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Definitely never dad. Pretty nasty. This isn't blood related, but my step brother came home one night when we were younger all fucked up. He crawled into bed with me by mistake and he had a huge hardon. I gradually took my underwear off and he immediately started pounding me. Happened only once and never discussed, but it was pretty hot in any case.
I am new to this site - but not new to the subject!
Having read almost all entries...I am sooo glad that there are more than just me thinking about this - rather delicate - subject...
I never had sexual interaction with my dad - but I always was fascinated and wanted to - but never ever had the chance....and to be frank: I didnt dare !
Apart from two occassions ( which are possibly in comparison too all these hot stories very very soft and dull ) ....
The first occassion - I am not sure how old i was and why i did end up sleeping on my mother's side next to my father ? She never left for overnight stays..etc...I think she must have been in hospital or something like that ...
anyway ....i was sleeping next to my father ( and I have to say, when we had an afternoon nap, he always cuddled me very softly and close to him, and squeezed my legs between his legs...why ? i dont know ...but i always wiggled my little toes in the hope i could touch his cock....he never moved .... i always tried but I am not sure if I ever touched his cock...but I imagined it ....) ....anyway - coming back to that night.... i felt very very horny sleeping next to him on my mother's side ...that i started during the night to wank .... i was so nervous and excited - that I could barely breath .... while wanking .... the mattress started echo my rhythmical moves ...and I had noticed that ... it went on for few minutes...i stopped and listened into the darkness... Did i wake him up ? or did he still sleep and snore ? Yes he did ...so i carried on ...stroking my cock ...and my dad must have felt the motion of the mattress .....but there was no reaction ....i went wilder and wilder ( as much as I dared to be honest) and finally i shot a load .... trying to keep my moans under control - yet trying to let him know that i was about to cum ..... few seconds after this , my father just moved around and said: stop - stop moving around and get to sleep now ..... i didnt know what to say - i am not sure if he had a noticed what i did or not ....but he never ever mentioned anything .........
the 2nd occassion was during summer holidays... we had been out in the garden and while my parents prepared the bbq , my brother and played on the grass on a picnic blanket... being a very hot day, all i was wearing was a pair of shorts... and nothing else .... while sitting and playing i must have spread my legs wide wide open ....my father was sitting opposite of me watching us play...till my brother said: I think you should watch how you sit - as almost everything is hanging out on the side and exposes all the pubes...
i said: What??? What are you talking about ??
He replied: yes - watch it !! it is not nice - even dad is watching there all the time ...he must be disgusted as much as i am ....oh dear oh dear i replied and my heart was racing...i thouhgt oh wow - has watched me ....i so wish i had noticed...but since I knew that he watched me ...i made sure everytime when i sat down on the blanket - i positioned myself and my cock so - that he had a full view !!!!
Always wanted to do my dad, but my grandpa and I did it several times. He and I did more kinky shit than anyone could imagine. We fucked, ate each others asses, fingered each other and licked off each others fingers and more. WOW!!! It was so hot!!!
i like to put my stepdads on my head and cum. i love the smell of his cum stains and skid marks. they get me on. when i 1st moved in with him, i came downstairs early one day, he came out the bathroom naked cause he forgot his underwear *(we wear eachother dirty breifs everyday)* when he went to go back in the RR, he saw me there jacking my shaft with his underwear on my head and smiled. then we fucked in the bathroom. awhh i loved it!
Love to know if any real dads out there would be up for sending me a pair of underwear. Hit me up with your stats etc and what you wear. how long u will wear them for etc.
lkg for married guys wife/kids etc. hit me up if interested! send email so i can reply to u as well
I had to throw my two cents to this thread; this is a big turn on for me! I always thought my dad was a good looking guy, he still is. I always had a love/hate kinda sorta rocky relationship with him, but that's another story. At about 13 the attraction really hit me hard and that's when I got into his underwear. It started with his socks; I always loved his big feet, fucking beautiful. Eventually, I got to his underwear after thinking about it for a long time. He always left them hanging on the back of his bathroom door (he had his own bathroom). They were white FTL briefs, size 32-34. I still remember the first time I had touched a pair, the feeling that came over me when I had them in hand was like holy shit, his dirty underwear. I was very nervous the first time and I tried to take a quick whiff, the scent got me. I can't even explain it, it was pure fuckin MAN. I could smell ball sweat and piss together, the back of them had a sweaty very light shit scent to it and it was like a drug to me. Some days the stains were more noticeable than others. Very rarely did I notice any cum stains, but when there were the smell was even more intoxicating. I was hooked from that first day and continued sniffing his underwear till I moved out at age 20 (I'm 31 now). I don't know what it was; it was just so masculine and made me feel like a man to smell it. Some days they wouldn't smell as good, almost no scent, other days it would be a bit too much, but most of the time they were just as I liked. If I knew the coast was going to be clear I'd put them on, god that made me feel so good. Jacking off with them was something I did every once in a while. The problem there is after I would cum I'd feel really disgusting about what I did, but the good feelings would come back in a few days or so. I remember when I was in my teens I couldn't wait till I had that scent and I think I finally starting to have it at about 28 or so.
I can relate to a lot of you guys out there with similar stories and I know what those times were like and I can recall that first time like it was yesterday, I'll never forget it. I never got to see him naked, but did see him in his underwear frequently. I never got caught either. Sadly, today he wears colored boxer briefs, which I can't stand. All good things come to an end. I think about sums up my experience.
Oh, and one thing that I always wondered was that if he ever looked at my underwear. He probably didn't, but you never know. He was the laundry guy in our house. Anyone else ever wonder about that?
This thread should be in the stories section... lol
I was friends with a father/son for about 30 years and used to take part in fuck and suck sessions with them many times. The dad was actually my first male experience, great cock and knew how to use it. We ended up living together for about six months and nearly every day was sex and more sex. He knew lots of guys, both gay and bi and we would usually end up in a threesome when they visited the house. My hole always got a good workout and I loved sucking their cocks.
