🎙️📅 New Pod: 2025 Concierge Medicine Forum + Top FAQs

By Editor, Concierge Medicine Today on September 24, 2025

By Concierge Medicine Today Staff

Fall 2025

Q: For those who may not know, what is the Concierge Medicine Forum, and what inspired it?

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“The Forum is always about reminding us who we’re for,” says the Editor-in-Chief of the industry’s trade publication, Concierge Medicine Today, and host of the industry annual medical education conference, the Concierge Medicine Forum. “Patients don’t just want treatment—they want someone to be for them so they feel truly known. This year’s theme, ‘Known For It,’ challenges every person working in a medical office, regardless of their station, to be known for the right thing: creating remarkable experiences that keep patients coming back for the right reasons. At the end of the day, healthcare isn’t just about medicine—it’s about people. Patients may forget the procedure, the paperwork or what the doctor actually said, but they’ll never forget how you made them feel.”

Q: How has the Forum evolved over the years?

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“Early on the question was, ‘Will this work for me?’” notes the Editor-in-Chief of the industry’s trade publication, Concierge Medicine Today, and host of the industry annual medical education conference, theConcierge Medicine Forum. Today the tent is bigger, the stakes are higher, and the room is more diverse—physicians, NPs, PAs, RNs, spouses, practice administrators, executives, and health-system leaders are all leaning in. We’ve widened the tent on purpose, adding more seats at the table each year to push back on what I call insideritis in healthcare—which is essentially when healthcare talks to itself instead of the people it serves. The conversation has matured from does this work? to how do we make it work better? That means more conversations about innovation, best practices, and tirelessly removing every unnecessary obstacle in the patient’s way. The guiding mission and principle for me as a writer each day about concierge medicine, this industry and hosting this event has been simple all along for years: marry the mission, date the model—and keep serving people at the center of it all, and let structures we create naturally adapt. If we stay for patients and insist on servanthood and excellence, that’s a legacy worth leaving that I think concierge medicine will ultimately be known for.”

Q: Can you give us a sneak peek of 2025?

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“Absolutely!” says the Editor-in-Chief of the industry’s trade publication, Concierge Medicine Today, and host of the industry annual medical education conference, the Concierge Medicine Forum. “The 2025 Concierge Medicine Forum isn’t just for doctors—it’s for the whole care team. We’re expanding the tent stakes because it’s matured. It’s practical, transformational, and yes, a little firehose-style at times. We’ve got workshops on Marketing & Practice Growth, plus a jam-packed Membership Medicine 101 where we urge doctors to ask all the pesky questions, marry the mission of serving patients, and find the business model that fits them best. Add in breakouts and general sessions on leadership, succession, spirituality in healthcare, regenerative care, precision medicine, sleep, and even GLP-1 weight management—and somehow we squeeze 50 speakers into 2.5 days. The goal is simple: you’ll leave with something you can actually use Monday morning—and the confidence to do it. Our philosophy is simple: be FOR patients, deliver excellence in the details, and make decisions today you’ll be grateful for tomorrow. Bottom line—2025 is about raising the standard of healthcare, unmistakably FOR the patients and people we serve…even the ones who Google their symptoms at 2 a.m.”

Q: What are the main factors fueling the continued growth of concierge medicine? Where do you think this model is headed?

“I think growth follows servanthood and gratitude—because there’s always a market for both,” adds the Editor-in-Chief of the industry’s trade publication, Concierge Medicine Today, and host of the industry annual medical education conference, the Concierge Medicine Forum. “Excellence in healthcare isn’t just clinical skill; it’s dignity, attention, timeliness, and clear communication—those aren’t extras, they’re expectations. That’s why concierge medicine is becoming the new reference point. That’s why concierge medicine is quickly becoming the standard others are measured against. The future belongs to leaders who remove every unnecessary obstacle for the patient and build systems that make servanthood in healthcare repeatable. Call it whatever you want at that point. In short: stop debating fairness, stay on mission, and engage.”

Q: What makes CMF different from other healthcare conferences?
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“We’re not trying to convince everyone this is the path for them” says the Editor-in-Chief of the industry’s trade publication, Concierge Medicine Today, and host of the industry annual medical education conference, the Concierge Medicine Forum. “Instead, we’ve created a safe, practical space where healthcare professionals can reconnect with why they started in the first place and leave with tools and information they can use Monday morning to serve patients a little bit better. Concierge medicine flips the script on rushed visits and burnout by centering care on what matters most—time, trust, and relationships—and that’s a sign the industry, and the audience, are maturing.”

“What makes the Concierge Medicine Forum different is simple: we’re for doctors, for specialists, for nurses, for mid-levels, for patients, and more importantly for their communities back home,” says Editor-in-Chief of the industry’s trade publication, Concierge Medicine Today and host of the annual medical event. “We’re not steered by a small circle of voices or tied to an agenda. And that matters—because too often, even well-meaning medical associations, alliances, summits, and medical conferences can drift into the same loop: venting and sharing frustrations, talking about new technology, or swapping best practices. Helpful? Maybe. But not enough. The bigger questions matter more: How do you grow a practice that lasts? How do you lead patients and our staff well? How do you balance being a great doctor, a great clinician, a great PA or RN and a great leader? That’s why the Concierge Medicine Forum exists. To give doctors, nurses, clinicians of many specialties and their teams a predictable and unique space where they can talk about business, leadership, and the future of healthcare in ways that are clear, practical, and actually useful on Monday morning. Because in the end, when doctors and their care teams win, patients win, and their communities thrive.”

Q: Who will reap the most benefits from attending?
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“Any clinician or healthcare professional who feels the system is working against them—independent doctors, employed doctors, NPs, PAs, or anyone burned out by red tape—will benefit,” says the Editor-in-Chief of the industry’s trade publication, Concierge Medicine Today, and host of the industry annual medical education conference, the Concierge Medicine Forum. “This is for people who want margin to serve patients well, and the confidence to know there’s a sustainable path forward.”

Q: If a physician is coming for the first time this year, what’s the one thing you hope they’ll walk away with?
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“Hope,” says the Editor-in-Chief of the industry’s trade publication, Concierge Medicine Today, and host of the industry annual medical education conference, the Concierge Medicine Forum. “Hope that medicine can be different, that they don’t have to choose between caring for patients and caring for themselves, and that excellence in practice is possible when you marry the mission and date the model.”

Q: What are you most excited about for this year’s CMF?
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“I’m excited about the diversity of voices—seasoned clinicians, rising leaders, and health-system partners—all leaning in,” says the Editor-in-Chief of the industry’s trade publication, Concierge Medicine Today, and host of the industry annual medical education conference, the Concierge Medicine Forum. “What makes CMF different is it’s not just another event; it’s a space to clarify what we’re for, ask better questions, and leave with simple, transferable principles you can use Monday morning. I’m less focused on headcount and more on mission: if we stay for people and pursue excellence in the details, growth takes care of itself.”