Providing Medical Care at Home

Providing primary care services to homebound patients is both personally and professionally satisfying. A home care practice is ideal for physicians and advanced nurse practitioners interested in providing care to seniors. A background in family medicine, internal medicine, or emergency medicine, along with an interest in geriatrics is important. At a time when office expenses average 60-65 percent of collected revenue and reimbursement is stagnant or declining, many clinicians find the daily grind of five to six patients per hour frustrating.

By eliminating the office with its high fixed costs, and utilizing a “virtual office” package of services from MCA, one can see fewer patients each hour and spend appropriate time treating medically complex patients. MCA physicians with active practices commonly retain 65 percent of collected revenues for compensation and can earn 10-30 percent more compensation as compared to their colleagues with an office based practice.

Key to the success of this model is the elimination of the fixed expenses of office space, fixed staff salaries, staff benefits and cost of office amenities. Utilizing the “virtual office” transforms these to variable expenses. MCA charges a percentage of collections for the services it provides. Fees are charged as revenue is collected.