He had married young but it didn't work out so the wife left taking their young son with her but years later , when he was nineteen, the son decided to seek out his dad. Neither knew the other was gay until an introduction by a mutual friend who had no idea they were father and son but thought they might "get on" together. Little did he know!
Shortly after the son moved in with his dad and they were lovers until his dad died a few years ago. I was introduced to the son shortly after he went to live with his dad and we had many adventures together. The son and I are still close friends although rarely have sex because of the distance involved.
As well as a house in the city, they had a small property nestled at the end of a fairly remote valley in southern New South Wales so the only traffic was to the property. We used to fuck in the open air, usually the dad fucking me with his big cock whilst I sucked off the son. My favourite was when I would sit on the dad's cock, lean forward then his son would push his cock inside me and they would double fuck me. I had never thought this was possible and it turned me on like crazy. This was pre-HIV so we didn't use condoms and the feeling of their cum spurting into me and mixing together, and the knowledge they were father/son was an intense experience.
Another favourite memory was an orgy with 3 visitors one weekend. The visitors were two cops (seriously) and one of the cop's partner, who was a house painter. They were all well hung and the youngest cop had the hottest body. I was invited to a picnic with them at a local river which ended up in me sucking off the visitors. Then it was back to the house, me getting fucked by the visitors in the shower one after the other and culminating in the 6 of us really giving the bed a good workout. I was fucked by all of them and I could feel their cocks in my arse for days! I was about 24 at the time, the son was 19 and dad 42 so none of us had any problems keeping it going for the night. I can still wank off to the memory of it all.
I saw my pop jack off one time and actually busted a huge nut knowing I was watching him that was hot as hell.
Holy Prostate Exam Batman! That was AMAZING!!
I have a lot of remorse for something that happened many years ago with my dad. I was with him for the weekend , he was drunk, and for some reason he decided it was better to sleep over at this guy's house (thank god, it was rare he did that) and he wanted me to sleep with him. Well, best he had was a double bed air mattress, and well... dad was nude. I'm still mostly sure that he did it because he was drunk, but I can't help but wonder sometimes if he meant to do that. He was, close. He's a big man anyway but I had to be practically in his arms when we slept.
Well, dad didn't mind it seemed. He had an arm over me and was sound asleep next to me. My heart was pounding. Being so close to this man I adore so much, smelling my father reek of masculinity, feeling his breath on my head, I was in heaven. Then... I felt it, I felt his dick. It was up against my backside above my anus. Holy crap it felt so huge, I couldn't see it under the blanket, but to me, it was incredible. He rubbed it against me a little, and I lost control and grabbed it, I had his cock in my hands and moving it up and down with his moving, and it was wonderful.
I went too far though, and I woke him up. He just said, very loudly and suddenly, "son?!?" I stopped, I froze, I didn't even move my hand off at first. He reached down and pushed my hand away and then didn't do or say anything, we never mentioned it again.
I want to go to him and tell him sorry.
It really leads me to wondering if this is a mental issue. I can only imagine how upsetting it was for my dad.
The next day I was off to work and he said: "Don't misbehave" to what I replied "that not fun" and he smiled. But we had the house to our selves and nothing happened. I don't know what to make of it.
But who knows, maybe your father will give in one day. But don't hold your breath, honestly I'd say keep it in fantasy land.
wow the first pic is awesome the dude has a huge thick dick....kinda of chubby but that dont bother me none wished i knew him ...
I just DON'T lol
It's sad, really, that this fetish is under-served in porn.
Sure there are generic older/younger pairings, but very few *sell* the daddy/boy or dad/son fantasy well, if at all (through story or at least verbal talk). Frustrating not having an outlet.
I usually have to gett off on this fantasy by reading stories. I personally would not do something like this with my real father or step father due to the fact that I just wouldn't feel right. I do fantasize about it, I usually like the "son seduces father" type of stories, it's a shame that there isn't many videos for gay father/son incest. If you search incest you'll find tons of straight porn incest, one of my favorite videos is Next Door Buddies (MY STEPDAD BANGED ME).
Yes, unfortunately since there very little porn that does it well (or at all), I also settle for reading stories, and also reading and looking at old Juliustoons and Jossman comics. If only those stories were acted out in porn, damn!
I haven't found any internet searches for this kind of porn that really help. People being creative use tantalizing headlines and text, but it's not spoken in the actual video. It's usually just a generic scene, or poorly paired where the "dad" isn't believably the dad, or some other problem (like ugly russian actors lol).
Last edited by nowayout11; May 12th, 2012 at 07:31 AM.
I dont get why the gay porn industry doesn't give it a try. Theres a HUGE market in that. And I agree, when they do attempt it, they say daddy and the guy is like 30 with another guy who is like 20's so im guessing the other guy had him at 10, REAL BELIEVABLE! There are lots of actors out there, im sure you can find two people who are differently aged and have similar features...
You are A very lucky Guy.wish I had gone to one of your family's parties
Very hot that you and your dad play. Ever add a third? How old were you when it started?
Very hot that you and your dad play. Ever add a third? How old were you when it started?
i would love to do my Dad or do a real father son
I grew up in the 60's-70's in a rural midwest state. There was only one public pool in my county. During the summers (which were hot and humid because it is the cornbelt) our dads would take turns driving us to the pool. After swimming, us guys would always have to shower off the clorine and get dressed. There was just one big open shower with multiple shower heads. My best memories was watching the different dads in the shower. Although nothing sexual ever happened with the dads, these men (and their sons) were my earliest jackoff fantasies. At any rate, this is why I get off on dad/son.
I sucked my Dad few times when I was younger...it has been one the most memorable experiences in my life...in good way.
Super hot blog! Love all the cartoons!
Everyone on this thread must feel what he expresses!
I'd like to hear many more details Had a step dad I played with as a teenager, was always fun lots of showing off, oral, & cum play!
