| If you think about it generally the best way to find the | | | | elite specialist. Concierge medical practices that offer a |
| people at the top of any profession is to find out who | | | | VIP- Preferred access program are springing up all |
| the people at the top of the food chain in OTHER | | | | over the country to provide quicker appointment times, |
| industries are using... | | | | less waiting in the waiting rooms, and other services. |
| Example...Want to know who some of the best | | | | There are only a few nationwide "VIP" "Preferred |
| lawyers are? You might find out who Bill Gates or | | | | Access" models out there: |
| Steve Jobs or Warren Buffet uses...right? Ok, sure | | | | One of those is MDVIP who offer VIP access to local |
| they might be out of your price range but you found | | | | doctors. This is a traditional concierge model where |
| them fairly quickly. Now it's probably safe to say that | | | | doctors become partners with MDVIP and they limit |
| those lawyers know many of the other top lawyers in | | | | their practices to around 600 patients and provide VIP |
| other specialties as well...so all you would need to do is | | | | access to those patients who opt in. Patients who opt |
| ask those lawyers who the best XYZ lawyer is for a | | | | out must find another doctor. |
| particular situation, right? | | | | Another nationwide network of physicians providing |
| It is really the same in medicine, now do not get me | | | | preferred access and elite care is Team Doctors |
| wrong..there are plenty of great doctors who do not | | | | Preferred Access. The Team Doctors network is |
| take care of celebrities and pro-athletes | | | | comprised of physicians who are or have been the |
| etc...phenomenal doctors. There are managed groups | | | | team physicians of professional sports teams. This |
| out there right now who have networks of great | | | | network of doctors has been in existence informally |
| doctors. | | | | for some twenty plus years and just now formalized |
| Castle Connolly provides a nationwide search tool. This | | | | by several of the team physicians. Members receive |
| is membership/subscriber based but the fee is not too | | | | pro-active local and nationwide access to the team |
| hefty to become a member. | | | | physicians, who know just about all the other elite |
| While finding doctors is one part of the equation, | | | | specialists and medical centers locally and across the |
| receiving quick access to them is another. Typically | | | | country. |
| you will wait weeks, even months to get in to see an | | | | |