What’s going on within One Medical? When it first launched, it was an incredibly refreshing perspective on finding a doctor and the patient experience. Nowadays, every single office has either zero appointment availability or only NPs seeing patients. It’s almost like all of the MDs have left or they aren’t allowing patients to see MDs directly unless internally directed after screening. I get that it’s a popular service provider in the Bay Area, but if it’s impossible to see a doctor, what are we even paying for?
I never have issues getting an appointment.
One Medical seems to have changed a bit after that private equity firm took a minority stake in the company last year.
I'm in Seattle and never have a problem getting an appointment with my primary care provider at One Medical, who is an MD. What is wrong with getting an NP though? The NP's I've worked with in the past have been every bit as competent as an MD/ND.
For regular routine things, I guess. But NPs are nurses and don’t nearly have the background of MD’s. NDs are not even acknowledged as physicians by the vast majority of physicians because they went to naturopathic school so it seems like a lot of herbs and voodoo. The general public doesn’t know better so PE replaced all the doctors with nurses since they cost less. Patients don’t know the difference yet that’s who loses in this deal.
If they’d keep innovating their product it would be more like Forward
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