As you all know, Dr. Herman and Dr. Weiner are the kind of doctors who spend time with you, get to know you and try not to rush your appointment. In the current environment, it is no longer possible for us to continue to provide this kind of care.  By eliminating the insurance billing and reimbursement component, it allows us to focus more on you and your health care needs.

In order to be part of our practice, you will pay a yearly fee that will cover everything we do within our office. You will have longer appointment times and easy availability including same-day, in-person, and tele-health visits. We will have a phone and text system where you will be able to reach us when needed. If you need to see us every few weeks or every few months, the fee is the same. Our goal is to limit the number of patients we accept into the practice so we can give quality care to all.

All office visits and contact with the doctors are covered by your fee, including the routine labs for your yearly physical, along with any labs we do in the office (such as COVID tests, urinalysis). Any other lab work will be sent to a reference lab who will bill your insurance directly. Additionally, we will be working with a company who will provide us with vaccines we administer in office, but please note the vaccine company will directly bill your insurance. We plan to start offering additional services in 2026.

Yes, you still need insurance to cover all your other medical care. We will be out of network for all insurances including Medicare, HMOs and PPOs. If you are a member of an HMO we will not be able to do referrals. You can not submit our charges to your insurance for reimbursement.

A concierge physician has the time to spend helping the patient integrate and coordinate the management of their medical issues. Given the current traditional medical structures, it is hard for primary care physicians to focus on you and your issues as we have to satisfy insurance company documentation requirements within a limited appointment time. Your concierge physician has time to address more issues that might otherwise require extra visits to your PCP or other specialists. 

Given our greater availability, you will hopefully avoid urgent care and even emergency room visits.

When filling out membership on HINT, many have been confused about the opt out of Medicare form. This just acknowledges that WE (the practice) does not accept or bill Medicare for services. It does not change your Medicare benefits or require you to lose your Medicare.