Concierge Medicine and Direct Primary Care
What is Concierge Medicine and Direct Primary Care?
Concierge Medicine
A membership-based model that provides enhanced access, longer visits, and highly personalized care—often alongside insurance
Direct Primary Care
A monthly membership model where patients receive primary care services directly from their provider—without insurance billing for routine care.
Concierge → Often works with insurance + membership fee
DPC → Typically no insurance billing for primary care
Why Patients Choose This Model?
- Same-day or next-day appointments
- Longer visits (30-60 minutes)
- Direct Access to Provider
- Minimal or no waiting
- Focus on prevention and wellness
- Care coordination and advocacy
- Transparent Pricing
Why Providers Choose This Model?
- More time with their patients
- Practice the medicine they trained for
- Smaller patient panels, from 2,000-3,000 down to 300-800 patients
- Reduce administrative burden with minimal or no insurance billing, prior authorizations, coding for reimbursement
- Improved work-life balance by having predictable schedules, fewer rushed patients and control over daily workflow
- Stronger patient relationships
- Focus on Preventative and Proactive Care
Pinnacle Health Group Is Leading The Way
Placement of Physicians In These Unique Care Models
Personalized Care. By Design.
Pinnacle Health Group is leading the way for direct practice/concierge physician recruitment and has successfully placed physicians in unique direct practice/concierge opportunities.
We pride ourselves on providing a recruitment plan that is tailored to the specific needs of our clients.
In a sense, Pinnacle Health Group is a concierge physician recruitment firm that offers personalized attention to our clients in finding the right candidates for their positions.
If you are a healthcare employer and would like more information on these unique care models and our recruitment solutions, contact us.
If you are a healthcare provider, and would like more information on these unique care models and our placement solutions, contact us.