I've always new i was gay since i could remember. My aunt was back in Mexico and he was living with one of my other aunts. I had the big crush on him (I still do. The last time we got together was last Tuesday. My aunt was over her sisters house and my uncle wanted to come over so I did and as he was fucking me in the basement we heard my cousin come in. Luckily he didn't come down stairs and I was able to leave without being notice. To bad we didn't get to finish.) He always wore tight clothes. Shorts that were super short. One day we were in the parking lot of my aunts apartment and my mom, uncle and aunt were talking. Be wanting my uncle, could not resist getting close to him. He was wearing this shorts that made his bugle shape fucking hot. I would go over to him and pretend to arm wrestle him, but at the same time turn my back and rub my ass on his cock. I did this for a while till they ended their conversation. The next week i went over to my aunts house and my cousins were playing their nintendo system in their room. I went in and they were all in there with the light off. I went and laid on the bed facing the t.v. My uncle was on the other side. Since the lights were off and everyone else was sitting on the floor, my uncle started to rub my ass with his foot. It felt so fucking hot. I couldn't believe what was going on. I was so thrilled and excited that i was getting a chance to be with my uncle. A while went by and he kept playing with my butt. After awhile I said i was going home and my uncle offered to take me home. No one was one. My parents were at work. My two sisters were with grandma, and my other two brothers were at their soccer game. So he took me home. When we got to my house he parked his car and asked if no one was home. I said no. He asked me if I wanted him to come in. I said yes. We went inside. We went to my room, and the first thing my uncle started to do was to kiss me. I was in heaven. He took my clothes off and started to kiss me allover. I followed his moves and stripped him too. I loved what i saw. He wears bikini type underwear. He was leaking pre-cum. We kissed as he started to finger me. He put lots of lotion on his finger. After a while of fingering me, he took his underwear off and lifted my legs up in the air and inserted his cock in me. The whole time he kept asking me if i was o.k. He was also nervous, telling me hat I couldn't tell anyone. That it would be our secret.
We fucked me for a long time before he came in me. I loved it. I wanted more. After that, we would go to the park and i would give him head and then he would fuck me. All my four years of high school he fucked me.
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Re-post from 'Ripe butts? Smelly undies?" thread. This thread is the appropriate thread to post my first experience...
Ive gotta admit my first experience with ripe ass and rank underwear was when I was about 14 and discovered my Dad's soiled white boxers in my parents bathroom floor. The sight of the skids and dark piss stains made me instantly hard and I dove head down the bathroom floor and sniffed it like a hungry dog. The scent of his skids and dark dried piss stains drove me crazy. I came so hard as I rubbed my swollen dick through my jeans while sniffing his skids so deeply and chewing on the dark acrid piss stain. I visualized his dark hairy ass crack as I inhaled his skids and imagined his uncut cock down my throat. I was hooked.
I have rummaged through his hamper every chance I got until I left for college. I found myself in heaven as if Ive hit the "jackpot" when I would be lucky enough to find an occasional jockstrap with visible skids through his jeans when he would ride his motorcycle . I would recognize when he would be working in the yard or riding his bike as in this occasion that his underwear would be stained heavier. I would make a beeline for my parents hamper the following day to find the pair he wore and get off on his stink.
I love wearing other men underwear. I'm a 24 yr old Latino. I've stolen underwear from two uncles. The first uncle I've stole from wears this sexy bikini underwear. He fucked me so I know what he wears. Since I can't always be with him, I thought I feel him whenever I wanted. So we were at my aunt and uncles house and I would sneak into their room, pretending to make a phone call and lock the door. I would get the sexiest pair of underwear and put it on over mine. I would leave having the biggest hard-on ever.
The other uncle have a big wet stains in his underwear. Every time we go over to his house, I use their bathroom. They leave a basket for dirty clothes in their bathroom. I go in and sniff his underwear. If i like it I wear it over mine and leave. Love to smell the big wet stains.
I found this on some forum. i feel bad for the wife but i was turned on by the story:
"I caught my husband and my son having sex...
I am a 52 year old woman who has been married to a man I thought loved me for nearly 15 years. We have had a happy if somewhat uneventful marriage. We met on a blind date and at first we didn't click but later meetings we found we had a lot more in common. We got hitched about a year later and that's when we had our daughter and the only child between us. My son from a previous marriage was well into his 20s when my husband and I got married, and was there for everything. He supported our union, was there when I gave birth to his baby sister, and was even happy to call my husband "Dad" despite the fact that he was still very close with his biological father. Still, I thought it was wonderful that my son and my husband had started a strong friendship.
If only I knew sooner what was really going on. About two months ago I came home early from work. My car didn't want to start so I got a girlfriend from work to drive me home. I noticed that my husband's car and my son's car were both in the driveway. My son usually visited the house every other day to either drop off some food from his job or chew the fat with my husband so I didn't think it was strange. But as I got to the door and opened it I could hear nothing but the loud blaring of Patti on the stereo in the living room but no sign of my husband or son. I was shocked however by what I smelled: reefer, in the air, stinking up my house. I was mad and made my way to the closed door to our bedroom. But my walk slowed when I could hear the moaning. It sounded like my son, moaning loudly behind the door. And I could hear the familar squeak of my bed when my husband and I made love.
I tell you I was so angry I was sick. But my assumptions would all be erased when I opened the door and found that it was my husband who was having sex with my son. And I stood there in the door looking at them go at it until they finally noticed me. They were higher than kites, eyes red, stupid grins all over their faces, my husband on top of my son, holding him like he held me when we did that. I couldn't say a word and neither did they. They just looked at me then started again what they were doing as if I wasn't even there.
And I walked out. I closed the door, took both their keys and took my husband's car and just drove for the rest of that evening. When I got back, my husband and son were still at home, in the living room, obviously down from their high. When I walked in they just looked at me. Neither of them said nothing and I didn't either. We just looked at each other. I sat my son's car keys down and told him to leave. And he did just that without a word.
