A concierge medicine practice can add a telehealth referral line by pointing interested patients to a separate, licensed telehealth service and earning a fixed monthly marketing fee for each active referred customer. The practice does no prescribing, holds no inventory, and gives no medical advice about the referred service.

How a concierge practice referral line works

A referral line sits alongside your existing membership model. You share a QR code or a personal link with patients who ask about options you do not offer in house, such as GLP-1 based weight management. When a patient chooses to follow that link, everything after the handoff happens on a separate platform.

Here is the basic flow:

  • A patient scans your QR code or opens your personal link.
  • They complete a licensed telehealth intake on the referred platform.
  • An independent licensed provider reviews the intake and decides whether to approve care. Not everyone qualifies.
  • If approved, a licensed pharmacy fulfills, ships, and refills the medication.
  • You earn a fixed monthly marketing fee for each active referred customer, paid to your bank every month for as long as that person keeps using the platform.

You can learn more about the model in what a telehealth partner program is.

The clear line between the practice and the independent telehealth provider

Concierge medicine depends on trust, so the boundary here matters. Your practice makes the introduction. An independent, licensed telehealth provider owns the clinical relationship for the referred service. That provider reviews each intake on its own judgment, and a licensed pharmacy handles fulfillment. MedStands is a referral platform, not a medical practice, and does not prescribe.

This separation is what lets you offer a helpful option without extending your own scope of care. Your name is not on the prescription. The provider's decision is theirs alone, and you have no ability to influence who is approved.

What the practice does not do

The point of a referral line is that it adds almost nothing to your operations. As the referrer, you do not:

  • Prescribe, dose, or give medical advice about the referred medication.
  • Stock, store, or ship any product.
  • Handle refills, insurance, or pharmacy logistics.
  • Take on the compliance load of a new clinical service line.

Because there is no inventory and no clinical workflow to build, the referral line stays cleanly outside your practice. For a fuller picture of keeping weight management separate from your own care, see how to offer weight loss without becoming a medical practice.

Why it is a fixed marketing fee, not a share of prescription revenue

The fee is set in advance as a flat monthly marketing fee for each active referred customer. It is not a commission, not a percentage of sales, and not a cut of prescription revenue. You are paid for the marketing introduction, not for anything clinical, and the amount does not change based on what a patient spends or which medication a provider approves.

This framing keeps the arrangement simple and predictable. Payments arrive monthly, by direct deposit, for as long as each referred customer remains active on the platform. Earnings scale with how many active customers you refer over time, not with any single transaction.

Getting started

Joining costs nothing. There is no setup fee, no monthly fee, and nothing to buy. You sign up, get your QR code and personal link, and start sharing them with patients who ask about options outside your services.

  • Explore fit for your practice on the industries overview.
  • See the referral side in detail on the partners page.
  • Add your bank details so monthly marketing fees can be deposited.

A concierge practice already has the relationships. A telehealth referral line simply gives you a compliant way to point patients toward a licensed service and be recognized for the introduction, without adding prescribing or inventory to your own work.