House call doctor in Rutherford, NJ
Primary care at your kitchen table in Rutherford. No clinic, no waiting room, no travel fee.
Primary care that comes to you in Rutherford
Rutherford sits on the hill above the Meadowlands, and its handsome Victorian houses come with the steep, narrow staircases of their era. Park Avenue is a pleasant walk on a good day and an obstacle course on a bad one.
Life Primary Care is a house call practice based in East Hanover, and Rutherford 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 Rutherford and nearby East Rutherford, Lyndhurst, Carlstadt, North Arlington and Wallington.
People look for this under several names: a house call doctor in Rutherford, 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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford
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 Rutherford. Call 973-607-4911 and we will check your specific plan before anything is scheduled.
Nearby towns we also visit
House calls in Rutherford: common questions
Do you make house calls in Rutherford?
Yes. Rutherford 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 Rutherford?
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 Rutherford?
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 Rutherford?
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 Rutherford
Call and speak with a real person. We will confirm your insurance, find a time and come to you.
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