I've filed for divorce from my husband. He says he wants to work it out but I just don't think I can. My son and I haven't spoken since then as well. Neither one of us have made an attempt and last I know he was planning to move closer to his father in Florida.
My life is a mess but I don't want to tell any of my friends. I feel that all I have is my daughter and I can't tell her what I saw her father and brother doing. All she knows is that her parents are in a bad place and she can't do anything about it. The truth just hurts to talk about period. It's all that I can do to simply talk about it on this site to a bunch of strangers. Don't really know why I'm doing this though. Maybe you all can give me answers or guidance where I've found none. Maybe I just needed to get it off my chest. Thank you for reading."
Im glad to see guys still talking about their dads undies. I was curious to know if any of us out there who wore our dads undies if you ever got caught by your dad wearing his undies or boxers etc or came close and what happened? I dont think my dad ever seen me wear his but came close once. I happen to be jacking on my dads bed when he was gone. I was wearing his tighty whities. I had my cock and balls out of the frony pouch. My dad had a waterbed with a headboard mirror. I would always jack off on his bed and watch myself with his pillows back behind me and moan. I would say like fuck me dad, love you dad, etc. Well he wasnt home and i never heard the garage door open so here i was moaning and jacking. Then i hear the tv come on and i was like oh shit. Luckily he fell asleep on couch and i was able to get of his room without him seeing me jacking on his bed with his underwear on.


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The Third International / Songs / Tracy's Blues (Live at the Darress)
Great Blues Song...Interesting blend of instrumentation. Relaxing to listen to and an intriguing sound. I wouldn't mind listening to this music at all for quite an extended amount of time; especially while trying to go to sleep.
Tracy's BluesWell written melodic song. Had a Robin Trower feel to me. Well performed and the mix was good for a live performance. The intro was cool, but it was too long for me. I was starting to wonder when or if there was anything else coming. I know when playing live, that's not a big problem, because your audience has something to look at while the music is being performed. Just listening, without seeing the performance, the intro should be a lot shorter or eliminated in my opinion.
Neo AorI think this song has " urban isolation ". There is abstract melodies and abstract introductions. If it is possibles, I would like to listen more higher bpm. And I would like to listen to studio recording takes.
Tracy's Blueswell what more can be said about this track its well put together with very good vocals and other musicianship..wicked and a totally great track to listen to although at first I thought it would be quite a long track but listening to it was easy.. love the blues anyway and again its done live and has a great ambient feel as well we loved it Tony/Amy aka Skin Deep
LlI would really like honest feed back on this particular song thinking about putting it on my breakout mixtape All criticism is welcomelease get a listen and comment as you would if it was your creation. Opinion is great, but i hope you will critic this as a listener. I would really like honest feed back on this particular song thinking about putting it on my breakout mixtape All criticism is welcomelease get a listen and comment as you would if it was your creation. Opinion is great, but i hope you will critic this as a listener.
Nice balladWhat a nice ballad, starting with a bass solo inspired by Jaco Pastorius, and continuing with an all-band piece, all instruments being smartly balanced and symphonically pushing in some nice notes. Congratulations for this live track very well executed !
Non Con-fusionLaid back jazzfusion. Love the Jaco touch; My favourite bass player may he rest in peace. The whole piece is nicely restrained but way beyond 'easy listening'. Great vocals with a jazz feel. good lyrics too; if they are original take another star. This is a clean sound everything in it's place, as a lover of jazz and especially fusion I love this. They say it is a departure from their normal sound...hope it's not too big a departure. I'm going to check this band out further and will certainly add this song. Good mix for a live track. Keep it up guys :)
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The Third Internationals Tracy's Blues (Live at the Darress)The Third International's Tracys's Blues (Live at the Daress) part tribute to the renowned bass player Jaco Pastorius is beautifully rendered with some wonderfully restrained playing and reminds me of my favorite parts of Pink Floyd before it all became too overblown and Pink Floyd became "the high-fidelity first class traveling set and I think I need a Lear jet". The vocals are delivered perfectly from spoken word to heartfelt melody. The opening hors d'oeuvres almost discordant bass led jazz pulls the listener in and makes the listener earn the payoff of the ensuing main course of the song. I can almost imagine the cell phones in the air as the singer delivers " look back and I wonder, do you see Tracy's face". The keyboards provide some nice canvas and flourishes for the guitars to shimmer upon. I will definitely be checking out more from The Third International. You should do the same.
A Pleasant LandscapeThis was a very pretty and vivid landscape piece. Rooted in the subtle tones and understatements of modern jazz, it's a great tribute to Mr. Pastorius. A late night, 3rd set ballad for the dance floor at a jazz or blues club. Very, very nicely performed, recorded and mixed.
The best Bass player everI'am lucky that i have seen Jaco Pastorius in Amsterdam somewhere in the the 80's. Just before he died. He should also playing in Rotterdam, but that;s been canceled, because he was to drunk and stoned. There's no one els how.s beter then he does. The beginning of this, sounds almost as the master him self. Hear the influence of slang from Weather report, the greatest bass solo ever, But that's mine opinion. I love it. Well done.
Jaco's slow bluesIt's very unusual version of Jaco's music. Jaco never played slow minor blues. But this transcription is deeply sad about him and amazing to us, reminding of what a fantastic Soul he is. He was a great musician, but not only - he is a real man and world known genius, who's cared about real music. He was not only a bassist - in his deep understanding, his music contains an Universal information to people about Love. Cause his music is a deepest feeling of Universal Love. God knows that All we need is Love. Thank you for a courage to use his giant thoughts to put in you deep sadness of blues about Great Souls on the Earth!!!
the third internationalfor a minute i did think it was the great bassy playing the base the instrumental is haunting yet very uplifting and inspiring i highly recommend tothose who like alternative still bluesy jazzy kind of feel to a song will so enjoy this very nice melody you will so enjoy it all the best i could so sing to his music its got a lot of soul so do enjoy....
