A track record of proven success

“I came across SignatureMD and after learning more about it, I realized they truly would support you to remain independent and become concierge but not have any influence on how you practice medicine or influence on your patients. The other companies wanted to be much more in control, too much of the healthcare aspect.

I had a lot of support from SignatureMD during my transition and then patients have given me a lot of positive feedback and have been for it. The relationship aspects have gotten a lot better. This transition has worked out wonderfully.”

“I was seeing close to 70 patients a day…. Now I am seeing 7-10 patients a day, and the patients are doing extremely well. I had to make the transition or otherwise I would probably have dropped out of medicine. This model gives me hope for the future of medicine and I am so proud to be a member of SignatureMD.

Thank you SignatureMD, you’ve saved my life, you saved my career, you brought my family closer together.”

“I chose concierge medicine because I was at a point in my career where I had reached professional burnout. Concierge medicine has allowed me to reinvigorate my profession.

I have the pleasure of working in partnership with my patients. Concierge medicine has allowed me the ability to communicate with patients in real time. That is truly invaluable. The concierge piece has allowed me to dedicate myself to other endeavors within medicine, and financially I no longer have to work weekends or nights.”

“About 5 years into my career I had my third kid and was working 80 hours a week. I was loving my job but not having enough time for my patients or my family.

SignatureMD was my choice out of the different options that were out there because they really allowed me to personalize and individualize my program.

When people are reaching out asking about the concierge model, I admit it’s terrifying to make that jump, but for me, moving to concierge medicine was all about having more time with my patients and having balance in my career that I could sustain it, along with my three kids at home.”

Dr. Skale was ready to switch careers. She saw 27 patients a day, and typically ran more than an hour behind. Her patients were often irritated, and Dr. Skale felt frustrated by the lack of quality time with both patients and her family. She revealed her distress to her father, Bill Benedict, MD, with whom she shares a practice.

“I told him, ‘I can’t sustain a practice like this for another 25 or 30 years,’” she remembers. “It was so unsatisfying. We weren’t able to address the complexity of people’s problems.”

Drs. Skale and Benedict ultimately landed on concierge medicine as a better option. After interviewing several concierge medicine companies, they found that SignatureMD’s dynamic model best met their needs.

Dr. Skale now hears gratitude from her patients about their on-time, unhurried appointments. With expanded testing, she can catch conditions such as metabolic syndrome and prediabetes at an early stage, and can educate patients about staying healthy. “It’s a great way to practice medicine,” she says. “It opens so many doors in terms of how you can improve patient care. It’s a breath of fresh air … and gratifying in so many ways.”

“The only way you could see fewer patients in a day, have time for myself and still pay the overhead for the office is by switching to the concierge model. They did not insist that I change my practice in any way. It was the freedom and flexibility they provided. This model is the way medicine should be.

I chose SignatureMD because they allowed me to practice in ways I feel comfortable.”

Robert Saltman began to consider concierge medicine, but he disliked the “cookie cutter corporate model” used by most concierge companies. That approach didn’t mesh with his unusual medical practice; he is board certified in both internal medicine and endocrinology and wanted to treat a combination of concierge and traditional patients.

SignatureMD stood out for offering a flexible option.

“We just loved SignatureMD’s approach, which is to individualize to the needs of a practice,” Dr. Saltman says.

“Founder & Chairman, Matt Jacobson said ‘Let’s talk about what would be good for your practice.’ We respected his input, and his model worked. We’re very pleased to be part of the SignatureMD family. It’s been an enjoyable, successful eight years.”

Dr. Saltman and his colleagues hired a new physician to see the patients who chose not to convert to concierge care. “This has allowed me to have a much better lifestyle,” Dr. Saltman says. “My evenings are much more relaxed because I don’t bring home the two hours of work that I used to, and I have peace of mind that I didn’t leave any loose ends.”

While SignatureMD provides invaluable help with logistical issues such as billing for membership fees, Dr. Saltman likes that the company “doesn’t get involved in what we do for patients.” Other companies dictate which tests physicians must conduct in a patient’s annual physical. Not SignatureMD. “They respect us and know we’re going to do a thorough and comprehensive job. They take care of the logistical end so that we can practice medicine.”

“Concierge medicine is an opportunity to practice how you were trained and what drove you to practice medicine in the first place. In a concierge model the relationships you have with your patients are much stronger.

I tried a competitor before joining SignatureMD and I felt SignatureMD
was a more physician-driven organization. They value physicians for who they are individually and did not try to forfeit them into a model.”