House call doctor in Hackensack, NJ
Primary care at your kitchen table in Hackensack. No clinic, no waiting room, no travel fee.
Primary care that comes to you in Hackensack
Hackensack has a large number of high-rise apartments and senior buildings, and a hospital that discharges a great many people who then need seeing at home within a few days.
Where Hackensack goes for hospital care, and why that matters
Hackensack University Medical Center is one of the largest hospitals in the state and sits in the middle of the city, which means a great many residents here are discharged from it every week. Those first days at home are when medication lists go wrong and readmissions happen. We can usually be there within two or three days of a discharge, and we are independent, so we work with the hospital rather than being part of it.
The homes we visit in Hackensack
A dense mix of high-rise apartment buildings, senior housing and older single family homes. In the taller buildings the obstacle is rarely the flat itself, it is the lift, the lobby and the walk to a waiting car, which is enough to stop somebody attending appointments altogether.
Life Primary Care is a house call practice based in East Hanover, and Hackensack sits inside our regular Bergen County route. A clinician comes to your home with a portable exam kit and your chart already open. A first visit runs 45 to 60 minutes, which is time enough to examine you properly, go through every medication in the house and write a plan your family can actually follow.
We visit private homes, apartments, condominiums, family members' houses, independent living and assisted living residences in Hackensack and nearby Teaneck, Maywood, River Edge, Bogota and Paramus.
People look for this under several names: a house call doctor in Hackensack, a visiting physician, a mobile doctor, in-home medical care, or simply a doctor who comes to your house. They all describe what we do. Homebound seniors are a large part of the practice, though you do not need to be homebound to be seen.
What we handle at home
Routine primary care and annual physicals, chronic conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart failure and COPD, Medicare Annual Wellness Visits, care in the days after a hospital discharge, dementia and geriatric care, and same-day urgent problems for established patients. We draw blood, run EKGs and arrange mobile imaging without you leaving the house.
After a hospital stay
If you or a relative in Hackensack has just been discharged from Hackensack University Medical Center or Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, the first two weeks are the risky part. We can usually visit within two to three days to reconcile the discharge medication list against what is really in the cabinet and confirm that home health has arrived. We are independent and not affiliated with any hospital system.
Insurance in Hackensack
We accept Original Medicare, most Medicare Advantage plans and major commercial insurers, and we bill exactly as a clinic would. There is no charge for coming to Hackensack. Call 973-607-4911 and we will check your specific plan before anything is scheduled.
Nearby towns we also visit
House calls in Hackensack: common questions
My mother was discharged from Hackensack University Medical Center. How soon can you visit?
Usually within two to three days. Ask the hospital case manager to call us, or call us yourself from the ward. Arranging it before discharge is much easier than afterwards.
Do you visit high-rise apartment buildings?
Yes, and senior housing too. Tell us the building, the entry system and the flat number when you book.
Do you make house calls in Hackensack?
Yes. Hackensack is inside our regular Bergen County route and we visit homes, apartments and assisted living residences there. Call 973-607-4911 to book.
Do I have to be homebound to be seen at home in Hackensack?
No. You do not need to be homebound for a primary care house call. Many patients simply prefer care that does not cost them half a day.
Do you charge extra to drive to Hackensack?
No. There is no travel fee, concierge fee or membership charge. We bill your insurance for the visit exactly as an office would.
Can you draw blood at my home in Hackensack?
Yes. We bring phlebotomy, EKG, urine testing and rapid testing with us, and we arrange mobile X-ray and ultrasound when they are needed.
Book a house call in Hackensack
Call and speak with a real person. We will confirm your insurance, find a time and come to you.
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