Trubute well done.It is not often that a band will take the time to honor a bass player. This is a wonderful thing. Now the song starts out something of Rush 2112 where maybe a guy finds a bass out in the world for the first time. Then it gets tuned and starts off with a rif. The songs continues into a drum into with a very pretty melody and bass line. Lyrics surprised me and blues guitar gives the song pretty tone. Over all very neat song. I enjoyed it.


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41,838 Canadians Became Medical Tourists in 2013
William T. Ross, Executive Director, South Bay Independent Physicians (SBIP) Medical Group Inc.
The Pleasures and Perils of Global Dental Care
Laura Carabello Moderates IHC Medical Travel Panel Discussion
Health and Wellness Tourism in Austria - New Study Released
Increasing Government Support to Boost Growth in Indian Medical Tourism Sector
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Dear Colleagues:
The medical travel industry isn't reserved for hospitals only. Physician groups nationwide are feeling the impact - read about South Bay Independent Physicians Medical Group, Inc. (SBIP), a provider-owned and operated professional medical corporation with over 500 providers encompassing the South Bay and Marina Del Rey communities in California.
This week, William T. Ross, executive director, SBIP, discusses the company's primary objective, as well as its active role in the physician fee-for-service market and the growing medical travel industry.
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SPOTLIGHT: William T. Ross, Executive Director, South Bay Independent Physicians (SBIP) Medical Group Inc.
About South Bay Independent Physicians Medical Group, Inc.
South Bay Independent Physicians Medical Group, Inc. (SBIP) is a provider-owned and operated professional medical corporation with a primary mission of offering its members advocacy and access to preferred provider (PPO), exclusive provider (EPO) and point of service (POS) contracts.
Founded in 1983, SBIP has grown to a membership in excess of 500 providers encompassing the South Bay and Marina Del Rey communities. In addition, under a wholly owned subsidiary - First Choice Administrators (FCA) and through separate management and consulting agreements, FCA provides contracting services to physicians located throughout the Los Angeles basin, San Fernando Valley, Long Beach, Orange and Riverside Counties and the San Francisco Bay Area. Through these agreements FCA represents over 1,000 additional physicians statewide. FCA also performs credentialing and re-credentialing functions for a Southern California County Medical Society Foundation PPO.
The providers of SBIP represent all medical and surgical specialties. Most are affiliated with either the two major hospitals in the South Bay (Providence Little Company of Mary Hospital, Torrance Memorial Medical Center) or the major facilities in the Marina del Rey and Santa Monica areas. SBIP providers are dedicated to rendering excellent healthcare within a system that incorporates both strong utilization and cost-containment measures and quality assurance programs.
The administrative staff of SBIP currently manages over 70 healthcare agreements representing in excess of 2,000 payer groups (insurance carriers, multiple-employer union trusts, third party administrators, etc.). Administratively SBIP reviews all agreements for its members and evaluates/critiques the various terms and conditions found in those agreements. SBIP also negotiates the non-fee aspects of those agreements. The majority of the non-HMO patient visits to SBIP members result from the operation of these agreements.
Recently, SBIP began offering consultative services for members wishing to convert their practices to the Concierge model. This is being done through a cooperative venture with SpecialDocs, one of the leading national concierge consulting companies. The members of SBIP are dedicated and will continue to develop new and creative products that are designed to offer the best in quality, cost-effective healthcare delivered through the private practice setting.
Medical Travel Today (MTT): Is your medical group active in the HMO market?
William T. Ross (WR): We are active in the physician fee-for-service market, whether it's medical or workers' compensation PPO. We tend not to work in the HMO market unless it is a fee-for-service model.
I personally manage three multi-specialty medical groups - one located in the south bay of Los Angeles, another in Long Beach/Riverside, and the last one in the San Francisco Bay Area. This encompasses a little over 1,000 physicians, both in private practice and some hospital based.
MTT: How long have you served on the board of the AAPPO?
WR: I first got involved with the organization in mid to late 1995 when they were looking to turn around a downward trend in revenue. We have undergone a number of transitions since that time, and have weathered a few challenges.
MTT: What is your involvement in the medical travel industry? Share some of your perspectives on the domestic and international medical travel market -- incoming and outgoing.
WR: A number of our physicians are involved directly and take care of patients from other countries, whether it's Europe, Middle East, Asia or Canada.
We also have some South Americans that come to California for care. In some cases, we help them with their travel arrangements and coordinate care with the insurance companies that are bringing them to the U.S.
As a rule, I'm not aware that any of our physicians are involved in recommending that their patients travel to other countries for medical care.
MTT: How do these patients get referred to your physician group?
WR: The referrals come through one or more PPOs.
There are different PPOs that have relationships with certain medical travel companies, and they make the information available to patients regarding the specialists and care available.
They arrange for patients to travel here and see one of the physicians in our group or provide a consultation. Sometimes the doctors are contracted with the various PPOs, but not necessarily contracted for international service.
The PPOs are U.S. based, and usually have relationships with companies that have a U.S. division. In other instances, the PPO is an international organization, and arranges care for ex-pats or foreign nationals that are coming here.
MTT: What are the challenges when patients arrive here? Are there language barriers or issues with electronic health records?
WR: Language is always an issue.
There are certainly physicians who are comfortable with this type of service and others who are not.
A number of physicians are fluent in some of the Asian languages that are commonly spoken in this area, and they tend to work with the companies who send over the Asian patients.
We don't have as much of a language problem with the people coming from Europe or the Middle East since they often tend to speak English.
Otherwise, we use translation services that are usually arranged through the companies or the PPO.
The transfer of information via an electronic health record is almost non-existent at this point, especially if the patient is here on a vacation -- they don't usually have anything with them.
People return to their homelands for follow up, and we send the information either with the patient, or forward it to the travel company or medical manager.
MTT: Do the physicians here confer with the doctors in the patient's home country?
WR: In some cases, yes.
It depends upon what happens at the other end, because patients are not always certain about the doctor they will be seeing when they return home.
