House call doctor in Paramus, NJ
Primary care at your kitchen table in Paramus. No clinic, no waiting room, no travel fee.
Primary care that comes to you in Paramus
Paramus traffic is its own argument for a house call. A ten minute appointment can eat two hours of a family member's afternoon on Route 4 or Route 17.
Where Paramus goes for hospital care, and why that matters
The Valley Hospital in Paramus is the main hospital here, with Hackensack University Medical Center close by. The difficulty in Paramus is not distance, it is Route 4 and Route 17. A fifteen minute appointment can consume two hours of a family member's afternoon once those roads are factored in, and that is on a good day.
The homes we visit in Paramus
Substantial single family homes on large lots, along with condominium developments. Many households are long settled, with residents who moved here decades ago and have no intention of leaving, which is exactly who home based primary care is designed around.
Life Primary Care is a house call practice based in East Hanover, and Paramus 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 Paramus and nearby Ridgewood, Fair Lawn, River Edge, Oradell and Glen Rock.
People look for this under several names: a house call doctor in Paramus, 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 Paramus 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 Paramus
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 Paramus. Call 973-607-4911 and we will check your specific plan before anything is scheduled.
Nearby towns we also visit
House calls in Paramus: common questions
Is traffic on Route 4 a reason to have a doctor come to us?
It is one of the more common reasons families here give, yes. The appointment is fifteen minutes and the journey is two hours. A home visit inverts that.
Do you also cover Ridgewood, Fair Lawn and River Edge?
Yes, all of them, along with Glen Rock and Oradell. They sit on the same route.
Do you make house calls in Paramus?
Yes. Paramus 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 Paramus?
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 Paramus?
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 Paramus?
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 Paramus
Call and speak with a real person. We will confirm your insurance, find a time and come to you.
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