More Doctors Making House Calls, Concierge Medicine Sarasota

By Isabel Mascarenas

Doctor Daniel Cooper’s patients see him, he’s the one making house calls.

As he carries a large brown leather doctor’s bag, reminiscent of the ones used when doctors visited patients at home, Cooper stops by new patient John Sullivan’s home for a consultation. Sullivan says he and his wife spent about a year thinking about turning to a concierge medical service.

“It’s a big value the concierge service for us, the fact we have a doctor we can sit down and talk to. I can understand the medical condition and I’m not rushed,” says Sullivan.

Rushed is how Doctor Cooper felt before he added concierge medicine service to his cardiology and internal medicine practice last year.

Cooper says before transitioning to concierge care, he would see between 25 to 50 patients a day at his practice and the hospital. He’d have about 5 to 10 minutes to spend on each, and a waiting room filled with patients.

Cooper says now he can spend as much time as needed with his patients.”If they need to spend an hour, we spend an hour. If we have 1, 2, 3 exams, they can get them done all at the same time.”

Patients pay a flat rate similar to a retainer for care available 24-7. Price varies based on cost and services starting as low as $1,500 up to several thousand dollars a year.

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