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The difference between healthcare advocacy firms like PinnacleCare and concierge medical practices?

The field of concierge medicine, also known as retainer medicine and boutique practice, is coming up on its tenth anniversary. Begun in 1996 in Seattle, the creation of MD2 kicked…

Helping Clients Worried About Health Care

When adviser Thomas West first visited his clients' home, he immediately saw that its many rugs and pieces of furniture could cause the wife to trip and fall. But the woman wasn't…

Morgan Stanley Forms Healthcare Alliance

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has launched a referral arrangement with PinnacleCare, a health advisory firm, to provide medical referrals and health advice for the clients of…

Your Guide to The Medical Maze

About a year ago, Ann Principe saw worrisome symptoms in her 75-year-old mother. "Her short-term memory was gone. She was forgetting her own granddaughter's name," the 47-year-old…

The Key to Premium Care

It's common for people who can afford it to hire a wealth manager. So why not a health manager? That's the premise behind Pinnacle Care International, a Baltimore company that…

For Those Who Can Afford It, Pinnacle Goes Above, Beyond

Suzanne Rice was on a private jet, flying from a golf tournament back to her home in Palm Beach County, when the husband of a friend started talking about how Pinnacle Care…

New Services Cater to Affluent Patients

'Personal Advocates' Research Treatments, Book Appointments; A Limo to the Doctor's Office.

E.magination Selects Tide Point for HQ

The folks at e.magination Network LLC -- if all goes as planned -- have found a new home and provided a local development with another trophy technology tenant. Executives at the…

Web Firm Enters New Market

A local technology firm, after striking a deal with Columbia's Sequoia Software Corp., is entering the lucrative applications service provider industry and potentially starting a…

2 Firms Joining to Win More Net Ads

As anyone who has used the Internet lately can attest, advertising seems to be everywhere online. At many Web sites, the first item to show up on the monitor is a banner…

E-commerce Entrepreneur

Bruce R. Spector has helped build businesses in cable television and radio. So, where does a late-1990s communications entrepreneur like him look for a new opportunity? Go ahead…

Benchmark Agrees to be Acquired

Baltimore-based radio company Benchmark Communications will announce today that it has agreed to be acquired by a Dallas merchant banking group for $173 million. Benchmark's 32…