What is Concierge Medicine?

Lutanen Health, a concierge medical practice in Boston, offers a unique approach to health, wellness and primary care medicine. Here the enduring power of the bond between physician and patient hearkens back to the golden era of medicine, where doctors knew a patient’s entire family. From this framework, we can provide exceptional, personalized medical care to optimize health and longevity, and treat and prevent disease with great precision.

A More Personal Approach to Healthcare

Physicians often have responsibility for several thousand patients in the traditional health care model. This high-volume model limits providers with time with patients, and often leads to rushed, reactive care that prioritizes perceived efficiency over depth.  Concierge medicine providers have a smaller patient panel between 50 and 800 patients per doctor. At Lutanen Health, we keep our patient to doctor ratio close to 100-150 patients per doctor. Through presence and attention, a healing space is formed, patients’ stories are heard, and collaborative care leads to better health outcomes.  

Preventative and Lifestyle Medicine

Concierge medicine is a framework that gives time back to patients and doctors. What sets Lutanen Health apart? We chose to use this time to infuse preventative strategies, lifestyle and integrative medicine into the fabric of our care. We want to understand a patient’s personal and family narrative, and create a preventive plan based on disease risk and current lifestyle factors. Medicine is evolving faster than standard care models, and we can understand and intervene early to detect and stave off cardiovascular disease, cancer, dementia, and more. Using a combination of artful history taking, advanced diagnostics and imaging, and lifestyle health planning, we endeavor to keep our patients healthy and well. Nutrition, sleep, movement, and breath are key principles for our practice. When you are a patient at Lutanen Health, you have a team that cares about all areas of your life.

Do you use Insurance?

An Annual Membership fee allows for a small ratio of patients per doctor. All medical services are billed to insurance. With more time per patient, we are able to advocate for insurance coverage of many tests or medications that might have otherwise been denied. We can seamlessly help patients navigate through specialists and the complex academic medical ecosystem in Boston.

Accessibility and Convenience

Concierge medicine provides patients with 24/7 access and same day appointments with their physician for urgent medical needs, and easy, convenient scheduling. No more spending hours in a waiting room, visits happen on time, flexible to your schedule, saving you time, and providing the priceless gift of health and peace of mind.

About the Author:

Dr. Julia Loewenthal is an internist and geriatrician at Lutanen Health specializing in integrative primary care and healthy aging. Board certified in Internal and Geriatric Medicine, she is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a faculty fellow with the Osher Collaborative for Integrative Medicine. Her work combines clinical depth, compassion, and mind-body expertise to support lifelong wellness.

Dr. Julia Loewenthal, MD

August 14, 2025