Fayel attributes a growing discontent among the physician work force to the rebirth of doctor house calls. Chris Guzik, MD, a family practitioner in Ft. I can treat patients from a medical point of view with no worries about insurance coverage. I can use the drugs that I want and not have to worry about whether or not they are on the insurance company's formulary. Another company, the Call Doctor Company in San Diego, Calif., has 10 physicians in Riverside, San Diego, and San Bernadino, Calif., and plans to expand, explains Hank Fanelli, CEO of the Call Doctor Company.
Patients call a toll-free number or visit the company's web site to arrange for a house call.
For now, Fanelli's company caters mainly to elderly housebound patients, but it plans to start offering services to younger patients. Call Doctor offers 1950s house calls with a Y2K-twist. All rights reserved. Email This to a Friend. All rights reserved.