1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 1: It's that time time, time, time, luck and load on. 2 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 2: Michael Verie show is on the air. 3 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: I am not in danger, Skuyler. I am the danger. 4 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: A guy opens his store and gets shot and you 5 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: think that of me, No, I am the one who knocks. 6 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 3: This multi agency operation led by DEA with our local, state, tribal, 7 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 3: and federal partners, targeted one of the largest and most 8 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 3: dangerous drug trafficking and foreign terrorist organizations in our country. 9 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 3: The DEA seesed eleven point five kilos of fintanyl, including 10 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:59,279 Speaker 3: an astounding approximately three million fintanyl pills, the largest seizure 11 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 3: in our name's history. 12 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 2: I'm sorry when so had to lose. It's the major 13 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 2: of the businesses. 14 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 3: The head of this organization, Sinaloa organization here in the 15 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 3: country illegally. Six of these guys and women here in 16 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 3: the country illegally. His name is Alberto Salazar Amaya. He 17 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 3: is the leader and he was living in Salem, Oregon. 18 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 4: With him. 19 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 3: They got millions of dollars cash cars, but the drugs 20 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 3: were in Albuquerque, Phoenix, and Utah. That's how insulated these 21 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 3: drug dealer cartel leaders make themselves one you can't refuse. 22 00:01:51,880 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 4: It's the six group. 23 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 2: We thought about that case in the moment. The first 24 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 2: one of many emails I received one day a few 25 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 2: days ago was from Kevin Bainbridge. I know Kevin because well, 26 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 2: I know Kevin in multiple ways. I don't know that 27 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 2: we've met well. I guess we would have had to 28 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 2: at some point. But his brother is a big shot 29 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: at the Houston Police Department, very well respected, and he 30 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 2: retired from their career there. I bet he did thirty 31 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 2: years and now he's the head of the Spring Branch 32 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 2: Independent School District. And I made the statement that Bainbridge 33 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,119 Speaker 2: being over the SBISD is going to be a good thing. 34 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 2: They're going to change their tone. And it wasn't a 35 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 2: week into him being there that some turd stole a car, 36 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 2: came to the school caused a problem. I think he 37 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 2: just beat his mom to death and literally and comes 38 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 2: to the school and one of their officers put him down. 39 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: So yeah, you could say things had changed. Kevin. His 40 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 2: brother used to work at Downing Street and I was 41 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 2: a frequenter of Downing Street back in two thousand and 42 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 2: three four five ERA. So I received an email about 43 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 2: how he got into the restaurant business and that he 44 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 2: had worked at Clementines for fourteen years as a busboy 45 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 2: and a dishwasher. When he turned sixteen, he went to 46 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: work at Papado's Willowbrook, about a quarter mile away, and 47 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 2: he says, thirty years later, I'm retired from the restaurant industry. 48 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: I think he's in the roofing business now. I've worked 49 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 2: at Clementines, Papado, Freebirds, Downing Street Pub, Cisco, Houston, owned 50 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 2: my own restaurant for four years till COVID All because 51 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 2: of a family restaurant that gave me a job as 52 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 2: a dishwasher and a busboy. When you leave a place 53 00:03:53,520 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 2: where you've been a dishwasher and a busboy for years, right, 54 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 2: and you have good things to say about them, that 55 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 2: tells you a lot about what kind of place they are. 56 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 2: So I read. Clementine's Restaurant has been a beloved family 57 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 2: owned establishment in northwest Houston since nineteen eighty one. Owned 58 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 2: and operated by Elias and Carolyn Deeck, the restaurant became 59 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 2: a local favorite known for its welcoming atmosphere, live music, 60 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,799 Speaker 2: and hearty Southern and American cuisine. Over the past forty 61 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: four years, Clementines has served generations of Houstonians. Ramon, do 62 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 2: you say Clementine or do you say Clementine? I do too, Clementine, 63 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 2: And along the way, it's customers to truly become family. 64 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 2: But it appears to be the case that Clementines is 65 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 2: closing this Friday. The owner, Elias Deek, is our guest. 66 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 2: Welcome to the program, Elast. 