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