Dear Members,

The AAPP is continually exploring new ways for private physicians to acquire patients. To potentially offer you a new avenue to more patients, we are excited to announce a new partnership with MediBid (www.MediBid.com), an online marketplace to assist patients in search of private medical services in finding physicians. 

The process is simple and familiar. Patients build a profile on MediBid and submit requests for medical services. The MediBid matching engine then sends the requests to doctors who match the patient search criteria. From the doctors who respond, patients make their selection.

As a physician, you establish your own profile on MediBid and define prices for your services. Patients who choose to work with you pay you directly. Currently, MediBid has more than 20 unmatched patient requests for primary care/concierge medicine, and we'd like to see them all find their way to AAPP member practices.

As an AAPP member, if you register with MediBid before September 6th, you will receive a 6 month FREE trial of the service. After 6 months, if you believe the service to be worthwhile for your practice, you may choose to continue your membership as a paying user ($249/year for individual physicians). To take advantage of this offer, visit: http://medibid.com/promo/aapp.

If you do take advantage of this free trial, we would appreciate your reporting back to us on whether you found it useful for patient acquisition.

Thank you!

Tom Blue, Executive Director
American Academy of Private Physicians


PS. Watch for upcoming announcements about the final AAPP Regional Summit of 2010 taking place on November 6 in Austin, TX.
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