(The start date for the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form is October 1.) After the family completes the FAFSA, it can take several months for the college financial aid office to determine a studentâs financial aid eligibility.
Many forms of concierge medicine cost around $150 per month, which is the price of a package of cigarettes per day, or a daily cup of Starbuckâs Frappuccino. Dr. Garrison Bliss in Seattle, Washington offers concierge care to patients for $39 to $79 per month, based upon the age of the patient. The cost of concierge medicine depends upon the services that are offered by the individual doctor. Costs range from $1,500 per year to $15,000 per year.
In total, physiciansâadministrative work and costs amounted to $72.6billion â $261 per capita, or 26.9 percent of physi-ciansâ gross income.The administrative costs of dentists and of othernonphysician practitioners totaled $8.6 billion and$8.8 billion, respectively. engl j med 349;8 www.nejm.org august 21, 2003 costs of health care administration 773 with relatively high administrative costs â havefound that for-profit facilities have neither higher-quality care nor lower costs than not-for-profit fa-cilities.