phone numbers and e-mail address, and the guarantee that she will be at the hospital for her patients' full active labor and delivery. In order to fulfill that last promise, Sam, who also has a regular gynecological practice, accepts obstetric patients by due date - no more than four women due per month. That...
...number of American physicians offering boutique medical services remains low - in a 2005 survey of 4,200 primary care doctors led by Brooks, only 16.5% of respondents said they had ever even used e-mail with their patients, and only 2.9% used it frequently. The shift to personalized health care has been slow and gradual, but it's led by a young generation of doctors who are accustomed to having easy access to information, and are betting that their patients want to be able to contact their physicians as easily and immediately as they contact their bank. Still...
...think it shows a basic naivety about the way insurance works,” said Leo P. Zimmermann ’09, who was a vocal opponent of the HRL campaign on Currier House’s open e-mail list...