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How do you deal with patients keeping the doctor there for an hour? Drives taking an hour in between? It's nice and I'd love it, but I can't see how it's feasib

by homero 9y ago

How do you deal with patients keeping the doctor there for an hour? Drives taking an hour in between? It's nice and I'd love it, but I can't see how it's feasible against an office where they can see 6 patients an hour. Great pricing however. Is it really $99 total? That's cheaper than driving and a copay.

callumprentice 9y ago
In my experiences, they're in and out pretty quickly. I didn't feel rushed but certainly not the mellow chit-chat I've experienced in the past when I visit my regular doctor where I used to live. My cost is $20 per visit for the copay - I guess they bill the insurance company in the same way as if you'd gone into the practice.
dragonwriter 9y ago
> Is it really $99 total? $99 is the cost with no insurance; with insurance they bill and you pay your normal copay. $99 is probably less than their average reimbursement. > That's cheaper than driving and a copay. If you have really high cost of driving, have poor insurance, or are comparing it to average urgent care copays instead of primary/specialist office visits (IIRC, copays for primary average around $25 and specialist around $40; $60-75 seems improbably high transport cost for most people to drive to a doctor, even with non-free parking), sure. But unless appointment availability is really high, it's going to be higher latency, on average, than urgent care, and in any case it seems necessarily to be less well equipped than most urgent care facilities (meaning you are more likely to need to go somewhere else and be seen after your visit when using it as an urgent care.)
- jnbiche 9y ago
  Note that $25 is nowhere hear the average for Americans' copay for primary healthcare visit. You've just got really excellent insurance and are assuming everyone else does as well. We've got average insurance in our state, and copay is around $60.
  - dragonwriter 9y ago
    > Note that $25 is nowhere hear the average for Americans' copay for primary healthcare visit. $24 primary, $37 specialist, though that was published last year so it may have crept up a bit (it's been trending slowly upward.) [0] > You've just got really excellent insurance $25 is more than my primary care copay. I know I have excellent insurance; I also don't assume everyone else's is like mine. OTOH, you apparently have really crappy insurance and are assuming everyone else does. [0] http://time.com/money/4044394/average-health-deductible-premium/ http://time.com/money/4044394/average-health-deductible-prem...
    - tkxxx7 9y ago
      > Once workers have surpassed their deductibles, they pay an average $24 copay for a primary care office visit, $37 for a specialty care office visit, Note that, as stated in the article you linked, the percentage of plans with deductibles has gone up significantly (67%). So your average is really a veiled figure - many people won't come close to spending as much as their deductible on healthcare in a year to ever actually pay those prices.

by homero 9y ago

callumprentice 9y ago

In my experiences, they're in and out pretty quickly. I didn't feel rushed but certainly not the mellow chit-chat I've experienced in the past when I visit my regular doctor where I used to live. My cost is $20 per visit for the copay - I guess they bill the insurance company in the same way as if you'd gone into the practice.

dragonwriter 9y ago

> Is it really $99 total? $99 is the cost with no insurance; with insurance they bill and you pay your normal copay. $99 is probably less than their average reimbursement. > That's cheaper than driving and a copay. If you have really high cost of driving, have poor insurance, or are comparing it to average urgent care copays instead of primary/specialist office visits (IIRC, copays for primary average around $25 and specialist around $40; $60-75 seems improbably high transport cost for most people to drive to a doctor, even with non-free parking), sure. But unless appointment availability is really high, it's going to be higher latency, on average, than urgent care, and in any case it seems necessarily to be less well equipped than most urgent care facilities (meaning you are more likely to need to go somewhere else and be seen after your visit when using it as an urgent care.)

jnbiche 9y ago
Note that $25 is nowhere hear the average for Americans' copay for primary healthcare visit. You've just got really excellent insurance and are assuming everyone else does as well. We've got average insurance in our state, and copay is around $60.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  > Note that $25 is nowhere hear the average for Americans' copay for primary healthcare visit. $24 primary, $37 specialist, though that was published last year so it may have crept up a bit (it's been trending slowly upward.) [0] > You've just got really excellent insurance $25 is more than my primary care copay. I know I have excellent insurance; I also don't assume everyone else's is like mine. OTOH, you apparently have really crappy insurance and are assuming everyone else does. [0] http://time.com/money/4044394/average-health-deductible-premium/ http://time.com/money/4044394/average-health-deductible-prem...
  - tkxxx7 9y ago
    > Once workers have surpassed their deductibles, they pay an average $24 copay for a primary care office visit, $37 for a specialty care office visit, Note that, as stated in the article you linked, the percentage of plans with deductibles has gone up significantly (67%). So your average is really a veiled figure - many people won't come close to spending as much as their deductible on healthcare in a year to ever actually pay those prices.