MTT: Can you guesstimate the volume of foreign patients?
WR: It's not a huge volume at this time.
I would estimate in any given year we have 50 to 100 patients that fall into this category, either coming in for care or being here on vacation or business.
Some of the auto companies have their headquarters in this area, and so we get those business individuals.
MTT: What percentage undergoes surgery?
WR: There is a percentage that undergoes surgery, particularly Canadians.
They come down here because they can't get what they need up there, at least not in a timely fashion.
MTT: Are the doctors in your practices contracted with specific hospitals?
WR: We don't contract with the hospitals. The PPO's are contracted with the various hospitals.
MTT: Are the patients usually cash paying customers? Do they use credit cards?
WR: Some of them pay in cash, but we do have a bit of an issue with collections depending upon the company.
We have had to terminate relationships with some of the companies because of non-payment. They simply don't follow through. When that occurs, we give them a chance, and then after that we cancel our relationship with them.
MTT: Do you process all of the claims that come through for these patients?
WR: We don't process the claims for that type of service.
The physicians bill the patients directly or if there is an insurance carrier behind them, they will bill the insurance carrier.
Where we do get involved is when the insurance carrier doesn't pay -- to make sure that the payment is paid -- or that the insurance carrier loses its contract with us.
MTT: We have heard that there is an influx of pregnant women coming to California from Asia to have their babies in the U.S. Do you have any experience with these types of patients?
WR: That's not something I would expect our physicians to publicize.
They obviously want to help their patients and they respect patient confidentiality. I'm going to talk to the OBGYN community in general terms and see if there have been inquiries. I haven't heard anything, but that doesn't mean it's not happening.
MTT: If patients undergo surgery, is it something routine, an esthetic procedure, or a cataract?
WR: I wouldn't characterize the surgery as routine.
Generally, patients can get routine surgery where they live. Although we've had Canadian patients come down for routine procedures because they couldn't access care in a timely fashion.
Some of the surgery is more specialized, particularly for those patients who are coming from the Middle East, Europe or South America. I can't say that it falls into one particular specialty, and there is little to no plastic surgery.
MTT: Would you be willing to give us the names of the PPO's that you deal with?
WR: We deal with almost everybody: Multiplan and a plethora of their contracted PPOs and First Health. These large players are buying up everything that's out there. Second tier companies like Health Smart also attract this type of business.
MTT: So all referrals come from the PPOs - you don't market internationally?
WR: We don't have any organized marketing program where we go out and seek these patients; we've got enough to do without them. Obviously, we take them when they come in and we help them as much as we can.
MTT: Do you foresee this market growing?
WR: That's a good question.
The market is in such an uproar right now because of what's coming down the pipe that there may be numerous physicians who would like to increase this type of business, particularly the surgeries.
I suspect that for us, personally, we will not see much of this in the future -- only because the physicians that have tended to do this are either already retired or are looking at retiring within the next three to five years and just getting out from under.
MTT: What about wealthy individuals in emerging nations that don't have any access to healthcare but can afford to travel here?
WR: If we really wanted to spend the money and organize ourselves into a marketing program to go after these patients, we could.
But at this point, it's not really a priority. There are so many other things we are doing, particularly just trying to work with our current physician base and helping them maintain their practices amid everything that's going on at the government and payer levels trying to force physicians out of private practice.
MTT: Do you have any perspectives on the intra-state U.S. medical travel market? Do you find people coming to your doctors from other states?
WR: We do.
Usually these folks are either on vacation or on business travel. Sometimes it's a referral from friends or family. It's not really something we have sought out, so it's more private referral or just serendipity.
MTT: Do you have any other thoughts on this medical travel industry that you would like to share with us?
WR: I guess right now the thing I'm seeing from the physician community is incredible discouragement.
Private practice physicians - who tend to be middle aged or older - see their whole way of life changing. They are extraordinarily concerned about where quality care is going because we have not seen evidence of quality improvement.
It's as if the Canadian patients are purposefully coming down to California for care. We are also getting patients from a variety of HMOs who are leaving their local plans to get the care that they need from our practice.
These are simply anecdotal and subjective observations, but it's something we are seeing and it is increasing. And, it's scary. The doctors are worried for their own practices and where the care is going for patients in the long run, even after the doctor decides to retire.
We're seeing more concierge physician practices - physicians are escaping the wrath of regulation and hassles -- and things get worse every year.
MTT: That's why we are seeing a lot of people leaving the country to access care overseas.
WR: I can understand that.
There a lot of good organizations and physicians overseas that are very well trained that can do these types of surgeries for a lot less money.
There are other good healthcare systems around the world that work out quite well. I still think we have a wonderful healthcare system, with the exception that the larger that we get on the group side, things are going to get worse and worse.
The Pleasures and Perils of Global Dental Care
by Paul McTaggart
Utilizing a global dentist is as good, if not better than, visiting a dentist down the street in the U.S. When you step into a dentist office in Mexico, Costa Rica or Thailand you will be pleasantly surprised at what you will find: English speaking dental staff, modern equipment and high quality materials and service.
What happens in a world when the cost of labor, rent, insurance and materials is up to 70 percent less than the average dental practice in the U.S.? Simple. Dental prices go down and quality goes up over the long haul, benefiting anyone who wants to visit a dentist!
Are there bad dentists globally? Absolutely. Just as there are bad dentists in Chicago, Seattle or Miami, there are bad dentists in Cancun, Tijuana and Bangkok. It is up to the legal system and dental regulatory bodies to ensure that dental training, oversight and disciplinary boards are in place to ensure poor dental practices are identified quickly and removed.
The sad reality is that dental care in the U.S. is becoming out of reach for many middle class individuals that are lucky enough to be insured by their job. For lower income Americans, two options are offered: 1. Go without dental care 2. Delay their visit to the dentist. The globalization of dental care provides Americans with the option, once again, to get quality dental care at affordable prices.