67 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 4: I'm a frequent listener to your show. Thank you for 68 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 4: calling us today. 69 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 2: Elias, you can't be Greek. 70 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 4: Well I can tell you a little bit about Clementinees. 71 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 4: I put myself through college working in different restaurants and 72 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 4: me and my wife call then she's been side to 73 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 4: side with me, and we decided to start. We took 74 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 4: to Clementine over and Clementine has been in our neighborhood 75 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 4: since nineteen seventy seven. Bob and Shirley learn they owned 76 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 4: that place. And when we went there having a meeting 77 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 4: business meeting, I had my daytime job that time. My 78 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 4: wife she got in love with that because she has 79 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 4: she had previous experience with restaurant business. And her mom 80 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:03,799 Speaker 4: was Danish and her dad Irish American from Buffalo, New York. 81 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 4: And she said, Elias, this is so cute. Let us 82 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 4: take take it over. And that's what the day we 83 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 4: we decided to buy it and take it over. Uh, 84 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 4: you know so, And since then our journey started. My 85 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 4: boy was three months old when we took it over. 86 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 4: His name is Jacob and uh and Christina was born 87 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 4: before and then Amanda she was born after that. And 88 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 4: we have a lot of people visited Clementine. We we 89 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 4: have so many young generations worked over there over the years. 90 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 4: And pause, Paud is just very emotional right now for me, Michael. 91 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 4: You know so, this is just a little part of 92 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 4: all story. 93 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 2: Well, forty four years Elias to run a restaurant, a 94 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 2: lot of changes in the Willowbrook area over those years, 95 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 2: a family run restaurant, to keep your marriage together, to 96 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 2: raise your children while running a restaurant that is really 97 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 2: really rare and special. I can imagine it's emotional because 98 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 2: you've put the vast majority of your life, and not 99 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 2: only in number of years, but in hours per day 100 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 2: you have to do that in order to operate a 101 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 2: business like that is nothing short of amazing. Hold with 102 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 2: me for just one moment. The restaurant is clement It 103 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 2: is in the Willowbrook area off Cypress Creek, Parkway. You 104 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 2: can find it online. And I guess they're opened through 105 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 2: this Friday, and then they're having a little gathering that 106 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 2: is open to the public six o'clock from there. Anyway, 107 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 2: if you've been there, send me an email during the 108 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 2: break and I'll read them. Race driver Michael Berry Funny, 109 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 2: that's Ramon Duck, King of Dings, suggested for general audiences. 110 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 2: Nineteen sixty and Champions Drive. 111 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 5: I was corrected, but I will tell you that on 112 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:44,079 Speaker 5: the on the website it says sixty four to forty 113 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 5: eight Cypress Creek Parkway, but it does look like it's 114 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 5: nineteen sixty and Champions Drive. 115 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 2: Clementines, after forty four years of this owner and almost 116 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 2: fifty years in business, Clementines is closing on Friday in 117 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 2: the Willowbrook area. Elias Deeck, the owner, is our guest. Elias. 118 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 2: Was there a moment where you decided this is time? 119 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,719 Speaker 2: Was was the lease up? Or was there was there 120 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 2: some landmark? Was there some date that you said, all right, 121 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 2: when this kid graduates, or when this happens or whatever else, 122 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 2: this will be when we close. 123 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 4: Uh? Yes, Michael, it's uh, it's been coming actually way back. 124 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 4: But the love of my staffing, my community, my customers 125 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 4: who will become our dear friends, and they become our family. 126 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 4: And it's actually been going before the COVID and it's 127 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 4: been it's been such a blessing in the grace of 128 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 4: God that I used to go three steps forward and 129 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 4: two steps backward because I'm not young anymore. But the love, 130 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 4: the love of this business kept me because right now, 131 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 4: my third generation, my grandkids are working. I just want 132 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 4: to mention we're not closing. I'm retiring. Me and my wife. 133 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 4: We still, thank God, we still have a great business. 