posted by Mike Madison at 8:46 PM /
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From last Saturday's Post-Gazette, on page 1:
"Beginning Jan. 1, [Dr. Joel Warshaw, formerly with Mt. Lebanon Internal Medicine] is starting the area's first "concierge" internal medical practice for adults and older children. A local pediatrician, Dr. Scott Serbin, established a similar practice for young people in 2004.
Patients will be able to call Dr. Warshaw directly, even on weekends and holidays. If necessary, he'll meet them in the emergency room or make house calls. And he promises same-day or next-day appointments, even for nonemergencies.
The service comes with a price: $1,000 to $1,500 per year for most adults, with discounts for couples and older children."
Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/07286/825167-114.stm
Link 2: www.warshawmd.com
Link 3: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_533798.html
Will Dr. Warshaw get enough subscriptions to make his new practice fly? Some physicians who opened concierge practices discovered that not enough patients signed up. Maybe concierge medicine, like the Cupcake Class (people with enough disposable income that they can waste it on $3 cupcakes), is another barometer of Pittsburgh's economic sophistication. Best wishes to Dr. W, and to all of his patients.
"Beginning Jan. 1, [Dr. Joel Warshaw, formerly with Mt. Lebanon Internal Medicine] is starting the area's first "concierge" internal medical practice for adults and older children. A local pediatrician, Dr. Scott Serbin, established a similar practice for young people in 2004.
Patients will be able to call Dr. Warshaw directly, even on weekends and holidays. If necessary, he'll meet them in the emergency room or make house calls. And he promises same-day or next-day appointments, even for nonemergencies.
The service comes with a price: $1,000 to $1,500 per year for most adults, with discounts for couples and older children."
Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/07286/825167-114.stm
Link 2: www.warshawmd.com
Link 3: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_533798.html
Will Dr. Warshaw get enough subscriptions to make his new practice fly? Some physicians who opened concierge practices discovered that not enough patients signed up. Maybe concierge medicine, like the Cupcake Class (people with enough disposable income that they can waste it on $3 cupcakes), is another barometer of Pittsburgh's economic sophistication. Best wishes to Dr. W, and to all of his patients.
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