# Concierge Medicine * **Definition:** A membership-based healthcare model where patients pay a flat fee for complete access to a physician, which often includes unlimited office and telehealth visits, direct phone access, basic diagnostic tests, and specialist referrals, all without co-pays or additional charges. * **Taxonomy:** Healthcare Topics / Concierge Medicine ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Concierge Medicine**, for healthcare technology leaders * 676 news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/13/2025 | [**Sollis Health Appoints Melanie Goldey to Board of Directors**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sollis-health-appoints-melanie-goldey-130000889.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 4/29/2025 | [**Health IT Appointments**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/health-it-appointments-hires-042925/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 4/23/2025 | [**William Condrell, MD now offering a more personalized approach to healthcare with the Concierge Choice from Concierge Choice Physicians**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/william-condrell-md-now-offering-a-more-personalized-approach-to-healthcare-with-the-concierge-choice-from-concierge-choice-physicians-302436353.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 4/23/2025 | [**New startup Superpower scores $30M to offer personalized health testing**](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/new-startup-superpower-scores-30m-launch-personalized-health-testing) | [[FierceHealthcare]] | | 4/8/2025 | [**Healthcare Mly Update: Q1 2025**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/strategy/healthcare-ma-quarterly-update-q1-2025/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 4/5/2025 | [**Emerging Technologies Reshaping the Concierge Medicine Market: Impact Assessment ... - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/emerging-technologies-reshaping-concierge-medicine-market-iirpc) | [[Linkedin]] | | 3/12/2025 | [**Concierge Medicine Market Research Report 2025 - Yahoo Finance**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/concierge-medicine-market-research-report-161800580.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 3/3/2025 | [**Why not launch a membership medicine pilot program? How a simple small-group trial ...**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/strategy/why-not-launch-a-membership-medicine-pilot-program-how-a-simple-small-group-trial-yields-big-results.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 2/25/2025 | [**Dock Health extends productivity platform with ready-to-deploy solutions - Yahoo Finance**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dock-health-extends-productivity-platform-122440407.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 1/10/2025 | [**A Blockbuster Year for Concierge Medicine: Specialdocs Reports a Record 26 Physician ...**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/a-blockbuster-year-for-concierge-medicine-specialdocs-reports-a-record-26-physician-clients-launched-practices-in-2024-302347739.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 1/9/2025 | [**A Blockbuster Year for Concierge Medicine: Specialdocs Reports a Record 26 Physician-Clients Launched Practices in 2024**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/blockbuster-concierge-medicine-specialdocs-reports-124500267.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 1/7/2025 | [**Fix Your Health Systems' Workforce Challenges With the Concierge Medicine Model**](https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/fix-your-health-systems-workforce-challenges-with-the-concierge-medicine-model) | [[Chief Healthcare Executive]] | | 12/10/2024 | [**Concierge Medicine Industry to Generate Revenues of $31.39 Billion by 2028**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/concierge-medicine-industry-generate-revenues-145400332.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 11/22/2024 | [**Concierge Medicine Market is Poised to Register CAGR of 8.60y 2031 - SkyQuest Technology**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/concierge-medicine-market-poised-register-113400418.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 11/15/2024 | [**What the rise of concierge medicine means for primary care doctors and patients**](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/15/business/concierge-medicine-doctors-primary-care-yearly-membership-fee/) | [[Boston Globe]] | | 11/5/2024 | [**Lucid Diagnostics Expands Direct Contracting Initiative with Multiple Programs Focused on Near-Term Revenue Drivers**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lucid-diagnostics-expands-direct-contracting-initiative-with-multiple-programs-focused-on-near-term-revenue-drivers-302296331.