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Benefits of MDVIP
When you're in the driver's seat... Your health never takes a backseat at MDVIP.
MDVIP is a national network of primary care doctors who see fewer patients so they can focus on delivering personalized medicine, patient-centered medicine and preventive care that starts with the MDVIP Wellness Program. Start receiving a better healthcare experience today.
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Wellness Program
Think about the last wellness checkup you had. How much one-on-one time did you have with the doctor? Did you feel rushed? Did you talk about prevention? Did you leave with a detailed action plan for your health and understand your next steps?
In most annual health visits and checkups, a medical assistant or nurse takes your vitals, records your medications and asks a few questions about your medical history. They may also screen you for certain risk factors, such as smoking. Following your physical exam, your doctor may recommend some follow-up tests, draw your blood and send you on your way with a prescription or two or the suggestion to watch your weight. This is all that time typically allows in most traditional primary care offices.
With more time devoted to fewer patients, MDVIP-affiliated primary care practices can go beyond the basics. Each year, your doctor will take you through the MDVIP Wellness Program, which is paid for by your membership fee. The program includes advanced health screenings and diagnostic tests that have been shown to better help detect issues earlier and are not typically covered by insurance. The results can help give a clearer and more detailed view of your overall health.
An Investment in Your Health
You and your doctor can discuss your test results in detail. You’ll know your numbers and your doctor can help you understand what those numbers mean and how they may be improved. Together, you can develop an individualized action plan with next steps, how progress will be measured and a time frame for follow up.
Whether you’re managing a chronic illness, have a family history of disease or consider yourself the picture of health, there’s always room for improvement. This is what the MDVIP Wellness Program is all about — working with your doctor to help better identify and address your unique needs so you can focus on living healthier.
The MDVIP Wellness Program Measures:
* Services included in the MDVIP Wellness Program Plus.
Your Customized Wellness Plan
Here are examples of what could be included in your personalized wellness plan:
- Meal plans, recipes and shopping lists if you’re following a diet to help prevent or manage diabetes or cholesterol levels;
- Exercise videos tailored to your fitness level and physical ability if, for example, osteoporosis or re-injuring your back is a concern
- A nutrition and fitness plan that can help you lose weight a healthier way, with the goal of keeping it off.
Even if you feel like you’re in the best shape of your life or think you are too young to pay closer attention to your health, MDVIP’s Wellness Program can help keep you on track and avoid some of the problems that come with aging..
Overall, the MDVIP Wellness Program is a valuable tool to help you and your doctor map out a health plan specific to you. It reflects your current health status AND your health goals. Published studies have shown that the MDVIP more personalized, preventive care approach leads to improved health outcomes and can help keep you out of the ER and the hospital when possible.
Other advantages of membership in an MDVIP-affiliated practice include:
- 24/7 physician availability by phone
- Family plan and travel benefits
- MDVIP Connect website and app
- Medical Centers of Excellence program
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The Value of MDVIP
What Is Prevention Worth?
Being sick is expensive. Time away from work, deductibles and copays, lab fees, diagnostic tests, prescriptions, emergency room visits and hospital stays—an illness can cost thousands of dollars and put you in debt. Could the right primary care relationship help you save money?
You’ve probably heard the old adage—an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. While preventative medicine isn’t without cost, illness can break your budget. Take heart disease, for example. It’s the number one killer in America, accounting for one in every four deaths.
Treating it is expensive. If you have suffered a heart attack, Medicare estimates you will spend 60 percent more out of pocket annually versus someone who hasn’t. That works out to $12,000 a year, every year, for the rest of your life.
Even nonsurgical procedures like angioplasty have hefty price tags. Depending on where you live, angioplasty can cost from $44,000 to $145,000. If you have common type of commercial health insurance with a co-insurance rate of 20 percent, you could end up paying thousands of dollars, depending on your out-of-pocket maximum.
The same is true of other chronic illnesses, like type 2 diabetes. People with diabetes spend 200 percent more on healthcare than people without, and have 2.5 times more out-of-pocket costs.
What if your primary care physician had time to focus on disease prevention and work with you to help keep you out of the emergency room or urgent care clinic and away from the hospital? What if your doctor could help you reduce your risk of expensive chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes or help you manage those conditions so you spend less on healthcare?
MDVIP-affiliated physicians have the time to implement prevention strategies. They work with patients every day helping to identify risk factors, prevent disease and optimize treatment, from early detection to coaching patients on lifestyle changes that can really pay off.
In a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care, patients who joined MDVIP-affiliated practices experienced fewer emergency department visits and inpatient admissions than patients who did not join.
Another study published in the same journal showed that patients in MDVIP-affiliated practices were admitted to the hospital more than 70 percent less than patients in traditional primary care practices. Of course, keeping patients out of hospitals and emergency rooms saves the healthcare system money (many millions in these studies), but patients also save when they avoid these services.
Patients on average pay more than $1,000 out-of-pocket for hospital stays, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine. Emergency room visits for patients on private insurance cost around $622, according to another study by Yale University.
It’s easy to see how medical bills can quickly escalate, which is why it makes sense to be proactive about preventive care — being sick may lead to bankruptcy and other financial hardships. This is why the VIP in MDVIP stands for Value in Prevention. For more than a quarter of a million patients across the country, the true value of membership in an MDVIP-affiliated practice is priceless.
Prioritize your most valuable asset — your health — and meet with a doctor in your area. It’s a free conversation that can pay off.
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