134 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 4: We're still doing good. And I feel the economy in 135 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 4: general is going to be so strong starting in August, 136 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 4: and you know, I have no doubt about that. If 137 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 4: I can survive, a lot of small business can survive 138 00:10:52,920 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 4: by quality and quality, good service. And all I was 139 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 4: every time I'm there, I always hugged the ladies and 140 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 4: greet everyone. And it's been very emotional for me to say, 141 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 4: to pull the trigger, to be honest with you, it's 142 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 4: been very emotional. 143 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 2: I've been hearing from employees, customers, and they all talk 144 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 2: about you like family. One fellow named Steve Kasmaya, writes 145 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 2: Elias Deke and Clementines gave a head start to my 146 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 2: American dream. In nineteen ninety nine, I was an eighteen 147 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 2: year old immigrant going through the challenges of my first 148 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 2: year in the United States. They gave me a shot. 149 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:46,359 Speaker 2: They hired me as a busboy. My conversational English improved. 150 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 2: They made me a waiter. I spent three years with them. 151 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 2: I was able to save up the money to go 152 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 2: through the process legally to become a United States citizen, 153 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 2: and I'm very proud of that fact. And they helped 154 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 2: make that dream come true. It's a great story. 155 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 4: Thank you, thank you. Yes, we did help a lot 156 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:10,319 Speaker 4: of kids. According to our records, thousands of kids helped. 157 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 4: We used to hire them between sixteen and above. Sometimes 158 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 4: they used to lie about their age. I have a 159 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 4: young man drove from Dallas two days ago. He was 160 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 4: one of my cooks. He came to say goodbye. He's 161 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 4: a big shot right now with the car industry, with 162 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 4: the big corporations. And we have thousands of people. I 163 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 4: started way back in the early eighties and Flying School District, 164 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 4: they call it home economics, and they used to send 165 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 4: me some kids and we have rules to go through. 166 00:12:56,240 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 4: And I give him a kind of program and twenty 167 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 4: hours program. I paid them the minimum wage and they 168 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 4: enjoyed it, and they have to take a test and 169 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 4: all of this. So they all came back with their 170 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:15,959 Speaker 4: family and their kids and the kids of now coming 171 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 4: to be our customer. It's been a great home run. 172 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 2: And last, where were you born? Where were you raised? 173 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 4: I was born in Bayreuth, Lebanon, Lebanon, Okay, I thought 174 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 4: you were agreed. Yeah, no, I am my religion. I'm 175 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 4: a Greek Orthodoxy, but I was born in Bayreuth, Lebanon. 176 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 4: I came here to get my education. I attended My 177 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 4: first college was South Texas. During their college downtown Houston, 178 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 4: it becomes University Houston, and I joined the civil engineering department, 179 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 4: and I put myself through college. Who worked with all 180 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 4: the big boys here? From it goes from I know 181 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 4: all the Mendola, the Pappets and all the others. I 182 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 4: always learned to stay in business, it takes a lot 183 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 4: of previous experience. I have a chance to go through 184 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 4: that channel of meeting a lot of people, you know. 185 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 4: God bless him. He passed. Vinton Mandola. He was a 186 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 4: good friend of mine. I worked on the first restaurant 187 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 4: Memphis Downtown. I work at the University Club. That's all. 188 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 4: The processes started when I was going to college, and 189 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 4: then after that I started working for Corporate America, and 190 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 4: I said no more restaurant to my wife. She what 191 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 4: I open was, I'll just been the all blessing. 192 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 2: Now, will you stay in town or will you move out? 193 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 4: To me? Yes, yes, no, no, no, no, no, I've been. 194 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 4: I've been in the Houston, even though I'm still having 195 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 4: para act. I've been here for fifty four years and 196 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 4: I love excess. I love Houston. I have all my 197 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 4: kids here, as you know, I have three wonderful kids, Christina, Jacob, Amanda, 198 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 4: i have four grandkids as Hayley, Joseph, Kathon, and baby Elias. 