The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast

The Business & Leadership of Medicine w/ Michael Tetreault, Editor-in-Chief
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The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast is the recorded history of membership medicine. Hosted by Michael Tetreault, Editor-in-Chief of Concierge Medicine Today — and a nearly 20-year student of this industry from the patient side of the exam room — this podcast explores concierge and membership-based medicine through candid conversations with physicians, healthcare executives, attorneys, practice management experts, and industry innovators. If you're a physician building, growing, or rethinking your practice — this is the conversation you didn't know you needed. Topics: Concierge Medicine · Membership Medicine · Physician Leadership · Practice Management & Growth · Healthcare Entrepreneurship · Patient Experience & Hospitality · Practice Design & Culture · Precision Medicine · Whole Genome Sequencing · Pharmacogenomics · Longevity Medicine · Functional & Integrative Medicine · Physician Burnout & Wellbeing · Succession Planning · Legal & Compliance · Accounting & Financial Planning · Insurance & Payor Strategy · Staffing & Team Culture · Technology & AI in Medicine · Telehealth · Branding & Marketing for Physicians · Interior Design & Practice Environment · Nursing & Allied Health · Direct Primary Care (DPC) Produced by Concierge Medicine Today (CMT) — the industry's independent trade publication since 2007. Host of the annual Concierge Medicine Forum. 🌐 www.ConciergeMedicineToday.com 👥 www.instagram.com/conciergemedicineforum/ For general informational purposes only. Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Views are the speaker's own. Full terms: conciergemedicinetoday.com/tcpp

  1. 20H AGO

    Independent Practice Isn't Failing—The Training Is

    Why Operational Gaps in Independent Medicine Are a Systems Problem — Not a Physician Problem By Michael Tetreault, Host, DocPreneur Leadership Podcast | Editor-In-Chief, Concierge Medicine Today There's a pattern showing up across independent medicine — in Direct Primary Care, in concierge practices, in membership-based models of every size. Highly trained physicians keep asking what look like basic business and technology questions. And the most common response? Frustration. Eye rolls. The quiet assumption that these doctors just aren't cut out for ownership. That response is wrong. And it's worth slowing down to understand why. Start With First Principles What are we actually asking physicians to do when we invite them into independent practice? We're asking them to step out of employed models — where operations, technology, billing, and compliance are handled by someone else — and into full ownership of every one of those functions. Clinical. Operational. Financial. Often overnight. Often without a structured transition. Then we express surprise when gaps appear. That's not a physician problem. That's a systems problem. When you remove the infrastructure without replacing it, gaps aren't a sign of failure. They're the predictable, entirely logical outcome of an incomplete transition. What Forums Reveal — and What They Can't Fix Peer forums in independent medicine have become something they were never designed to be: de facto training systems. Physicians turn to them because something has to fill the gap. And forums offer speed, community, and real-world experience. That matters. But forums are reactive by nature. They answer the question in front of them. They don't build the foundational readiness that prevents the question from needing to be asked in the first place. Repeated "basic" questions in those spaces aren't annoyances. They're signals. They're telling us that structured onboarding for independent practice doesn't yet exist at scale — and that the profession is quietly improvising around that absence every single day. The Real Leadership Question If independent medicine is going to grow — if concierge and membership-based care is going to fulfill its potential to reshape how Americans experience primary care — it has to become something more than a movement. It has to become a system. That means scalable onboarding. Structured operational frameworks. High-trust training environments where physicians can ask the questions they need to ask without social penalty. Clinical excellence got them here. Operational readiness is what sustains them. The difference between those two things isn't a character flaw. It's a training gap. And training gaps are solvable. In This Episode, We Explore: Why operational gaps show up in otherwise high-performing physicians The difference between intelligence and operational readiness Why peer forums can't — and shouldn't — carry the burden of onboarding What scalable, high-trust training actually looks like in membership-based care How better systems — not better criticism — move this model forward The Bottom Line The next phase of leadership in independent medicine isn't just about inspiring physicians to build differently. It's about giving them the structured foundations to do it well. That's repeatable. That's transferable. That's the work. If you're building — or seriously considering — a membership-based practice, you don't have to figure this out in isolation. Explore leadership insights, operational frameworks, and real-world case studies: Concierge Medicine Today Leadership Hub & Knowledge Center Submit a question, article, or perspective Join us at CMF 2026 — where physicians, operators, and innovators come together to build better systems, not just better ideas. This content is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered medical, legal, financial, or professional advice.

