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Originally Posted by MDLNB
My wife goes to Dr. Cruise and really likes him. I know for a fact that he saved one of our friends, by diagnosing a heart attack early and immediately had him admitted to a hospital for treatment.
Yes, he offered us that special service. I did not know anything about it so we declined. He still provides us service and takes our insurance. He also reads and replies to emails.
Dr.Cruise is also reported to have been a teaching physician up North at one of our finest educational institutions.
I do not care if any of you wish to accept his service. I am merely providing my opinion based on my experience.
My understanding of this new service he has started is that by being a member gives you priority service. So far, without it we still seem to get quality service and have not had to wait for an appointment.
Suit yourself. I will say that getting an appointment from Dr.Cruise is sure a lot easier than getting one at the VA.
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MDLNB, his concierge membership program begins in September. I wonder what he will do with non members after that time.
Since we are only here six months of the year, he offered us the option of, instead of the $500/patient yearly membership, paying $150 apiece for each visit and then billing Medicare ourselves. We would receive roughly $86 dollars apiece back from Medicare. His theory is that we would not be seeing him quarterly.
I really like his level of knowledge and quality of patient care. I'm thinking about trying this for now and seeing how it goes. My husband is less inclined to try this.
BTW, he's not the only doctor in these parts that has gone to concierge.