199 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 4: And I'm not gonna go anywhere. I'm gonna stay here 200 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 4: hoping that the legacy will keep going. Maybe somebody. I'm 201 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 4: being kind of interviewing people because there's somebody gonna take 202 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 4: over again. As I told you, we're retiring, taking over, 203 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 4: taking over Lemon time. That's what That's what. 204 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 2: My wish because it's a great story. And enjoy your retirement. 205 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 2: Thank you for sharing it with us. Champions. This is 206 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 2: a parent from the Champions community. This is a big 207 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 2: deal out there. Healthcare in America is broken. You know it, 208 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 2: I know it, we all know it. Obamacare made it 209 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 2: much much, much worse. And we talk about the thing 210 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 2: we talk about the most is the insurance and what 211 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 2: the insurance covers and doesn't. Well, that's a big part 212 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 2: of it. But what I wonder how many people know 213 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 2: how miserable the doctors are through Little League Baseball? And 214 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 2: I know and I know a man named Will Davis 215 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 2: who's a doctor, and several years ago he began he 216 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 2: transitioned out of a group practice into a concierge program. 217 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 2: And so every time the dads of various kids who 218 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 2: all know each other, got together, I will ask people 219 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 2: what they're doing, and then I, as you can imagine, 220 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 2: start drilling down and asking questions. And I was reading 221 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 2: more and more about this concierge care. And we think 222 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 2: of it from the perspective of the patient. The money 223 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 2: spent primarily is what most people are thinking about, But 224 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 2: nobody talks about the doctors. When I was growing up, 225 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 2: doctor Raleigh Allen delivered me and he transitioned his practice 226 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 2: as folks used to do family practice general practice to 227 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,239 Speaker 2: Marty Rutledge and doctor Rutli's from the time I was 228 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 2: when doctor Allen retired and moved to clear Lake. Doctor 229 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 2: Rutli's was the doctor in Orange that a lot of 230 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 2: folks had. It wasn't the only doctor in town, but 231 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 2: and he seemed to enjoy what he was doing. And 232 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 2: we would go in and he'd close the door and 233 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 2: we'd talk, and we'd talk about my health and what 234 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 2: I was eating, and how I was sleeping, and was 235 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 2: I nervous, and was I anxious? And was I did 236 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 2: I have any worries? You know, suicide was talked about 237 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,360 Speaker 2: a lot back then, and he knew me pretty well 238 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,239 Speaker 2: that there was no risk for me. But those were 239 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 2: the kind of things your doctor would talk to you 240 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 2: about before the counseling and all that. A doctor was 241 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 2: somebody who genuinely cared about you. They did. They were 242 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 2: one part minister, one part therapist, one part scientist. And 243 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 2: you loved them. And you stuck with that doctor. And 244 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 2: you didn't wait out in the waiting room for five hours. 245 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 2: And it wasn't a mill, you know, you didn't walk 246 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 2: in there. They see you write your script, move out. 247 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 2: Then you get forty letters. You don't know if the 248 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 2: insurance's company is going to put This is messed up. 249 00:18:53,440 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 2: This is not rational. So I've got one friend who's 250 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 2: a doctor who if he performs a procedure, they have 251 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,679 Speaker 2: to call and get approval from the insurance company. Well, 252 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 2: they may not answer. Insurance company is no hurry. So 253 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,479 Speaker 2: he has a girl who calls their girl. And then 254 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 2: an insurance company tells you whether they'll cover it or not. 255 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 2: And sometimes they say yes, you perform it and they 256 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 2: don't cover it. Well, the patient thought that was covered 257 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 2: by the insurance, and some patients just can't cover that. 258 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 2: So I talk to a lot of doctors and I 259 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 2: asked these questions about how insurance changes their practice. It's 260 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 2: very frustrating because there are things that insurance won't pay for. 261 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 2: Now I've got my own opinion. You're not going to 262 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 2: like to hear this, and that is people will go 263 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 2: out and buy a new car every three months, but 264 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 2: god forbid, I had to pay an extra two hundred 265 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 2: dollars to get a replacement heart when I've got ninety 266 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 2: nine percent blockage. It's amazing to me how cheap people 267 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 2: can be on the important stuff, and how freewheeling. They 268 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 2: can be on things that aren't really that that important. 