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by: bearae Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 1:46pm  
...the practice is changing to concierge service. There is a fee of several thousand dollars per year now to continue to see our doctor. Has anyone else's physician made this change and if is, will you do it? 4951
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ctl74 Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 1:48pm  
My parents just told me about this happening in Florida - $1500 per person per year is the fee doctors are charging just to be "in" the practice. Reform is needed - and soon, bc this will drive even more people into poverty. Or else this "Survival of the fittest" mentality will kill us all off. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 1:48pm  
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 1:50pm  
My daughter ran into that with a doctor in Houston.  She found a different doctor. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 1:57pm  
@bearaeThis is news to me dude.........Details please........Like do they make house calls?...Do they not take any forms of insurance?....What exactly does the fee cover? 4951
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bearae Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 2:01pm  
not any of mine....what kind of doc do you work for?
 
@RobinZander: I don't work for the doctor. This is our family physician here in Kingwood. I've heard more of this is happening all the time. It's time we find a new doctor, it's too rich for our blood especially since we are lucky enough to only have to see the doctor a few times a year for minor things..checkups, colds, flu, etc. Averaging $200 a month just isn't worth it to us.Would anyone recommend family physicians in the area?
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 2:05pm  
@bearaeOur entire family uses Dr. Diaz (in Atascocita)....5510 Atascocita Rd #260, Humble, TX 77346(281) 812-1846 4951
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bearae Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 2:09pm  
@bearaeThis is news to me dude.........Details please........Like do they make house calls?...Do they not take any forms of insurance?....What exactly does the fee cover?
 
@herron1345: No house calls, yes they take insurance (but the membership fee is not covered, it's out of pocket and upfront so you still pay your copay). What you get is a smalller practice with more one on one with the doctor, longer visits, texting and cell phone calls with your physician as needed and test results available online.The practice will drop from over 4000 patients to just accepting 500. Now do the math....500X$2,500. That's in yearly membership fees to the practice.
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bearae Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 2:15pm  
@bearaeOur entire family uses Dr. Diaz (in Atascocita)....5510 Atascocita Rd #260, Humble, TX 77346(281) 812-1846
 
@herron1345: just checked...he seems to be in our plan. Can you tell me a little about him/her?
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 2:25pm  
Who is the doc. I've not heard anything from mine but it wouldn't surprise me if she goes that route 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 2:32pm  
@bearaeWe've been seeing Dr. Diaz since he opened his practice in Atascocita several years back........Great bedside manner, very calm and patient....  ....Easy to talk to, and he actually listens, without trying to "rush" you.........Nuttin' but good to say, actually.........My mom goes to him, as well as the in-laws... 4951
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bearae Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 2:40pm  
Who is the doc. I've not heard anything from mine but it wouldn't surprise me if she goes that route
 
@Jpgurl: Dr. Kim Elliott   You have to be a member by June 1st.
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donnatella Active Indicator LED Icon 13 Forum Moderator
~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 3:33pm  
This is happening as a result of Obamama care. The doctors are limiting their practice by numbers and actually turning it into a private club. Not a lot of doctors are doing it, but just enough to fill the need. Obamacare is seriously changing the way normal is in the medical field and this is a way for some doctors to escape the government mandates. I actually don't blame them. Part of the collective practice I go to went to concierge medicine but most of the doctors opted out, so there is something for everyone.
 
I work for a huge global company so our insurance will likely stay very good, very inexpensive and very competitive, but if that changes over time, we will likely consider a concierge plan. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 4:47pm  

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>> Who is the doc. I've not heard anything from mine but it wouldn't surprise me if she goes that route
 
@Jpgurl: Dr. Kim Elliott   You have to be a member by June 1st.
 
@bearae:
Thnx that's not mine. I go to Stephanie Gross Pierce- as I said it wouldn't surprise me if she went that route.
 
So- that fee- is it per person, per family? Is it a one time fee or an annual thing?
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 5:08pm  
If my doc does this, I'm Walking. Ridiculous IMO.
 
And I'd like to personally thank Obama for the giant cluster F he created. This will really kill the personal connection importance between patient and doctor, you know where they actually know you because you have been there so long?
 
Oh well. 4951
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donnatella Active Indicator LED Icon 13 Forum Moderator
~ 9 years ago   Apr 2, '14 5:16pm  
The marketplace will adapt and concierge medicine is the result. Just like the laws that forced the ERs to take everyone who walks in regardless of ability to pay. Now they are overcrowded with welfare peeps with the sniffles or a headache, using them as PCPs and real emergencies can't get in. The marketplace adjusted and we now have a freestanding independent ERs on every corner. 4951
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