I am moving my practice to a subscription model.
I agree.
It does sound suspicious.
Suspiciously, like a boutique practice.
Suspiciously, like less wait to see your doctor.
Suspiciously, like a “gym membership” you will, actually, use.
Suspiciously, like a cash practice.
Suspiciously, like care and not management.
Suspiciously, like functional lab work when you need it.
Suspiciously, like herbal medicine tailored to your needs and health goals.
I am a suspicious character. There is no doubt. I want to see patients and have them leave with what they need (vitamin D, UTI treatment, herbs, hydrotherapy instructions, etc). I am suspicious of things that take up my time with little to no benefit to my peeps.
One recent patient visit typified what was lacking in my practice and where, if I correct my course, I could be headed in the future. I met a patient for the first time, spent 1.5 hours with her discussing her health goals/concerns and preforming a physical exam. Once completed, we moseyed out to the front office.
No one was there. It was the end of the day. The tincture bar was all ours.
I asked her questions while I made my tincture selection. (No premixed concoction but something that took into consideration her, dare I say, energetics as well as her complaints.) She left, bottle in hand, and forgot to pay for her tincture on the way out. Her comment when the front desk called, “Sorry. I was having such a good time. I forgot to check in with you on the way out.”
Seamless.
I want seamless.
Suspiciously seamless.
Health insurance has its benefits. I have had amazing patients while treading water in the insurance pool. I don’t want to loose them but the current is stronger – paperwork, no increase in reimbursement, too many patients/too little time for what matters. Resistance is good. It makes us stronger but I want to swim with new ideas/new training. I want to be the BEST doctor I can be and give that back in a power-full way.
Suspicious? Shady? Cagey?
That is me.
I hope to be out of my cage, sitting in the shade, diving into a patient as far as I can and having the support staff with me to make their lives better with curated health care.
Wanna come?