269 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 2: I mean a new vehicles, new vida. Don't get me wrong. 270 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 2: My point is a lot of people will complain about 271 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 2: things and the price when in the priority of things, 272 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 2: if you got X number of dollars, I'd allocate more 273 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:17,399 Speaker 2: over here than to the other stuff. But in any case, 274 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 2: so that brings me to the following story. And then 275 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 2: we're going to talk to some conciers doctors about how 276 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 2: they like it. And if you are a person who 277 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 2: is a patient and you have switched to concierge and 278 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 2: you'd like to share your story, I'd be happy to 279 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 2: hear it. So we brought my dad to Houston after 280 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 2: my mom passed Optember nineteen. Speaking of which, by the way, 281 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 2: fellas reminder Mother's Day, this Sunday, this Sunday, we're at Wednesday. 282 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 2: You better call Connie Stagner to Corey Diamonds. You better 283 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 2: make your reservations with Gringos or a Federal American grill 284 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 2: or Big City Wings for this Friday night or Saturday 285 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:58,160 Speaker 2: night or Sunday brunch. You better start getting the kids reminded. Hey, 286 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 2: you know, make a card for Mom. Anyway, So when 287 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 2: my mom passed, we started getting worried. He has a 288 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 2: full time caretaker and she's like family. When my brother died, 289 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 2: I hired her. She came in. Her mother and my 290 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 2: mother were friends. She's my age, Her brother and I 291 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 2: played ball against each other. A great family, and so 292 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,919 Speaker 2: it was like it was like my own sister was 293 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 2: there taking care of my parents. My dad died, it 294 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 2: was just her and him, and she can handle it, right. 295 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 2: He's got a lot of medical needs, but she can 296 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 2: handle it. She was doing a great job. But then 297 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 2: she had to go home. She's married, she's she's got 298 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,479 Speaker 2: dogs to feed, she's got things to do. So we 299 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 2: had to get caretakers. And then you're you know, it's 300 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 2: a cycle of people, and they don't. So we moved 301 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 2: him to Houston. We could be there and then all 302 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 2: the grandkids can see him, and my siblings can see him, 303 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 2: and my wife goes by every day, and I go 304 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 2: by almost every day, five days out of seven. And 305 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 2: it is a delight to have him here. But the 306 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 2: unfortunate thing is his medical care. Doctor Rutledge is still 307 00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 2: his doctor. If you can believe that it's been my 308 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 2: doctor's I was a little kid. So we needed to 309 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 2: get an interocrinologist because diabetes is his biggest issue. So 310 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 2: he's got a pump. And you know when when people 311 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 2: think they know what I'm talking about because they got 312 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:16,439 Speaker 2: a pump or they're his pancs creates no insulin, so 313 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 2: his numbers will fluctuate from below one hundred to above 314 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 2: three hundred, just like that his blood sugar and either 315 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 2: one of those can be catastrophic. He has been hospital 316 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,400 Speaker 2: hospitalized so many times over the years. You I told 317 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 2: you wouldn't believe it. So we need a doctor here, 318 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 2: an indocrinologist who can take care of him. So I 319 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 2: called a couple doctor buddies of mine, and I was 320 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 2: recommended to a woman named Anew Davis. She's Indian. Surprise, 321 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 2: She's married to a fellow named Jay Davis, and they 322 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 2: have another doctor in there in their practice. I think 323 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:53,439 Speaker 2: it's called river Oaks Doctors or river Oaks something something something. Anyway, No, 324 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 2: it's not fancy Romone. That's who I was referred to. 325 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 2: That's who people like. So my wife gets on the 326 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 2: phone with her and she is just over the moon, 327 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 2: excited over the moon. She said, great news. I got 328 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 2: him a new endochronologist and a new primary care all 329 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 2: in one. She's wonderful his first appointment is and she 330 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 2: tells us it's a concierge