Concierge Medicine Today Launches Full Suite of Free Decision Tools Covering the Physician’s Entire Practice Lifecycle, From Readiness to Exit

ATLANTA, GA — October 2026 — Concierge Medicine Today (CMT) today announced the launch of the Model Clarity Calculator, a free interactive tool that models the real economics of concierge and membership-based practice structures based on a physician’s role, panel size, and local market, rather than a static, one-size-fits-all comparison chart.

Concierge retainers in the United States currently range from roughly $2,000 to $45,000 per year for structurally similar services. CMT’s free Model Clarity Calculator is built to show physicians why, breaking down panel size, retainer range, overhead, and recurring revenue share across hybrid, classic, luxury, and bespoke concierge tiers, each figure sourced to published industry benchmarks including Macbach’s 2026 Concierge Medicine Financial Benchmarks, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and CMT’s own Annual Industry Report.

The tool also includes a role selector for physicians (both primary care and specialist), nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and registered nurses or care team members, adjusting fee expectations and overhead directionally by role while flagging the real scope-of-practice differences that vary by state, rather than presenting a single physician-only model as universal.

A dedicated section separates Direct Primary Care from the concierge tiers entirely, reflecting DPC’s fundamentally different structure of never billing insurance for covered primary care services. That section further distinguishes DPC’s two operational pathways, employer-sponsored and individual cash-pay, citing the American Medical Association’s documented drawbacks of the direct-to-consumer path, and explains the 2026 HSA compatibility rules for DPC arrangements under IRS Notice 2026-5.

“Most of what physicians have access to when they’re evaluating a model is either a sales conversation or a static table,” said Michael Tetreault, Editor-in-Chief of Concierge Medicine Today. “We wanted something that actually computes real numbers for your specific role and market, shows its work, and cites where every figure comes from. If a number here looks off for a physician’s specialty or region, that’s exactly the gap our Annual Industry Report is built to close over time.”

CMT’s free Model Clarity Calculator also includes a plain-language summary of the legal and regulatory considerations that shape which structures are available to a given practice, including Medicare membership-fee rules and Anti-Kickback Statute considerations, with a link to CMT’s Legal Commentary section, featuring named industry insights from James Eischen (Eischen Law Office), Jonna D. Eimer (Roetzel & Andress), and others.

The calculator is free to use and available now at conciergemedicinetoday.net, alongside CMT’s Career Readiness Assessment and Exit Value Calculator.

Disclaimer: This tool is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute medical, legal, financial, tax, or accounting advice. Figures are directional estimates drawn from published industry benchmarks and are not a projection, guarantee, or forecast for any specific practice, physician, or market. Consult a licensed accountant, attorney, or qualified practice management professional before making any business or practice-transition decision.

About Concierge Medicine Today

Concierge Medicine Today (CMT) is the industry’s independent trade journal and educational platform for physicians, clinicians, and healthcare professionals in concierge and membership-based care, established in 2007. CMT provides industry reporting, continuing medical education programming, community insight, and a growing library of reference guides cited across the field. CMT produces the Concierge Medicine Forum (CMF), the industry’s annual conference, held October 15–17, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. CMT is not owned or controlled by any health system, hospital network, vendor, or membership association, and covers the full spectrum of practice models and ownership structures in the field.

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