Congratulations Dr. Setzer!

Local Physician Opens Concierge Medical Practice to Improve Patient Care
The concept of concierge medicine (also known as private medicine) is not new. In fact, it’s been nearly 15 years since the first practice opened in Seattle.
Scott Setzer, MD, a family physician for the past 14 years, decided to give concierge medicine a try as a [...]

Concierge Medicine in Wichita

http://www.kansas.com/2011/11/10/2097088/wichita-doctors-offer-concierge.html

Members.MD featured in the news!

Oct. 24, 2011: Omaha Companies Partner with Members.MD to Keep Executives Healthy

Omaha, Neb. — More than a dozen Omaha companies have enrolled their employees in a concierge executive health-care program developed by Members.MD, and they’re seeing results.
Traditional executive health programs offer a one-day physical, but the service ends there. Members.MD provides executives with a [...]

Concierge medicine is bright future for patients and doctors

by Dr. Thomas LaGrelius; appeared 4/7/2011 on dailybreeze.com
I welcomed The Associated Press’ recent article on concierge medicine, which appeared on the front page of the Daily Breeze. However, as the first of three, soon to be five, concierge physicians in the South Bay and past president and current board chair of the national concierge doctor’s [...]

Thomas LaGrelius: What ObamaCare will do to seniors

appeared 9/8/2011 on dailybreeze.com
Last month, I was invited to make a presentation to the Peninsula Seniors Organization at the Hesse Park auditorium in Rancho Palos Verdes. The subject was “How the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) Will Affect Seniors on Medicare.” It was standing room only and the crowd spilled into the hallway.
Preparation [...]

Leading Indiana Physicians Offer Navigenics Personalized Health Program

EINPresswire.com,  July 14, 2011
Priority Physicians, Indiana’s leading provider of concierge medical care, today announced it will become the first provider in the state to offer Navigenics(R) personalized genetic analysis to their patients. 
Navigenics’ personalized health program provides people with insight into their individual genetic predisposition for developing certain medical conditions such as cancers, cardiac disease, [...]

Philadelphia-Area Dentist Partners With Local Physician to Offer Advanced Cardiovascular Disease Screening Test

msnbc.com
Plymouth Meeting dentist Richard Nagelberg, DDS recently announced that he will be partnering with Washington Crossing Family Practice physician Charles Whitney, MD to provide a state-of-the-art screening test for cardiovascular disease in their respective offices from June 23rd – 25th.
The Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) Ultrasound is a screening test that detects vascular disease at an [...]

New Concierge Medical Practice – AAPP’s Dr. Jones

New Concierge Medical Practice Opens in McLean
Principal Medical Group offers a unique alternative to traditional primary care practices
WASHINGTON—Principal Medical Group, P.C. announced today that its concierge medical practice is now accepting patients.  Located in the heart of McLean, Va., Principal Medical Group offers access to high-quality service from experienced physicians, same-day appointments, comprehensive, preventative services [...]

Reform Could Create More “Boutique” Doctors

IBJ News, May 14, 2011
Dr. Kevin Logan worked for several years in the St. Vincent Physician Network until he decided to head in a radically new direction.
He not only left the support network of St. Vincent when he set up his one-man practice in 2003, but he also decided to no longer accept insurance payments [...]

AAPP heavily featured in the news

See The Doctor More Often – But at a Price, Sign on San Diego May 10, 2011
After a long night of excruciating pain, Corinne Geller phoned her physician Dr. Martin Schulman early the next morning. Within minutes, he called ahead to the hospital emergency room to tell them to expect his 85-year-old patient for what he [...]