style practice and much better 331 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,479 Speaker 2: for us to deal with. The office visits are not 332 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 2: covered by insurance twenty two hundred dollars annual retainer which 333 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 2: covers all out of office consultations. She will also do 334 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 2: home visits to the old folks Home. She will deal 335 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 2: with and she goes through the various things that he has. 336 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 2: I'm not going to mention those. An office visit is 337 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,959 Speaker 2: five hundred dollars an hour, but it's broken into increments 338 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,360 Speaker 2: of five minutes. After the first office visit, we will 339 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 2: not need that many office visits. They will answer the 340 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 2: phone at any time to figure out what to do 341 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 2: if his sugar goes up, or sugar goes down, or 342 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 2: he has any other medical need. They have a few 343 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 2: patients at the old Folks Home already, so she's quite 344 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 2: familiar with it. The office is in River Oaks. I'd 345 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 2: really like to try them. I really liked their approach. 346 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 2: It'll be easier for us to deal with the concierge 347 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 2: style practice for him. I think he'll like it. A lot, 348 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 2: and so I get home and we start talking. Mind 349 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 2: So I start calling around and talking to doctors about 350 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 2: concierge and all that this particular woman will make home 351 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 2: visits or old folks homes visits. In this case, sometimes 352 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 2: you can't get mom or dad or yourself out of 353 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,479 Speaker 2: the out of the house. Imagine a visit to your house. 354 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 2: How cool is it? 355 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 4: Now? 356 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 2: Not all concierge doctors do that. I don't want to 357 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 2: say that. But the doctors that are doing it, We're 358 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 2: gonna talk to Will Davis as a friend of mine. 359 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 2: In a moment, he may we may be gathered together 360 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,199 Speaker 2: as dads. He'll step out and take a phone call 361 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 2: or text messages, and he's treating a patient. That's what 362 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 2: people want. 363 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:52,640 Speaker 4: Mincacle Barry's. 364 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 2: I am in a very fortunate situation. I have had 365 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 2: friendships with doctors for every part of my body, and 366 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 2: I mean every part of my body for a very 367 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 2: long time. Partly because I find doctors fascinating, because they're 368 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 2: a strange combination of scientists and therapists and there is 369 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 2: an applied level to it, and partly because it's nice 370 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 2: to be able to text and say, hey, what should 371 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 2: I do here, Oh, come in. So I've had some 372 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 2: of my doctors on the air over the years, gim 373 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 2: Months my primary, Mohit Kara, my urologists, Stan Dukman my cardiologist, 374 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,640 Speaker 2: and on and on and on. As you age, it's 375 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 2: going to be something. If you're not there yet, or 376 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 2: for your parents, it's going to be something. And until 377 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,880 Speaker 2: you have been through the hell of trying to get 378 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 2: an appointment in less than a year, waiting rooms for 379 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 2: hours on end, and God help you if the C 380 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 2: word comes up, because now you're thrown into a whole 381 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 2: different world. Do you do radiation? Do you do chemo? 382 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 2: When can you get in to see a specialist? Do 383 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,719 Speaker 2: you get a second? This is this is not this 384 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 2: is not healthcare. This is not what we once knew. 385 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 2: So the marketplace always finds an answer. It just takes 386 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 2: a minute. And a current answer for many people, not 387 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 2: just patients, but or but but doctors is concierge's care 388 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 2: where you basically give a chunk of money up front 389 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 2: and you pay separately aside from what the insurance pays, 390 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 2: and you're paying for a value. So there'll be people 391 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 2: who I don't pay nobody. I bet my insurers don't 392 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 2: curR injuries, don't care. I pay insurance. Okay, Well insurance 393 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 2: is not paying the doctor properly, and the doctor doesn't 394 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 2: want to practice that way. So you know that money 395 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 2: you spent over here, that was dumb. If you spend it, 396 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 2: you're buying access to a doctor on his cell phone. 