Goodbye for Now, and Thanks

About twenty years ago people started asking when I was going to retire-maybe it was the bags appearing under my eyes. Thinking that my health would be the deciding factor, it was always easy to answer, "As long as God lets me."

As it turned out, though, the deciding factor has turned out to be my inability to hack the economics. Despite an ambitious search and a few rays of hope, I have been unable to attract another provider to help offset rising overhead.

When my lease expires in May, we are dropping the curtain on the Kearney Street office and removing the set.

What You Need to Do

If we have been working a care plan with you, please come in so we can outline what needs to be done going forward. I'll give you a summary of what your new doc needs to know and how we can expedite that. Please come in soon so we have time to get your transition arranged to a new care team.

If you are scheduled for care in the next few months, let's take care of your needs and set you up for another year.

Please come in at your convenience so I-Kwoan can give you your medical records. These you can keep for future reference when needed. Or, if you prefer, call and we can send your records via secure e-mail.

Once the clinic closes, we will shred all medical records. From then on, there will be a fee for us to locate and forward our scanned hard copies and EMR printouts.

Establish Primary Care

If we are your primary care physician, please find another. If you plan to use the Jefferson Healthcare clinics, please call right away as they will take some time to give you a new-patient appointment. At this point, you may not be able to choose which physician or mid-level provider you will get, so if you have a particular physician in mind, one strategy would be to establish care with a mid-level provider in that clinic. Often, they will be able to meet all your needs. If not, they will coordinate with a physician in that clinic, perhaps the one of your choice.