Harvard researchers say the number of doctors leaving traditional primary care to join a private membership model has almost doubled in five years. In the “concierge” model, primary care providers ...

If you're frustrated by short visits and long waits at the doctor's office, this is a great alternative.

Concierge medicine offers personalized healthcare with benefits like more time with your doctor and 24/7 access. But it comes at a cost. Concierge medicine is a healthcare model that gives you more ...

Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts for about 10 years. She was happy with the care, although she did start to notice it was harder to get an appointment. This ...

A growing number of primary care doctors are going into concierge medicine, meaning they charge patients a flat fee of often a couple thousand dollars a year, or more, to be part of their practice.

Welcome to the new, complex world of medicine, where the odds are growing that your doctor will retire or go concierge amid a nationwide shortage of primary-care physicians. What to do? That’s a tough ...