Terry Bauer
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Terry Bauer, CEO emeritus of Specialdocs Consultants, has more than four decades of healthcare leadership experience. He joined Specialdocs in 2016 with the goal of elevating the profile of this firm that has pioneered the transition from traditional to independent concierge medicine practices, and with Vice President of Business Development Andrew Bonner, thoughtfully expanding the Specialdocs’ growing national network of exceptional physicians. Their success is evident: the company now has 104 locations in 23 states, serving more than 43,000 member patients, and a 98% renewal rate for its physician clients.
Terry’s vision of concierge medicine as an innovative and sustainable model for healthcare’s future began in 1999 when he first learned of the business from industry pioneers, and in 2013, in his role as Entrepreneur in Residence at The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business, he led a team of select graduate students in evaluating strategic opportunities in the concierge/membership medicine industry. Terry’s career includes a long tenure as co-founder, president, CEO, and director of Orion HealthCorp, a national physician services and management organization, and as principal and strategy practice leader at Portland, Maine- and Atlanta, Georgia-based healthcare consulting firm Stroudwater Associates. Notable accomplishments include co-founding a successful physician practice management company for hospital and office-based physicians, serving as CEO of a company that was #8 on the INC 500, and launching a group purchasing organization serving more than 3,700 physicians. He retired from Specialdocs earlier this year and now serves as CEO emeritus and continues on as a member of the board of directors for Specialdocs parent company.
Articles by Terry Bauer
The new year will be challenging for both independent and employed physicians. But chaotic times can bring enormous opportunity.
The new year will be challenging for both independent and employed physicians. But chaotic times can bring enormous opportunity.
2024 will be a year of unending change — and a time of exponential growth for concierge medicine, inspired by doctors seizing the opportunity to forge deeper connections and align their priorities in a post-pandemic world.
They are determined to practice medicine their way.
Part one of a two-part recap of the 2023 Concierge Medicine Forum in Atlanta.
Part two of our recap of the 2023 Concierge Medicine Forum in Atlanta.
Surge in membership medicine opportunities fueled by administrative challenges, reimbursement reductions, operating cost escalation and retiring concierge physicians.
The rise in corporatization in medicine continues to upend the proud tradition of physicians in private practice who have long provided outstanding care according to their deep-seated and carefully nurtured vision.
Concierge medicine offers an optimal environment for treating chronic disease
For concierge doctors, practicing in a model that completely reverses the traditional paradigm, the difference in chronic care can be profound.
Consider these factors as you ponder your practice’s prospects for 2023.
Consider these factors as you ponder your prospects for the next year.
Why concierge medicine may be the solution, not the problem
For concierge medicine physicians, while the pandemic was difficult and demanding, their professional survivability was never in question.
The American Association of Medical Colleges now estimates a shortage of between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians by 2034.
Will 2022 be the year concierge medicine shifts from niche solution to mainstream model?
But the reasons were very different from what we predicted
If you are in a membership medicine model, is working with payers the right way to go?
How concierge physicians give back to patients during these challenging times.
You don’t need to dig too deeply to uncover the drawbacks of mandated value-based care, and why real value may be found in a much simpler way.
Physicians explain how a new practice model saved their careers.
Here's why physicians considering a change to the concierge model should make the leap in 2020.
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Latest Updated Articles
Practicing with, and without, payersPublished: October 6th 2020 | Updated:
Defining value: What does this term really mean?Published: March 14th 2020 | Updated:
5 Reasons Why 2020 Will Be a Banner Year for Concierge MedicinePublished: January 30th 2020 | Updated:
Burned out no more: How concierge physicians restore their joy in medicinePublished: February 24th 2020 | Updated:
How Specialdocs concierge physicians innovate, connect in the time of COVID-19Published: April 29th 2020 | Updated:
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