397 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 2: What's that worth to you? So you can sit and 398 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 2: wait fifteen hours? Penny wise, pound foolish. But other people say, 399 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 2: and look, everybody has a different income level and wealth level, 400 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 2: but where you are at, for a lot of people, 401 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 2: it makes sense to get out of the traditional insurance 402 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 2: game and have a concierge doctor. So one of them 403 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 2: that I've been paestoring questions like this for a long 404 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 2: time is doctor Will Davis. And the good thing for 405 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 2: me with him is I watched him transition from part 406 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 2: of a practice to being concierge, from the asking questions about, 407 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,679 Speaker 2: you know, working through how this would work financially, professionally, 408 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 2: time wise, patient wise, and all that. He doesn't just 409 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 2: take all comers. Now you've got this group of people, 410 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 2: you're like a pastor. This is your flock. These are 411 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,360 Speaker 2: your people that you take care of. You develop a relationship, 412 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 2: so when they call, you don't need them to fill 413 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 2: out fifteen documents. You know their story, you know their 414 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 2: spouse and their whole family. I think it's pretty cool. 415 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 2: It feels a lot more like what I grew up with, 416 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 2: which I think was a pretty good system. Doctor will Davis, 417 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 2: Welcome to the program. Thank you, Michael. I appreciate you 418 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 2: having me on this morning. Don't get all formal on 419 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 2: me now. We've smoked too many cigars together, or is 420 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 2: that probably ruins your credibility. If people knew that you 421 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 2: have a better bourbon collection than I do, and you 422 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 2: may smoke more cigars than I do, I'm not sure 423 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 2: they still trust you, but I do. I think I 424 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 2: see how people respect you as their doctor. Let's talk, 425 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 2: first of all, from the doctor's perspective about why this 426 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 2: made sense for you to go to concierge. 427 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 6: Well, so, I had been in practice for about twenty 428 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 6: years at the time, or twenty one years, and they had, 429 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 6: actually the company that I partnered up with, called MDVIP, 430 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 6: had been looking out asking me to join their group 431 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 6: of conciers doctors for about five years. 432 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 4: And I was at the point where I was seeing. 433 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 6: Thirty five patients to day, I was getting burntout. You know, 434 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 6: I tried really hard to provide concierge level care to 435 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 6: patients doing that load, which you know, really affected me 436 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 6: and my family life. And then this opportunity came along 437 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 6: and I was like, you know, I think it's time 438 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 6: to make a change. And for me, it has been 439 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 6: a absolute blessing. 440 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 2: I mean, I think I've gotten. 441 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 4: A little bit of quality of life back. 442 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 6: I'm a much better doctor than ever was before because 443 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 6: I know my patient's better. I'm able to discuss things 444 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 6: with them in a longer fashion. They have much greater 445 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 6: access to me, and like you said just a minute ago, 446 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 6: I don't have to you know, review a whole chart 447 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 6: just to know who they are. I know who they 448 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 6: are just because of the patients I've been taken care 449 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 6: for a long time. 450 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 2: So you know, we talked over the years about I 451 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 2: don't know to say it's burnout, but frustration. And you know, 452 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 2: you got into this to help people, to heal people, 453 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 2: to treat people. What about the practice where you were, 454 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 2: the way medicine was being practiced, how has that changed 455 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 2: for you? Why did you make this change in that way? 456 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 6: So do you mean why did I go switch from 457 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 6: thirty five patients to. 458 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 2: Like ten to twelve a day. 459 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 6: I mean, I just think it made more sense for 460 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 6: me to go ahead and you know, get some control 461 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 6: back in my life, which I think this has allowed 462 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 6: me to do. Like I said, I can actually enjoy 463 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 6: my life more now outside of work when I'm still 464 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 6: as you said, I mean, we may be at a 465 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 6: dinner or something and I'm taking calls or text from patients, 466 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 6: which is totally fine and I'm happy to do it, 467 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:28,719 Speaker 6: but I don't have to be at the office all 468 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 6: the time. And you know, it allows me to work 469 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 6: and see instead of you know, see four to ten 470 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 6: patients or twelve patients, and my patients can get in 471 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 6: same day, next day. I mean, my patients, you know, 472 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 6: really enjoy it because they have that access and availability 473 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 6: to me that they. 474 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 4: Never had before. 