Conceirge Care, Primary Care Practice Transformation (Essay Sample)

Concierge Care
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Concierge Care
Concierge care is a new concept in healthcare where patients subscribe to a retainer fee which guarantees them membership and assignment to more convenient medication. Therefore the scheme has both benefits and disadvantages to patients and health profession as discussed below. As opposed to the conventional primary health care, here patients are required to regularly renew their membership on a predetermined basis, for example monthly, quarterly or on annual basis as agreed upon by both patient and healthcare provider. This may be too expensive for low class patients who also need private uninterrupted sessions with specialised healthcare providers (Shrank, 2017). Concierge care also provide patients with privileges like same day access to doctors, text messaging and phone calls to doctors and unlimited prolonged office visits. Therefore, even though this plan improves patient relation with their healthcare officers, it also forms a basis for discrimination of patients according to their financial capabilities.
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Shrank, W. H. (2017). Primary care practice transformation and the rise of consumerism. Journal of general internal medicine, 32(4), 387-391.
Due to increasing demand, concierge care has been modelled into three primary types namely; Free for Care (FFC) where patients’ subscriptions are retained by a physician for primary healthcare while further examinations like x-rays and laboratory tests are charged separate. Another form is Free for Extra Care (FFEC) where additional healthcare services provided to a patient are billed from their insurance plan. Las...