The globalization of dental care represents the second wave of globalization that has helped middle class America. The first globalization wave -foreign manufactured goods: cars, electronics, clothes, etc. - allowed Americans to feel wealthier, even though their income has not improved since the 1980's. With this second wave of globalization -the globalization of services-Americans will now be able to gain back control of the spiraling cost of healthcare, dental care specifically.
The difference with the second wave of globalization is that Americans will need travel to take advantage of the benefits vs. visiting their local Wal-Mart or Toyota dealership. At Dental Departures we see Americans already traveling in large numbers to Mexico and Costa Rica to save up to 70 percent on dental care costs.
Americans are not traveling in large numbers to places such as India, Hungary, Poland or even Thailand for that matter. Americans are following the exact same travel patterns as they use for their leisure/business travel to take advantage of affordable, high quality dental care. Why spend $1,500 USD on a plane ticket and fly for 24+ hours to Bangkok, Thailand when you can take a $500 USD, five-hour Southwest flight to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, or fill-up a tank of gas to visit a border town such as Los Algodones, Mexico?
I see a hub-and-spoke type pattern with global dental care that mirrors leisure travel. Americans will typically visit Mexico or Costa Rica, Australians will visit the Philippines or Thailand, and Germans tend to visit Poland, Hungary or the Czech Republic.
The globalization of dental care represents a beneficial alternative for middle-class Americans to get the smile they deserve. Like all industries that have gone through the pleasure and perils of globalization, American consumers will be the ultimate winners with improved dental quality and more affordable prices.
Industry News
Laura Carabello Moderates IHC Medical Travel Panel Discussion
Institute of HealthCare Consumerism's (IHC) 5th Annual IHC FORUM & Expo Conference, Thursday, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m., May 8, 2014, Atlanta, GA
Laura Carabello, founder and principal, CPR, and publisher of Medical Travel Today and U.S. Domestic Medical Travel™, will moderate a panel discussion on medical travel - "ALL ABOARD! U.S. Centers of Excellence Banking on Employer and Payer Uptake of Domestic Medical Travel Benefits" - during the Institute of HealthCare Consumerism's (IHC) 5th Annual IHC FORUM & Expo Conference, Thursday, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m., May 8, 2014, Atlanta, Ga.
"The fast-growth phenomenon of U.S. domestic medical travel -- inter-state to Centers of Excellence (COEs) throughout the country, inbound to the U.S., and outbound to destinations worldwide - is capturing the attention of employers, payers, third party administrators, insurance companies and other intermediaries throughout the world," Carabello says. "With the growth of HSAs as well as self-funding, a domestic medical travel benefit is now gaining traction among small, medium and large employer groups."
The United States is now one of the top three destinations worldwide for medical travel, and receives as many as 800,000 international patients seeking help with the most difficult health conditions. As a result, and in the new era of health reforms, Americans are witnessing:
"There is growing interest among U.S. hospitals, providers and Centers of Excellence to attract foreign patients," Carabello adds. "Physician-owned ambulatory surgi-centers are participating in this growth trend, as well. International patients are often cash-paying customers and originate from countries where there are significant financial resources but limited healthcare infrastructure or access to quality diagnostics or care."
This session will examine the top volume procedures for medical travel, track the growth of the industry, evaluate the positioning of provider organizations and COEs, and review initiatives by some of the nation's largest employers to introduce domestic medical travel programs. With the implementation of healthcare exchanges, and amid mounting challenges for balancing quality and cost-savings, this discussion will help conference attendees to evaluate their participation in a medical travel program.
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Increasing Government Support to Boost Growth in Indian Medical Tourism Sector
Sound government support is a major requirement for any industry to flourish. In order to boost medical tourism in India, the government has taken several initiatives in the public health sector, which focus on improving medical infrastructure and rural health facilities, as well as encouraging foreign direct investment for medical services. Moreover, the government ensures that the hospitals obtain international standard accreditations to provide standardized quality and affordable healthcare services.
Moreover, state governments/union territory administrations and other stakeholders also take steps to promote medical tourism as a niche product in the international markets. The promotion of medical and wellness tourism is also done by the Ministry of Tourism at various international travel events, and by organizing road shows in potential markets. The Government of India is also encouraging medical tourism by offering tax breaks and export incentives to practicing hospitals. The Ministry of Tourism has further enhanced the Mvisa and MXvisa (Medical Visa) by extending the time period. All of the above initiatives have the capacity to boost the Indian medical tourism industry. According to "Booming Medical Tourism in India," a recent report by RNCOS, the Indian medical tourism industry is anticipated to register a CAGR of more than 20 percent during 2013-2015.
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Google's and Cleveland Clinic's .Med Top Level Domains Rejected
by Andrew Allemann
Panel determines .med would create likelihood of detriment to medical community.
Internet powerhouse Google and one of the world's most respected health institutions, The Cleveland Clinic, have both seen their hopes for operating a .med top level domain name dashed by an arbitration panel.
Both parties were on the losing end of community objections filed by Independent Objector Alain Pellet as part of the new top level domain name objection process.
International Chamber of Commerce arbitration panelist Fabian von Schlabrendorff ruled that "med," short for "medical," represents a clearly delineated community that would face a likelihood of material detriment should either Google or Cleveland Clinic be delegated the .med top level domain name.
This decision is consistent with another arbitration panel's ruling against Donuts' bid for .medical.
The Independent Objector also filed Limited Public Interest objections against Google, Cleveland Clinic, HEXAP. He lost all of those objections.
Because HEXAP filed its application as a community application, Pellet did not file a community objection against it. Therefore, assuming ICANN does not create a way to reverse panel decisions, only HEXAP's .med application continues.
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Medical Travel Today: Opinions and Perspectives on an Industry in the Making
Medical Travel Today - the authoritative newsletter for the worldwide medical travel industry - is pleased to announce publication of a new book, "Medical Travel Today: Opinions and Perspectives on an Industry in the Making.