    24 min

  2. MAR 19

    Don't Practice Your Talk on the Audience

    We've all sat through boring medical lectures. If you've been invited to speak, here are some helpful tips from pro presenters to make your next opportunity the one people remember. 🌐 www.ConciergeMedicineToday.com 👥 www.instagram.com/conciergemedicineforum/ For general informational purposes only. Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Views are the speaker's own. Full terms: conciergemedicinetoday.com/tcpp ✅ The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast is produced by Concierge Medicine Today (CMT) — the industry's independent trade publication since 2007. Host of the annual Concierge Medicine Forum.

    58 min

  3. MAR 13

    The Hidden Driver of Patient Experience — Your Team, with Julie Kniseley, President of James Moore HR Solutions

    The patient experience doesn't start at the front desk — it starts with how your team feels about coming to work. And most practices spend far more time thinking about clinical protocols than the culture that either supports or undermines everything else. 🌐 jmco.com/hr-solutions Julie Kniseley, President of James Moore HR Solutions, has spent 30 years helping organizations build strong, people-centered teams. In this conversation, she and Michael Tetreault discuss what retention, culture, and staff alignment actually look like in a concierge or membership-based practice — and why getting this right is one of the highest-leverage investments a physician owner can make. Connect with Julie: Julie.Kniseley@jmco.com ConciergeMedicineToday.org · Apple Podcasts · Spotify 🌐 ConciergeMedicineToday.com For general informational purposes only. Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Views expressed are those of the speakers and do not represent Concierge Medicine Today, LLC. Full terms: conciergemedicinetoday.com/tcpp DocPreneur Leadership Podcast is produced by Concierge Medicine Today (CMT) — the industry's independent trade publication since 2007. Host of the annual Concierge Medicine Forum.

    1h 2m

  4. FEB 16

    How genomics is reshaping concierge medicine

    Our guest, CEO, Premal Shah, Ph.D. of MyOme, a precision health company using whole-genome sequencing to make proactive, personalized care accessible through leading concierge and executive health clinics. Topic: How top-tier clinics are using MyOme's whole-genome platform to differentiate their care model, strengthen prevention programs, and build long-term patient trust. Learn More At: MyOme.com 🌐 www.ConciergeMedicineToday.com 👥 www.instagram.com/conciergemedicineforum/ For general informational purposes only. Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Views are the speaker's own. Full terms: conciergemedicinetoday.com/tcpp ✅ The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast is produced by Concierge Medicine Today (CMT) — the industry's independent trade publication since 2007. Host of the annual Concierge Medicine Forum.

    40 min

  5. FEB 13

    Guava Health App — A Conversation with CMO Dr. Kat McGraw

    Our guest: Kat McGraw MD, FHM, CPE, Chief Medical Officer at Guava Health. Guava's mission is to empower people to understand and improve their health. Learn More at: https://guavahealth.com/ 🌐 www.ConciergeMedicineToday.com 👥 www.instagram.com/conciergemedicineforum/ For general informational purposes only. Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Views are the speaker's own. Full terms: conciergemedicinetoday.com/tcpp ✅ The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast is produced by Concierge Medicine Today (CMT) — the industry's independent trade publication since 2007. Host of the annual Concierge Medicine Forum.

