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With no one satisfied with the current state of healthcare, there has been a movement back to the type of patient-driven care that existed back when patients paid directly for their care.
This movement is called personalized healthcare
and it can make sense for a lot of people.
For example, under Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, underwriting, which is the process insurance companies used to determine whether they would insure someone, has been eliminated and certain minimum levels for coverage have been established.
In some instances, these new insurance levels have caused people to lose their old insurance plans and have to pay much higher premiums for new
plans.
Meanwhile, with a personal healthcare approach…
Members pay an annual fee, usually somewhere between $800 and $2000, for a level of access to physicians and medical care not generally available in traditional healthcare.
Personalized healthcare members still pay co-pays but may be charged reduced fees or receive some services for free as part of their membership dues. The process is somewhat like buying insurance directly from the doctor. Another way to look at it is like a medical service club, with a membership.
Personalized healthcare providers argue that
their fee is more than worth it …
Because they dramatically reduce “downstream” costs, which include specialist visits, emergency room visits, hospitalizations and surgeries.
Several personalized healthcare providers have published studies citing 20% to 30% reductions in healthcare costs for members.
One of the main reasons for the reduced costs, personalized healthcare officials say, is the extra time doctors are able to spend with members
during office visits.
While the average traditional doctor’s visit is now just 6 minutes, personalized healthcare doctors set aside full 30 minute blocks to meet with patients.
A personalized healthcare practice offers many other benefits.
For example, according to two recent studies:
- There was a 72% decrease in hospital admissions for those between the ages of 35 and 64 in personalized healthcare practices (The American Journal of Managed Care)
- Personalized healthcare patients better manage chronic conditions – in this study 83% of patients with diabetes in a personalized healthcare program exhibited good blood pressure control compared to the national average of 50% to 65% (International Journal of Person Centered Medicine)