“Direct Primary Care” physicians
I’m thinking about going to one of the physicians who charge a membership fee. I just reviewed a couple of them on their websites. Coincidently they are both female and they have the same last name. One is in Hermann and one is in a suburb of St. Louis. Anyway – these fees seem very cheap to me and I’ve heard the concierge physicians were more like $2,000, $3,000, $4,000 a year.
Both of these doctors charge “$75 a month” which seems super cheap. The doctor in Hermann says she limits her practice to 600 patients. Actually that sounds like a lot to me. The one in St. Louis doesn’t give the size of her practice but she says it everyone gets her cell phone number and she returns calls the same day, she turned off her phone for one hour per family dinner time but otherwise she’s available by phone.
What do you health professionals think of a $75 a month membership fee for access to a physician? Both of them claim their typical patient visit is 30 minutes to one hour.