More doctors charging monthly membership fees for services, including BodySite
April 16, 2019 – West Palm Beach, FL – BodySite is proud to announce its newest feature, BodySite Subscriptions™. In recent years, many health care providers have become frustrated by the decline of insurance reimbursements and impediments that the insurance system creates for their practice and growth. As a response, medical professionals have sought out alternatives such as cash-based services, concierge medicine, and membership fees.
Lisa Schencker, a Chicago Tribune business reporter who writes about health care and health insurance, stated in her article, “Direct primary care practices often charge patients monthly membership fees of anywhere from $35 to hundreds of dollars a month for visits and other services.”
With the addition of BodySite Subscriptions™, you can now charge monthly fees directly through our platform. There’s two different ways to do this (1) attach monthly subscriptions to wellness programs or (2) charge a membership fee from BodySite and include access to the BodySite platform and features (food tracking, body metrics tracking, journaling and more) as a part of your membership offering.
Kelly Jones, Clinic Director at Medithin Weight Loss Clinics, stated “Creating a membership site to add value to the weight loss patients on our monthly program was going to cost us thousands and thousands of dollars. BodySite got us up and running instantly! BodySite is an easy-to-use platform where we can build our own informational programs to guide our patients through our specific program. And it’s easy for our patients to use!”
- Dr. Amber Price of Willow Pediatrics and Lactation (direct care practice) charges $250 a month for her services
- UltraMed Urgent Care (urgent care clinic) offers memberships around $75 a month
- Dr. Alex Lickerman of ImagineMD (direct primary care practice) charges patients $149 a month, which includes visits and some services
- Dr. Jill Green of MedLogic charges patients monthly membership fees from $70 to $150, depending on the services provided ¹
With BodySite Subscriptions™ you can charge a monthly fee for access to the BodySite Platform (and of course, you can add any other services such as office visits into your monthly fee as an added value). Right inside of BodySite, you can add a subscription to a patient’s account and they will have access to the platform and features only if they’re actively paying their subscription. The subscription can be different for every single patient so you can even create membership tiers such as one price just to access the platform and another price for accessing the platform PLUS programs.
You can also create monthly subscriptions for any of BodySite’s programs or any programs you create in your account. BodySite’s wellness plans library has over 60 plans including Autoimmune Paleo, Clean28 Healthy Weight Loss, Ketogenic, At-Home Fitness, Basic Walking, DASH and so many others. Using BodySite Subscriptions™, your patients will pay a monthly fee of your choice for the entirety of the plan.
With BodySite Subscriptions™, there’s a new way to make money and a ROI for your practice. Attach monthly fees to wellness programs or for access to the BodySite platform. This is a GAME-CHANGER for your practice!
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Schencker, Lisa. “More doctors embrace membership fees, shunning health insurance.” Chicago Tribune. 12 Jun. 2018.