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Bernama.com - The Indian government is offering free 90-day medical visa to Maldivian nationals in a bid to boost medical tourism and the health sector, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
Financialmirror.com - The Chairman of the Medical Services Promotion Agency of Cyprus Polys Georgiades has urged the government to help and finance the field of medical tourism, saying it will bring economic benefits, and warning that otherwise the country will "miss the train."
Imtj.com - There are signs that inbound medical tourism to the U.S. is on the rise and that employers are looking at whether domestic medical tourism can save them more money for less hassle than overseas medical tourism.
Thenational.ae - A new teaching hospital and associated medical college are to be built in Dubai at a cost of Dh1 billion. The ambitious project is targeted at the growing medical tourism business, and will also address the serious shortage of medical graduates, an issue identified in a consultancy study only this week.
Forbes.com - Australia is a destination for affordable cardio, neuro and orthopedic surgeries, according to Planet Hospital.
Thespec.com - One of the unfortunate realities of Canada's monopolistic healthcare system is that some people feel they have no choice but to seek the care they need outside the country.
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Prized 'Canes Recruit Latwan Anderson Ditches Football Team
Latwan Anderson came into the University of Miami as the 15th best recruit of the '10 recruiting class in the entire nation according to Rivals.com. Now its unclear if he'll be playing football at Miami, or anywhere for that matter. According to The Herald, Anderson has left the football team to concentrate on track and won't likely ever set foot on the field of Sun Life stadium.
"I felt that all things were equal between West Virginia and Miami," Anderson toldSports Illustrated
at the time. "The only difference was the football. In my opinion, Miami is far and away closer to winning conference and national championships than West Virginia."
When asked after practice Wednesday if there was a possibility Anderson might return for spring football, Shannon said, ``I don't know. He's in track. Spring is when track comes in so he's on track scholarship. They're paying his bills so that's track. He'll be in full-time track until the season is over.''
Why did he leave football practices?
``To concentrate on track,'' Shannon said. ``Track is paying his bills.''
Is there a possibility he might transfer, or are you concerned about that?
``He's on track,'' Shannon said.
Since Anderson is considered a walk-on in Football, under NCAA rules he could play football for another team beginning next year.
[Herald: Miami Hurricanes' Latwan Anderson leaves football team]
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Atrak (as well as his brother Dave from the group Chromeo) is one of the biggest Dipset fans that I know. Seriously. He "s already a music expert with an encyclopedic memories for rap miscellany, but if you ask Atrak about any far-removed auxiliary member of the Dip Taliban... I bet he "ll know their entire C.V. Wiki-style. Seriously. So it made total sense to me when I heard that finally....Atrak and Cam "ron were working together on new music! And fans can expect more than just a one-off. We will be getting a full EP on Atrak "s Fool Gold Records! Since Atrak posted that short teaser just a few minutes ago, Just blaze has already chimed in, saying he programmed drums onto one track. And Atrak has tweeted that the full lineup of producers is star-packed. (Miss Info TV)
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Has Mayor Gregor Robertson hung his Vision Park Board caucus out to dry?
It's official. This is now the worst Vancouver Park Board we've seen in decades and there is still 23 months remaining in their mandate. After being left hung out to dry by their fearless leader Mayor Gregor Robertson, the Vision commissioners are in serious damage control mode. After weeks of being pummeled by the media and blogosphere for their hasty and ill-considered decision to close the Bloedel Conservatory and Stanley Park Children's Farm, they are now doing a big political flip-flop.
In a media release issued by commissioner Aaron Jasper (the current chair is on his way out) he states that Vision Vancouver is now prepared to entertain a private sector rescue package for these community attractions. This is despite the fact that only two weeks ago they voted down a motion put forward by NPA Park Board Commissioner Ian Robertson to begin discussions with the Wosk family regarding a $100,000 pledge of support.
The commissioner's eleventh hour confession that they made a another big mistake regarding the conservatory and petting zoo is perhaps the final nail in the coffin for Vision's representatives on the Park Board. That's because at first people were simply angry at them for the cuts...but now they're just laughing at them.
This half-hearted attempt to try and keep these public attractions open should have started months ago. In fact, the commissioners were briefed on the dire straits of their 2010 budget as early as last summer. Had they wanted to mount a private-sector campaign to save these institutions, they should have started in June...not mid-December.
Instead, they waited until the last minute, then quietly rolled over when the Mayor requested they cut these types of "luxuries" out of their budget. By doing so on the eve of the Christmas holidays, they only help to fuel voter cynicism that Vision really has no interest in keeping either venue open past next March.
From a purely political perspective, today's flip-flop is the worst case scenario for the four Vision commissioners who control a majority of votes on the Park Board. While the Mayor continues to bask in the glow of the longest media honeymoon in memory (check out the front cover of this week's Georgia Straight), Vision's Park Board caucus are being portrayed as the Grinch That Stole Christmas. You only have to check out CTV's story this evening regarding the Bloedel closure to see what I mean. A cute 4-year old girl name Maggie melts your heart when she and her playmates show up with placards to protest the closure.
I had previously hoped that someone like Commissioner Aaron Jasper would be more of an independent thinker and voice of reason amongst his Vision colleagues, but there are few signs of this. I'm told that caucus discipline is at an all-time high, and that the Mayor's office is not prepared to tolerate any dissent from the Vision team. They are repeatedly reminded that the only way they can cling on to power is if they stick together and keep their mouths shut. Vancouver's systems of parks are left with no defense as a result.
If only one Vision commissioner had decided to join the COPE, NPA and Green representatives at the last Park Board meeting, they could have avoided this mess. Rather than looking at creative solutions and seeking opportunities to work with the private sector, all four Vision reps chose to ignore the public by voting to close down the conservatory & children's farm.
It's better late than never, I suppose, but it was a relief to hear today that Vision will welcome private expressions of interest in support of these facilities. Unfortunately, it's likely about six months too late to make a real difference. Whether voters will remember this series of gaffes come election time in 2011 remains to be seen.