House call doctor in Ringwood, NJ
Primary care at your kitchen table in Ringwood. No clinic, no waiting room, no travel fee.
Primary care that comes to you in Ringwood
Ringwood sits in the Ramapo Mountains with long, steep, often unpaved driveways and properties spaced far apart. After a snowfall, plenty of residents simply cannot get a car out, which is not a good week to also be running out of medication.
Life Primary Care is a house call practice based in East Hanover, and Ringwood sits inside our regular Passaic 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 Ringwood and nearby Wanaque, West Milford, Mahwah, Oakland and Bloomingdale.
People look for this under several names: a house call doctor in Ringwood, 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 Ringwood has just been discharged from St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson or Chilton Medical Center in Pequannock, 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 Ringwood
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 Ringwood. Call 973-607-4911 and we will check your specific plan before anything is scheduled.
Nearby towns we also visit
House calls in Ringwood: common questions
Do you make house calls in Ringwood?
Yes. Ringwood is inside our regular Passaic 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 Ringwood?
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 Ringwood?
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 Ringwood?
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 Ringwood
Call and speak with a real person. We will confirm your insurance, find a time and come to you.
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