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 10/9/2024 | [**Remarkable Stories of Transformation to be Shared by Specialdocs and Affiliated Physicians at the Concierge Medicine Forum Oct. 17th - 19th**](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/10/09/2960612/0/en/Remarkable-Stories-of-Transformation-to-be-Shared-by-Specialdocs-and-Affiliated-Physicians-at-the-Concierge-Medicine-Forum-Oct-17th-19th.html) | [[Globe Newswire]] | | 9/22/2024 | [**7 Takeaways From a Fireside Chat with Providence's Chief of Virtual Care - MedCity News**](https://medcitynews.com/2024/09/7-takeaways-from-a-fireside-chat-with-providences-chief-of-virtual-care/) | [[MedCity News]] | | 8/27/2024 | [**U.S. and Europe Concierge Medicine Market Robust Expansion is expected to 2031.**](https://www.whatech.com/og/markets-research/medical/871727-u-s-and-europe-concierge-medicine-market-robust-expansion-is-expected-to-2031.html) | whatech.com | | 8/21/2024 | [**Together Women's Health Partners with true. Women's Health to Become a National Leader in Digital Menopause and Wellness Care**](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240821908205/en/Together-Women%E2%80%99s-Health-Partners-with-true.-Women%E2%80%99s-Health-to-Become-a-National-Leader-in-Digital-Menopause-and-Wellness-Care/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-RLXHJgazfQJNuOVHefdHP-D8R-QU5o2AvY8bhI9uvWSD8DYIYv4TIC1g1u0AKcacnnViVjtb72bOP4-4nHK5ieT3WxPE8m_kWI77F87CseT) | [[Business Wire]] | | 7/30/2024 | [**The Benefits of Concierge Medicine in Preventing Burnout for Medical Practitioners**](https://healthcareguys.com/2024/07/30/the-benefits-of-concierge-medicine-in-preventing-burnout-for-medical-practitioners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-benefits-of-concierge-medicine-in-preventing-burnout-for-medical-practitioners) | [[The Healthcare Guys]] | | 7/21/2024 | [**U.S. and Europe Concierge Medicine Market Across the Atlantic - WhaTech**](https://www.whatech.com/og/markets-research/industrial/859347-u-s-and-europe-concierge-medicine-market-across-the-atlantic-the-u-s-and-europe-lead-the-charge-in-the-growing-concierge-medicine-market) | whatech.com | | 7/12/2024 | [**Concierge medicine: exclusive access or equity dilemma?**](https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/07/concierge-medicine-exclusive-access-or-equity-dilemma.html) | [[KevinMD]] | | 3/20/2024 | [**Whatever Happened to Concierge Medicine?**](https://tcbmag.com/whatever-happened-to-concierge-medicine/) | [[Twin Cities Business]] | | 2/27/2023 | [**Will Retail Health Really Disrupt Healthcare?**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidchou/2023/02/27/will-retail-health-really-disrupt-healthcare/) | [[Forbes]] | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **Concierge Choice Physicians**: The largest private provider of concierge medical programs in the U.S., offering flexible and affordable models for practices. - **Specialdocs Consultants**: A consulting firm that assists physicians in transitioning to concierge medicine, emphasizing personalized care. - **Cleveland Clinic**: Expanding concierge medicine services in Nevada, aiming to enhance healthcare options in the local community. - **Concierge Choice Physicians (CCP)**: Offers a hybrid model allowing physicians to care for both members and nonmembers, enhancing patient connectivity. - **MDVIP**: A network of concierge practices focusing on personalized primary care with enhanced patient access and satisfaction. - **Rezilient Health**: A healthcare provider that raised $10 million to enhance its concierge healthcare services through a centralized model. - **Inova 360 Concierge Medicine**: A healthcare provider focused on personalized healthcare services, set to open a new facility in Reston, Virginia, in 2025. - **K Health**: An AI-driven primary care company that provides a concierge medical experience with 24/7 access to care, requiring only health insurance for access rather than high membership fees. - **Elliston Pediatrics**: A pediatric practice in New York utilizing a concierge model to provide personalized care, emphasizing preventive health and telemedicine. - **Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches (MSPB)**: A healthcare provider that has expanded its concierge service offerings through acquisitions, enhancing patient care in South Florida. - **Sollis Health**: An urgent and emergency concierge care provider that has raised $33 million in funding to expand its services across the U.S., offering a unique membership model that eliminates wait times. - **Nutex Health**: Operates micro hospitals and aims to provide concierge-level medical care to underserved areas. - **Forum Health**: An integrative and functional medicine provider expanding its network through acquisitions to enhance personalized healthcare offerings. - **Iron Remedy MD**: A telehealth company focused on men's health, offering concierge services for testosterone treatment. