At Austin Podiatry House Calls, we are dedicated to providing exceptional podiatric care in the comfort of your own home. Because of the great need for home visits, we limit offering these services to those that are in our driving range and to those that have difficulty traveling.
Why We Are Charging a Travel Fee for House Calls:
Mobile medical care requires significant provider travel time, which greatly limits the number of patients that can be seen in a day, compared with office-based practices. Being in motion also limits available workday charting time. Insurance reimbursement does not cover provider travel time or expenses and has historically reimbursed home visits at lower rates than comparable office visits.
As our practice adjusts for provider availability, we must carefully manage travel distance and routing in order to continue offering high-quality home-based care.
For these reasons, we charge a separate travel fee for house calls. This fee is not covered by insurance, is separate from the actual care, varies by location, and is always confirmed in advance. We are using a base fee for the first 3 miles from the provider's starting point in east Austin, and adding a fee per mile after those first 3 miles.
The medical care is billed to insurances, which may include copays, deductibles, and partial coverage - just like with office practices.
Comprehensive Senior Podiatry Services
Insurance Coverage
We accept most insurances.
Appointments are Necessary
Medical Qualifications:
To qualify to use insurance for a house call, we need to be able to document some medical reason of why it is difficult for patients to travel.
Examples: Difficulty walking, walker use, wheelchair use, bedbound status, blindness, dementia, fatigue upon exertion. If easily able to drive / travel, we do have self-pay rates as well.
Where we travel:
We are located in Austin and travel to these areas: Austin, Round Rock, Georgetown, Cedar Park, Leander, Pflugerville, Westlake, Manchaca, and Manor.
