House call doctor in Teaneck, NJ
Primary care at your kitchen table in Teaneck. No clinic, no waiting room, no travel fee.
Primary care that comes to you in Teaneck
Teaneck has a strong tradition of extended families caring for older relatives at home, and we are used to visits where three generations are in the room.
Where Teaneck goes for hospital care, and why that matters
Holy Name Medical Center is in Teaneck itself, with Hackensack University Medical Center and Englewood Health both close. Residents here are well served for hospitals and still face the same problem everyone else does: getting an unsteady eighty-five-year-old into a car, across a car park and through a waiting room, then home again, takes far more out of them than the consultation does.
The homes we visit in Teaneck
A township with a strong tradition of extended families caring for older relatives at home, and housing to match, from post-war homes to larger properties. Visits here frequently involve several family members, which we plan for rather than work around.
Life Primary Care is a house call practice based in East Hanover, and Teaneck 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 Teaneck and nearby Hackensack, Bergenfield, Englewood, Bogota and New Milford.
People look for this under several names: a house call doctor in Teaneck, 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 Teaneck 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 Teaneck
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 Teaneck. Call 973-607-4911 and we will check your specific plan before anything is scheduled.
Nearby towns we also visit
House calls in Teaneck: common questions
Several of us want to be there for the visit. Is that all right?
More than all right, it is useful. The more people who hear the plan, the less chance of it being half remembered. We allow enough time for questions from everyone in the room.
Do you work with Holy Name?
We work with whichever hospital treats you. We are independent of all of them, so we request records and send our notes wherever they need to go.
Do you make house calls in Teaneck?
Yes. Teaneck 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 Teaneck?
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 Teaneck?
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 Teaneck?
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 Teaneck
Call and speak with a real person. We will confirm your insurance, find a time and come to you.
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