    1h 10m

  6. JAN 22

    Concierge Medicine Grew 80% in Five Years — Here's What the Headlines Are Getting Wrong

    Concierge medicine and direct primary care didn't just grow — they surged more than 80% in five years, according to new research published in Health Affairs. The headlines are calling it a threat to access and equity. The data tells a more complicated story. In this solo episode, Michael Tetreault breaks down what's really driving physicians toward membership-based models — burnout, broken reimbursement, prior authorization overload, and a primary care system that was already failing long before concierge medicine showed up to expose it. Research referenced: Health Affairs, Harvard Medical School, AMA, MedPAC, and AAMC. ConciergeMedicineToday.net · Apple Podcasts · Spotify For general informational purposes only. Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Views expressed are those of the speakers and do not represent Concierge Medicine Today, LLC. Full terms: conciergemedicinetoday.com/tcpp DocPreneur Leadership Podcast is produced by Concierge Medicine Today (CMT) — the industry's independent trade publication since 2007. Host of the annual Concierge Medicine Forum.

    24 min

  7. JAN 18

    Practice Branding's Biggest Blind Spot

    Most physicians think about branding as a logo, a website, or a tagline. Their patients think about it as every single moment they felt seen, rushed, confused, or cared for — and those two definitions almost never match. In this solo episode, Michael Tetreault breaks down what concierge and membership-based practices consistently get wrong about their brand, why the patient experience is the brand, and what it actually takes to close that gap. ConciergeMedicineToday.net · Apple Podcasts · Spotify For general informational purposes only. Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Views expressed are those of the speakers and do not represent Concierge Medicine Today, LLC. Full terms: conciergemedicinetoday.com/tcpp DocPreneur Leadership Podcast is produced by Concierge Medicine Today (CMT) — the industry's independent trade publication since 2007. Host of the annual Concierge Medicine Forum.

    18 min

  8. JAN 5

    The Mind-Body Rebellion — Reclaiming Energy, Alignment, and the Self You've Been Ignoring

    Most high-functioning people are very good at performing wellness while quietly ignoring the misalignment underneath — and physicians are the most skilled at this of anyone. This conversation explores what happens when personal growth stops living in your head and finally takes root in your body — through the Angelova Method, a six-month experience blending intentional movement, mindset recalibration, and nervous system regulation into something that actually creates lasting change. Learn more: rebelliousstudio.com/the-mind-body-podcast ConciergeMedicineToday.com · Apple Podcasts · Spotify For general informational purposes only. Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Views expressed are those of the speakers and do not represent Concierge Medicine Today, LLC. Full terms: conciergemedicinetoday.com/tcpp DocPreneur Leadership Podcast is produced by Concierge Medicine Today (CMT) — the industry's independent trade publication since 2007. Host of the annual Concierge Medicine Forum.

    57 min
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The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast is the recorded history of membership medicine. Hosted by Michael Tetreault, Editor-in-Chief of Concierge Medicine Today — and a nearly 20-year student of this industry from the patient side of the exam room — this podcast explores concierge and membership-based medicine through candid conversations with physicians, healthcare executives, attorneys, practice management experts, and industry innovators. If you're a physician building, growing, or rethinking your practice — this is the conversation you didn't know you needed. Topics: Concierge Medicine · Membership Medicine · Physician Leadership · Practice Management & Growth · Healthcare Entrepreneurship · Patient Experience & Hospitality · Practice Design & Culture · Precision Medicine · Whole Genome Sequencing · Pharmacogenomics · Longevity Medicine · Functional & Integrative Medicine · Physician Burnout & Wellbeing · Succession Planning · Legal & Compliance · Accounting & Financial Planning · Insurance & Payor Strategy · Staffing & Team Culture · Technology & AI in Medicine · Telehealth · Branding & Marketing for Physicians · Interior Design & Practice Environment · Nursing & Allied Health · Direct Primary Care (DPC) Produced by Concierge Medicine Today (CMT) — the industry's independent trade publication since 2007. Host of the annual Concierge Medicine Forum. 🌐 www.ConciergeMedicineToday.com 👥 www.instagram.com/conciergemedicineforum/ For general informational purposes only. Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Views are the speaker's own. Full terms: conciergemedicinetoday.com/tcpp

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    The Business & Leadership of Medicine w/ Michael Tetreault, Editor-in-Chief
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
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