- 14,809
In addition to your gym membership, go ahead and set up the billing for your primary care membership.
Healthcare: Doctors charge membership fees - latimes.com
So can this work? Possibly in rural areas. I can't see this model working in any urban setting. Providers would have to limit membership to "X" number of patients which means the only workable solution for this model would be a lot of locations.
This, by the way, if you read the article - cuts insurance companies right out of the mix. The patient pays the membership fee, the providers render the services and the carriers get zilch.
Healthcare: Doctors charge membership fees - latimes.com
So can this work? Possibly in rural areas. I can't see this model working in any urban setting. Providers would have to limit membership to "X" number of patients which means the only workable solution for this model would be a lot of locations.
This, by the way, if you read the article - cuts insurance companies right out of the mix. The patient pays the membership fee, the providers render the services and the carriers get zilch.