Concierge medicine growing trend

As paperwork requirements mounted, John F. Cullen Jr. found it increasingly more difficult to devote ample time to his roughly 2,000 patients. 

The Ormond Beach primary care doctor contemplated retirement because changes in health care made it harder for him to remain an independent doctor. Then he heard about a service called MDVIP, a company that is part of a growing national trend in medicine in which doctors charge a membership fee on top of standard out-of-pocket costs in exchange for longer office visits, around-the-clock communication and a personalized wellness plan.