FOR YOU.
THAT IS TOMORROW RIGHT HERE ON
RIVER CITY LIVE.
AND SPEAKING ABOU RETIREES, YOU
MAY BE CLOSE TO OPEN ENROLLMENT
WITH MEDICARE OR OTHER
INSURANCES AND THAT CAN BE
REALLY CONFUSING.
SO MARK SAT DOWN WITH THE
DOCTORS AND THE FOLKS OVER AT
ISLAND DOCTORS TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT HOW THEY CAN HELP YOU.
MEDICARE.
YOU ONLY HAVE ABOUT A WEEK LEFT
AND IT CAN BE CUMBERSOME AND
HARD TO NAVIGATE.
WE HAVE HELP TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MARCUS
WILLIAMS FROM ISLAND DOCTORS TO
TELL US ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
CAN YOU GIVE ME AN OVERVIEW OF
ISLAND DOCTORS.
>> WE ARE FAMILY PRACTICE
MEDICINE PHYSICIANS ACROSS
NORTHEAST FLORIDA.
WE HAVE 23 OFFICES BY AND BY THE
END OF THE YEAR WE'LL HAVE 25
ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA.
WE PRIMARILY FOCUS ON PEOPLE OF
RETIREMENT AGE.
OUR CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND
CEO IS DOCTOR ROY HENRY WHO
FOUNDED THE PRACTICE 25 YEA
AGO ON ANASTASIA ISLAND, HENCE
THE NAME ISLAND DOCTORS.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME PEOPLES'
ENROLLMENT?
>> WE DO THINGS MORE -- WE
OFFER MORE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD
FIND AT YOUR USUAL DOCTOR'S
OFFICE.
ONE OF THOSE BENEFITS IS
SAME-DAY APPOINTMENTS.
WHERE CAN YOU GO WHERE YOU HAVE
EXCLUSIVELY?
ACCESS.
PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE INSURANCE, BUT
PHYSICIAN.
THAT IS A HUGE PART OF IT.
ONE OF THE PROGRAMS YOU GUYS
HAVE IS TRANSPORTATION.
THAT IS A HUGE BARRIER FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER 65.
MAYBE THEY CAN'T DRIVE FOR
WHATEVER REASON, BUT THAT IS ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS
PROVIDE, CORRECT?
>> WELL, ACTUALLY, YES, WE DO.
WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH CARE PLUS
AND HUMANA HERE IN THE
JACKSONVILLE AREA WE PROVIDE
TRANSPORTATION TO THE DOCTOR'S
OFFICE FOR OUR PATIENTS THAT ARE
CORRECT.
>> I MET WITH HUMANA BEFORE A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THEY LOVE ABOUT THIS
MODEL IS THE ABILITY THAT IT
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.
QUINN.
SHOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AGAIN, ONE OF THE MODELS,
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.
PHYSICIAN?
>> AS A PHYSICIAN IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE CARE OF OUR PATIENTS AND IT
IS MUCH EASIER TO TAKE CARE OF
SOMETHING FROM HAPPENING INSTEAD
OF TAKING CARE OF THEM AFTER
DISEASED STATE.
YOU, CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
>> SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AS
FAR AS -- I GUESS CARE THAT YOU
COULD DELIVER?
I WOULD IMAGINE IF YOU ARE
SITTING AT HOME RIGHT NOW AND
YOU ARE NOT SURE -- HEY, CAN I
GET IN TO SEE DOCTORS, WITH THIS
PROGRAM THEY CAN COME SEE YOU
PRETTY FREQUENTLY.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
MORE IMPORTANTLY WHEN THEY GET
HERE IT IS WHAT WE DO AFTER THEY
>> WHAT IS THAT?
>> WELL, WE CAN ACTUALLY SIT
DOWN AND HAVE A REAL
CONVERSATION.
INSTEAD OF BEING HURRIED, RUSHED
IN AND RUSHED OUT, WE CAN
ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THEIR
STRESS, THE RELATIONSHIPS AT
HOME, DO THEY HAVE A GOOD
SUPPORT SYSTEM.
WHAT DO THEY REALLY EAT?
WHAT IS THEIR DIET?
HEALTHIER?
>> WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IF
SOMEBODY IS BRAND NEW TO THE
PROGRAM AND THEY COME IN, WHAT
IS THE FIRST VISIT LOOK LIKE?
COMPREHENSIVE.
WE TRY TO GET LABS VERY
COMPREHENSIVE LABS ON THEM
BEFORE THEY EVEN COME.
IF THEY WERE AT A HOSPITAL OR
ANOTHER PROVIDER, WE ALSO GET
THOSE RECORDS FIRST AS WELL.
THEN WE WILL GO AND WE'LL DO
EKGs ON THEM, WE'LL DO BREATHING
TESTS ON THEM, WE'LL GET THEIR
WEIGHT, WE'LL TAKE THEIR
MEASUREMENTS, WE'LL LOOK FOR
TESTING.
WE DO A LOT ON THE FIRST VISIT.
WHEN I SEE THE PATIENT AND LOOK
THROUGH THEIR CHART I ALREADY
KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEM AND THAT
IS VERY UNIQUE.
>> IT SOUNDS VERY THOROUGH,
WHICH IS THE BASELINE YOU NEED.
THEN YOU START THE RELATIONSHIP
TO BE PREVENTIVE AND PROVIDE
AMAZING CARE SO THEY CAN HEAL IF
THEY HAVE A PROBLEM NOW AND YOU
ARE ON AN ACTIVE WATCH MAKING
HEALTHY.
>> FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL