Tag: concierge medicine
Direct Specialty Care vs Concierge Medicine: Care Without the Price Tag
The clearest way to understand this model is direct specialty care vs concierge medicine: you get the concierge-level time, access, and relationship, without the concierge retainer on top of your insurance. Direct specialty care lets specialists treat patients outside insurance and charge them directly, so patients get same-week access and upfront pricing, and physicians reclaim […]
Dr. Steven Borene: Anesthesiologist Who Left Insurance for Direct Specialty Care
She walked in with a price quote for surgery. It came from a large legacy health system, the kind of number that lands with the weight of inevitability behind it. Then a specialist practicing direct specialty care looked again, and her whole path changed. Dr. Steven Borene and his partner at Renovo Health brought in […]
