Does anyone here have Amazon One Medical?

I don't but know this - it's a virtual visit.

There are in-person office visits available R1.

I've been going to One Medical for about a decade. Chronic health issues and the specialized service for the $199/yr membership made it worth it. My doctor is great, takes her time, listens, and I find the service to be great. Amazon's purchasing the company has raised my eyebrows a bit; not thrilled with them having access to my medical records, but so goes the world.

R3, you're the perfect person to ask.

How does it tie in to your existing medical insurance?

I've booked an appointment with One Medical using my health insurance, and they said that I have to pay my usual co-pay.

But what other costs are added to that?

Pre-Amazon: it was very good. Concierge care at a lower cost. Now: beware. In NYC, at least, there’s a huge turnover in PCP. The MDs seemed very unhappy. The ODs and NPs are decent. Yet, it is all hit or miss & VERY corporate.

I switched to an NYU practice group, and never looked back…and there’s no annual fee!

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R4 nothing changes. It is no different than any local practice that accepts your insurance. It is CORPORATE to the extreme.

FYI: they claim it is easy to share your records outside ONE MEDICAL….good luck with that!

R7 I'm just trying to wrap my head around exactly what is One Medical.

If they use your health insurance to pay for your visit, then are they basically sub-contractors for your regular doctor?

I guess my question is, why would people go to One Medical using their health insurance, if they can just go to their regular doctor using their insurance?

R5 same experience for me, Bay Area and now Los Angeles, so I stopped with OneMedical because Amazon, much like they did when they devoured Whole Foods, ruined what was once trustworthy and beneficial to a cheapened (not economically, just access and quality) version of medical. A fast-food quality approach to healthcare.

This thread is making me think that I used One Medical at its ground floor level back in 2007 - 2009 when I lived in SF (city). That's what they called their practice...believe it was in the Financial District. Very upscale place for its time.

R8 please listen: they are your “regular” doctor. One Medical is nothing more than a corporate-created version of a typical doctor’s group practice expanded to a nationwide level.

If there’s any remains benefit, it’s that you can access care at at office in any state should you need it. IMHO —you can actually do that anyway. The quality of provider service has degraded since they were bough by Amazon. YMMV

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R9. Agreed. I’m very satisfied with my switch to a NYU practice group. I love my PCP—he’s not going to run away.

One advantage I feel in using a large practice group is care coordination. Having all my doctors on the same systems sharing centralized records, etc., but I don’t know how difficult it is for doctors in different groups to share access to records and communicate. I assume it is more difficult, but I’m not really sure how medical records work these days.

I pay my co-pay and it's no different. They are compliant with my insurance. There was a year or so gap where I stopped seeing them--something about about them not taking the regional variant of Blue Cross / Blue Shield and in that year I saw a doctor at a major teaching hospital in my large city and they and it were horrible. I wish I had a better experience. When the snafu was resolved and BC was back as an insurance provider, I resumed seeing my OM doctor and she's been great. Again, don't love Amazon, but working with her over the years, my health's never been better.

Within One Medical that works well—that’s part of their model.

Outside—may God be with you. Good luck!

One disadvantage is having to talk to someone in Malaysia to change an appointment. If I can get past the robots.

My doctor and the people who work with her are great, but it can be a chore to get through to them by phone. I can communicate pretty efficiently by their messaging system, but sometimes you want to speak to them directly on the phone and that’s not always easy

Appts are made through the app—you don’t have to speak to anyone.

I left OMG, but not because of your made up version.

I said “change an appointment” and in this case it was at the last minute for bloodwork, but the issue was really about what lab orders had put in. The lab said I should be fasting and I believed (correctly) that this was a mistake. Could not get my doctor’s office on the phone. Robots and people obviously overseas.

I was not talking about One Medical, but a similar group. Sorry if that was unclear.

Free advice: fasting vs. non-fasting is not material to your health vis-a-vis test results

I was not talking about One Medical, but a similar group. Sorry if that was unclear.

This is a One Medical thread…

In which people are discussing similar medical practice groups.

Then why do they make us fast at all?

Exactly —duh.

At the end of the day it does not matter

R22 speak with the Op. thx

Well, I’m not sure I believe you since doctors seem to make a point of specifying that certain tests be fasting. I’m afraid “duh” doesn’t make you credible.

The OP does not limit the scope of a thread with a title. People are free to expand on it. Who appointed you hall monitor anyway?

I’ve had blood draws every few months for over thirty years. Not a single doctor said —oh know you didn’t fast. YMMV

“Does anyone here have Amazon One Medical?”

Ok—27

Continue.

R28 nor oh no! 😎

How would your doctor even know that you didn’t fast when you were instructed to fast? Do you make a habit of ignoring medical instructions and then decide it makes no difference because your doctor wasn’t horrified when you told them? That’s your basis for giving out medical advice? Pass.

You get a full print out of your results. Compare & contest, and talk with your PCP.

This is not rocket science.

contrast* not contest ;)

R31 never had a blood draw, and then mentioned —oh I didn’t fast that day.

Then his doctor kicked him out of the office —don’t come back. !