475 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 2: Well. And I think the great frustration that I hear 476 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 2: from the patient perspective is the idea that the doctor 477 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 2: doesn't have time for you. And it's not because he 478 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 2: doesn't want to. It's because the NBAS took over. I 479 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 2: remember in the early nineties with Hillary Care, and it 480 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 2: was the battle was was it going to be a 481 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:10,960 Speaker 2: company like a private equity type group buying out these 482 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 2: you know HCA type deals buying out the practice, or 483 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 2: was the government going to take over the practice but 484 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 2: the doctor was no longer going to control the practice. 485 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 2: And that was very clear. Let's talk a little bit 486 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 2: about the way your practice works. So you sent me 487 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 2: the email yesterday that you send to a new patient. 488 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 2: But in a minute and a half or so, walk 489 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 2: walk us through as a new patient what this looks 490 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 2: like to be your patient. 491 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 6: So basically, a patient will come into the office, we 492 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 6: do a meet and greet, they go I go ahead 493 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 6: and tell them the amounts, which is, you know, it's 494 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 6: a little over two thousand dollars per year, and they're 495 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 6: able to use HSA or FSA. 496 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 4: They go ahead and they come in and they do 497 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 4: a pre physical. 498 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 6: Evaluation and then come in and do a physical and 499 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 6: so we go ahead and talk about why it makes 500 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 6: sense for them to go ahead and do this. And 501 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 6: a lot of them are frustrated, like you said, they 502 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 6: can't go ahead and. 503 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 2: See the doctor when they want to. 504 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 6: They go ahead and they wait for hours or days, 505 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:13,560 Speaker 6: you know, to be able to be seen where we 506 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 6: can see them in a very quick and timely fashion. 507 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,480 Speaker 6: So then they go ahead and have this and they. 508 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 4: Can get their high. 509 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 6: Quality physical and we do what's called an executive physical, 510 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 6: so we go above and beyond what is traditionally done 511 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,480 Speaker 6: in most offices to go ahead and try to create 512 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,240 Speaker 6: a much better picture of a person's health rather than 513 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,000 Speaker 6: just a couple of numbers. And again, my patients are 514 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 6: not just numbers to me. 515 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:36,040 Speaker 2: They're actually real people. 516 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 6: Where before based on all the old restrictions by the 517 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 6: Medicare Medicare, the traditional insurances, the hospitals where you have 518 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 6: to follow all these rules, and now you can do more. 519 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 2: Hold with me for just a moment. We have another 520 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 2: concierge doctor that we will speak to after doctor Will Davis. Folks, 521 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,120 Speaker 2: it's not a show sponsor. I'm not suggesting that that 522 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 2: you that you find a new doctor. I am saying, 523 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 2: don't wait until you're sick to find yourself a doctor. 524 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 2: Don't wait. Look, you know that your heart's likely to 525 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 2: give out. That's the number one way you're gonna go. 526 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 2: So go see Stan Dukman, or find a cardiologist that's 527 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 2: recommended by your doctor, read their reviews, go see them, 528 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 2: Go get a check up, get your baseline now, These 529 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 2: are the kinds of things you can't wait. It's coming 530 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:32,320 Speaker 2: to you, right, you're marching, you're whistling past the graveyard, folks, 531 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 2: So might as well ahead of time, get ahead of 532 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,640 Speaker 2: this the same way you did with your investments and 533 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 2: everything else. All right, More concierge healthcare talk coming up.