From Aspirin to Zinc, healthcare consumers have been paying directly for OTC remedies since Hippocrates. Today, however, the list of “private pay” elective procedures and remedies includes:
* Costco’s $29 virtual primary care visits and Amazon’s One Medical membership for $9/mo – for 24/7 on-demand care via VideoChat
* A full range of medical apps, services, devices, and diagnostics that health plans won’t pay for, but the IRS allows consumers to use their HSAs and FSAs to cover.
PLUS…
* A growing number of aesthetic treatments – from Botox to Hair Implants, and the latest GLP-1’s for which some (particularly non-diabetics) pay out-of-pocket upwards of $1,000 a month.
During our Members’ Discussion, we’ll hear your experience with private pay, as a business – if not as a consumer, and how it’s changing the business of healthcare. Then…
ABL-Tech Member Jason Ciment, CEO of Get Visible, Digital Marketing, AI guru and Medical Tourist, will share his experience – and the quality of life improvement he achieved last year – in Istanbul!
ABL-Health LA Member Mike Epstein, Managing Director of The Tay Group, has friends, as well as personal experience, paying out-of-pocket for uncovered “healthcare benefits.” He’s even designed a product for employers and their employees to make it a lot easier to do.
Cora Tellez, CEO of Sterling Administration, was formerly a senior executive with Kaiser Permanente, Blue Shield, and Health Net. That’s why she understands well what plans typically cover and what they don’t – which was among the reasons she founded Sterling, a pioneering administrator of pre-tax funds in Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), FSAs, HRAs, where consumers can manage their money and their health.
Alex Tellez, working with both his mom, Cora, and Max Diamond, MD, Senior Medical Director of Regal Medical Group, has developed SureStep.ai – a 100% AI-driven “In-Home Safety Evaluation,” and Gait Analysis program, which assesses the patient’s fall risk and recommends exercises to do at home, suggesting possible ICD-10 codes for their physician and instructions for their PT. It even automatically completes the patient’s DME order form!
2024: JAN 19 FEB 16 MAR 15 APR 19 MAY 17 JUN 21 JUL 19 AUG 16 SEPT 20 OCT 18 NOV 15 Dec 4* – Combined Session for All Healthcare Round Tables
Our Los Angeles Healthcare Round Table typically meets on the third Friday of each month (*with some combined sessions on alternative dates).
Monthly meetings are held via Zoom with occasional In-Person events.