BID #12734
Medical and Healthcare Services
Physician Services for The Rohr Home
Due Date: Ongoing
Physicians will provide 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week coverage for any patients under their care while they are residents of The Rohr Home. Physicians will be responsible for notifying The Rohr Home twenty four (24) hours in advance that an on call physician is covering for them and the contact information for the on call physician in the event that they will be unavailable and for signing the telephone orders written by the on call physician. Physicians must visit residents of The Rohr Home under their care at a minimum of once monthly and more often if medically indicated. Approved physicians are required to personally make the initial visit and, thereafter, can elect to alternate their visits with an associate physician or a qualified nurse practitioner (NP), clinical nurse specialist or physician assistant (PA) that is under their direct supervision. The alternate must have privileges at The Rohr Home and the physician is responsible for all billing of their physician services to the residents of The Rohr Home. Physicians must provide their own billing to Medicare, Medicaid, other insurances or the resident. The Rohr Home is not financially responsible for any physician-related services provided to the residents of The Rohr Home.