How do I justify taking time away from the office to make house calls?
Medicare now pays significantly more for house calls than ever before. New technology allow for complete testing and treatment in the home, and the liability risk from house calls is actually less than that of office-based care. Instead of “losing track” of your frail patients as they migrate through the health care system during a medical crisis, you can encourage them to call your office for management decisions. Complex, immobile patients will no longer slow down your office turnover or compromise staff time. Physicians who make house calls are often perceived as “better” and “more caring” by patients, who often refer relatives for care. Making house calls may actually help grow your office practice! • How do I finance the start-up? Financing can be from personal resources, banks, investor capital, hospitals, insurers or grants. You can also work as a contractor or employee of a company that provides house calls. Remember, it may be months before you see significant money from insur
