No, Reliance Medical, PLLC sends its medical doctor directly to patients who may otherwise be overburdened or suffer hardship in traveling to and from medical appointments. This is its version of black bag medicine and bringing the doctor home to patient.

Yes, or Medicare eligible.

Reliance Medical, PLLC sees residents of care communities once a month in most cases to review medication and data to make sure nothing is missed. Occasionally, residents who are not medically fragile are skipped one month or more, but all residents are seen at least quarterly.

Reliance Medical, PLLC aims to keep its patients out of the hospital. This requires frequent and 1:1 connection to build trust and establish a baseline. If anything changes, the doctor is better aware of something being off and is able to execute a plan to treat patients at home versus in the hospital. Any patient who does not wish to be seen monthly can simply request not to be seen that often, but is guaranteed at least twice a year visits.

The Director of Nursing is able to contact the doctor ASAP with status updates and to get orders started in an urgent situation. This includes labs, Xrays, and medications that can be started before things become emergent. However, there are some situations where 911 is absolutely appropriate and the only choice, and the doctor will make that recommendation based on patients’ goals of care.

No, Reliance Medical, PLLC is its own business entity and medical practice.

Because Reliance Medical, PLLC is a medical practice run by a physician, it bills Medicare B as a primary care physician. Sometime there is a balance Medicare B does not cover and patients will be invoiced.

No, this is illegal per Medicare and Reliance Medical, PLLC is not allowed to accept out of pocket payment for services covered by Medicare.