Due to the constraints of insurance, the typical doctor spends less than fifteen minutes with each patient. In primary care and internal medicine, where we must oversee the entirety of your health, this is particularly problematic. Coordination of care, solving complex problems, and promoting prevention demand far more than fifteen minutes. Because of this, most of us act like an urgent care, providing only temporary fixes and barely scratching the surface.

This is a widely recognized healthcare dilemma, and for those willing to invest in it, the Concierge Medicine model is an effective solution. Essentially, all Concierge practices operate under the same principle: the patient subsidizes the practice allowing the doctor to see fewer patients. My practice, for example, is capped at three hundred patients, and I see fewer than three patients per day.

This extra time leads to several benefits.