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Exceptional Medical Care from the area’s most innovative clinic.
• Precision Health and Wellness. • Acupuncture. IV Infusion. X-ray. Lab. • Same day appointments. No waiting room. • Telemed. House calls to home, office, or hotel. • Swift and secure COVID-19 testing. Special group pricing. • “On demand” at $155 per visit. Membership starting at $30/month. Laurelwood 4576 Poplar Ave. | Memphis, TN 38117 901.701.7010 |
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tions and vaccinations, pharmaceutical needs, pregnancy testing, and more. All these treatments are clearly spelled out on the ZüpMed website, and they are cash-only. As with other concierge practices, no health insurance company is involved. “At the same time, however, we provide patients with an itemized invoice for everything we have done,” says Dr. Lloyd Finks. “We are considered out-of-network with most insurance companies, such as Aetna and Humana, but they may still pay a portion of your bill.” A half-hour medical consultation is $95; the cost is $150 for a full-hour. Pregnancy tests are $20, x-rays are $25, and vaccinations start at $35. A “telemed” visit (via Zoom or other online platforms) is $75, and anyone who really seeks the personal touch can arrange a house call for $325. Either of those last two options is invaluable, says Finks, “for somebody like a mother with a sick child, who simply can’t get to our office very easily.” ZüpMed also offers a concierge membership program, with pricing dependent on the patient’s age. Young patients up to age 21 pay $30 monthly. For ages 21-45 the cost is $55, ages 45-65 pay $75, and for those 65 and older, the monthly membership fee is $125. Finks points out that any of these “is often less than what you are paying for your cellphone service.” The membership fee eliminates most, if not all, the costs for medical services. (House calls aren’t entirely included in the membership costs, but the fee is reduced to $245.) There’s another difference between ZüpMed and traditional doctors’ offices. “We have no waiting room,” says Dr. Lloyd Finks. “As soon as you arrive, our concierge escorts you directly to the exam room, maybe hands you a drink if you want one, and you see the doctor right away.” Afterwards, patients can pick up any needed medications from ZüpMed’s in-house dispensary. “The whole point of a visit here,” says Finks, “is to make things as pleasant as possible for our patients.”
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s concierge medicine right for everybody who can afford it? It depends on their finances and medical needs. If patients already have a comfortable relationship with their primary-care doctor, and they feel their health insurance covers most of their care, despite the premiums and deductibles, there may be no need to change. But if they would prefer access with a physician who can spend more time with them, without having to wait days (or sometimes weeks) for an appointment, then the concierge medicine model may be a good choice for what ails you. Fo r mo re info r matio n , visit mdvip.com or zupmed.com
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