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Dr. Michael Carson and Specialdocs Consultants**: Collaboration to launch a new concierge practice focusing on personalized patient care. - **Concierge Choice Physicians and Dr. Stanley Cohen**: Dr. Cohen joins CCP's Hybrid Choice program, allowing him to provide personalized care while serving both members and nonmembers. - **Total Access Medical (TAM)**: Appointed FJ Leto as President to redefine primary care through an innovative concierge model that integrates holistic and functional medicine. - **MDVIP and Local Physicians**: MDVIP collaborates with local physicians to provide membership-based internal medicine practices, enhancing personalized patient care. - **Specialdocs and Dr. Preeti Kallu**: Launch of a personalized medicine model emphasizing holistic patient care at Internal Medicine of Tampa Bay. - **Brand Engagement Network and Members Only Health**: Collaboration to develop an AI assistant for improving patient access to healthcare services. - **QuikMedic and MyCare Medical Group**: A partnership to enhance at-home healthcare services in Florida. - **MDVIP and K Health**: MDVIP collaborates with K Health to integrate AI solutions into personalized care models, enhancing patient engagement. - **Cleveland Clinic and Vinmec Healthcare System**: Exploring innovative partnerships to enhance service offerings and revenue streams. - **GI Alliance and Cosán**: GI Alliance has partnered with Cosán to launch Chronic Care and Principal Care Management Programs aimed at improving population health management. - **Rezilient Health and Oklahoma State University**: A partnership to offer multi-specialty care benefits at the CloudClinic. - **K Health and Health Systems**: K Health partners with leading health systems like Cedars-Sinai to enhance patient access and clinical outcomes through its AI-driven platform. - **LEAA Health and Lucid Diagnostics**: LEAA Health has partnered with Lucid Diagnostics to offer EsoGuard testing as part of their personalized care services. - **Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc.**: Partnered with seven new provider organizations to expand the adoption of AI-driven blood tests for coronary heart disease, focusing on personalized and preventive healthcare. - **Together Women's Health and true. Women's Health**: Partnering to enhance digital menopause and wellness care, aiming to improve healthcare outcomes for women. - **HealthLynked and K Health**: HealthLynked has partnered with K Health to enhance its telemedicine services, providing 24/7 nationwide access to licensed healthcare providers. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **Pediatric Concierge Medicine**: There is a growing trend in pediatric concierge medicine as parents seek personalized and preventive healthcare services for their children. - **Growth of Concierge Medicine**: The concierge medicine market is projected to grow from over $20 billion in 2024 to nearly $36 billion by 2030, driven by patient demand for personalized care. - **Concierge Model Growth**: The concierge medicine market is projected to capture a significant share of primary care by 2030, driven by patient demand for personalized services. - **Hybrid Concierge Models**: Physicians are adopting hybrid models that allow them to maintain traditional practices while offering concierge services. - **Concierge Medicine Growth**: Projected market growth from $8.13 billion in 2021 to $22.23 billion by 2030, driven by demand for personalized care. - **Membership-Based Models**: Concierge medicine offers a subscription-based model that enhances patient care and accessibility, particularly for chronic disease patients. - **Subscription-Based Models**: A shift towards subscription-based concierge medicine models emphasizing accessibility and individualized care. - **Patient-Centric Models**: Concierge practices are adopting models that prioritize patient relationships and personalized care, leading to improved patient outcomes and satisfaction. - **Technology Integration**: Concierge medicine is increasingly integrating medical technology to enhance patient experiences, including virtual care