Telehealth or House Call Doctor Visits Due to COVID-19 Stress!

Toni:

My 86-year-old mother with Alzheimer’s needs 24-hour care and lives in a personal care home. She is enrolled in a Medicare Advantage HMO and taking her to the doctor is quite an ordeal.

Friends have suggested that I disenroll my mother from this HMO and return her to Medicare, then use “Telehealth” which is popular since COVID-19 has made medical changes or I can ask about using a “House Call doctor” for her.

Financially, it is costing over $4,000 for her personal care home and she does not qualify for a Medicare Supplement due to her Alzheimer’s because I have tried. How do I find a doctor that does use telehealth or makes house calls like Dr. Welby did in the old days?

 Is this something that Medicare or Medicare Advantage plan will pay for it?  Thanks, Trish from Kingwood

Trish:

I have good news for you because…