Two local doctors try new model to offer ‘customized, enhanced primary care’

After more than two decades as traditional family practice physicians with a steady stream of patients at their Mystic and New London offices, Drs. Thomas Blum and Rosemary Bontempi are converting to a new way of delivering medical care.

"Over the years the process of running a traditional practice and taking care of patients has become harder and harder," said Blum, who's been part of Mystic Medical Group with five other doctors since 1987, while Bontempi joined in 1990. "This is for us a tremendous opportunity to practice medicine in a way we haven't been able to for many years."