platforms. - **Hybrid Choice Program**: Launched by Concierge Choice Physicians, this program aims to improve connectivity and personalized care for patients with complex health needs. - **Virtual Concierge Services**: The adoption of virtual concierge services is a significant trend, allowing for more accessible and personalized healthcare experiences. - **Technological Integration**: Concierge practices are leveraging technology to provide virtual care and wellness tools, improving patient experiences. - **AI Integration**: AI technology is being integrated into concierge medicine to enhance personalized medicine and improve diagnostic accuracy, despite initial resistance from some physicians. - **Telemedicine Adoption**: Concierge practices like Elliston Pediatrics and Dr. Ashley Pediatrics are leveraging telemedicine to enhance accessibility. - **MDVIP Wellness Program**: Offers comprehensive yearly health assessments and ongoing coaching to promote healthier lifestyle choices. - **Integrative Wellness Memberships**: TAM plans to introduce memberships featuring advanced diagnostic tools and remote monitoring to empower patients in achieving optimal health. - **Telemedicine Expansion**: HealthLynked has expanded its telemedicine services to provide 24/7 access, reflecting a trend towards more accessible healthcare solutions. - **Personalized Health Testing**: Superpower's model includes biannual lab testing and AI-driven health guidance, reflecting a trend towards personalized health insights. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Healthcare Access Disparities**: Concierge medicine may disproportionately benefit wealthier individuals, potentially excluding lower-income patients who need care. - **Physician Shortages**: Concierge medicine may contribute to physician shortages in the broader healthcare system, as more primary care doctors transition to this model. - **Affordability Issues**: Concierge medicine, while offering personalized care, raises concerns about affordability and equity, potentially limiting access for lower-income patients. - **High Service Costs**: Concierge medicine often comes with higher costs, which may limit accessibility for some patients. - **Health Inequities**: The rise of concierge medicine is criticized for exacerbating health inequities, as it often caters to wealthier patients who can afford high membership fees. - **Ethical Questions**: The rise of concierge medicine raises ethical concerns about equity in healthcare, as it primarily serves those who can afford it. - **Healthcare Disparities**: Concerns that concierge medicine may exacerbate existing disparities in healthcare access, leaving uninsured populations without options. - **High Membership Costs**: Concierge medicine often has high membership fees, limiting access for lower-income populations. - **Accessibility and Equity**: Concerns arise regarding the high costs associated with concierge medicine, potentially limiting access for lower-income patients. - **Regulatory Issues**: Ongoing regulatory challenges surrounding healthcare delivery and insurance coverage in concierge medicine. - **Physician Shortage**: The national shortage of primary care physicians, exceeding 17,000 in 2023, is driving more patients to seek concierge services. - **Impact on Traditional Care**: Concerns about the shift to concierge models exacerbating the shortage of primary care physicians and limiting access to traditional care. - **Physician Burnout**: The increasing demands on primary care physicians lead to burnout, prompting many to seek alternative models like concierge medicine for better work-life balance. - **Access Disparities**: The rise of concierge models may exacerbate disparities in access to affordable care, particularly for patients unable to pay out-of-pocket fees. - **Insurance Coverage Limitations**: Limited insurance coverage for concierge services poses a challenge, as many patients may not be able to afford the out-of-pocket costs associated with membership. - **Cost Implications**: Concierge models often require upfront fees, raising concerns about increasing overall healthcare costs without improving outcomes. - **Economic Dependency**: Concierge services may be affected by economic downturns that reduce disposable income for potential patients. - **Primary Care Crisis**: States like Massachusetts face a shortage of primary care providers, leading to longer wait times and increased reliance on emergency services. - **Technology Limitations**: While patient portals enhance efficiency, they can lead to confusion and increased inquiries, highlighting the limitations of technology in personalized care.