The History of Cash-Pay Healthcare, Concierge Medicine & DPC in the United States — A Full Timeline

By Editor, Concierge Medicine Today on March 25, 2026

Our guest is an attorney and an old friend! You probably know him, Jim Eischen, Esq. He’s a talented musician, a motorcycle rider … and more importantly FOR Doctors today, Jim’s an expert in cash healthcare and compliance.

By Concierge Medicine Today’s Weekly Podcast, The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast

Today’s conversation unpacks A LOT of new information and updated industry insights around the topic of concierge medicine, executive healthcare models, bespoke healthcare, low-cost primary care and so much more! We even jump into the history of executive healthcare as well!

James Eischen, Esq (Jim Eischen) is a licensed California attorney with over 32 years of experience handling complex corporate, business planning, health care and real estate matters. He received his J.D. from the University of California at Davis in 1987, and his B.A. from Creighton University in 1984.

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Position Paper by Eischen Law Office: CASH HEALTHCARE: HOW DOES IT WORK?
Slide Deck: FINAL Best Practices for US Cash Healthcare 12.10.24
Web Site: https://www.eischenlawoffice.com/about
Email: jim@eischenlawoffice.com

Mr. Eischen is a national expert in creating compliant private fee practice models and structuring business transactional relationships with innovative healthcare and wellness models throughout the United States. His work has included compliance solutions for forming private fee practice models (concierge, direct primary care/DPC, integrative/Functional Medicine, connected care platforms) for self-employed healthcare professionals and larger provider networks and systems. He is also recognized nationally for compliance experience regarding complex healthcare corporate business planning and transactions. As a speaker at conferences throughout the US, he addresses private fee practice model formation, business/healthcare integration compliance, telehealth, data privacy, regulatory business planning problem-solving and start-up innovation monetization. In addition to handling traditional healthcare-related corporate transactions, he also works with companies that deliver wellness products and programs to ensure regulatory compliance.

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Mr. Eischen’s broad complex business planning experience also includes life science company/start-up enterprise regulatory support, integration of healthcare professional expertise into business wellness models, and structuring corporate practice of medicine business modeling. He advises physicians, health plans, and business enterprises in matters connected to reimbursement, contracts, interdisciplinary health professional employment and labor issues, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance.

Web Site: https://www.eischenlawoffice.com/about
Email: jim@eischenlawoffice.com

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