Only Pulmonologist making house calls in the Western USA

A world class pulmonologist joined this medical group because of a strong belief:   insurance-driven appointments are insufficient for great pulmonology care.

How do you know when a pulmonology appointment is truly world-class, focused on you, your symptoms, your needs and well-being?  

Expect our pulmonologist to: 

• have an extensive thorough consult of your medical history and personal concerns, which may last 1 to 2 hours in the comfort of your own home
• Independent review of your medical studies, including personal review of all imaging -- not the reports -- the actual imaging.
• have a detail-oriented discussion with you and ample time to address your questions,
• and do lab sample collection, peak flow assessments, X-rays and ultrasounds of you lungs all done at your home.
• Our pulmonologist and concierge staff can coordinate faster access to advance CT and MRI imaging at imaging centers throughout the region. 

Our patients often describe their at-home in-depth pulmonology consult from HCDTO like this:  

“Life changing answers”, 

“Best doctor's appointment ever”, 

and “Finally I have a plan”.

Better treatment and the time for meaningful answers is why HCDTO offers pulmonology and critical care as part of our concierge medical group.  We spotted the need for this personalized approach because HCDTO manages many complex cases.  

Every patient is seen at their home.  

Finding a great Pulmonologist is hard.  Discovering a top Pulmonologist who will see you at home – priceless.  

HCDTO is the only primary care group structured this way anywhere in the  Western USA. *  

Everything we do starts and ends with the same question: "how is this best accomplished remotely, at home, in the patient's own environment?” 

Our physicians often manage complex cases at home, including Dr Stella Cohen who is a board certified Pulmonologist and specialist in Critical Care Medicine.  

All of this is easier when a Pulmonologist can come to your home and also manage your post-ICU discharge needs.  You may have been a complex case in the hospital ICU -- we will bet that you probably don't want to go back to that again. 

Our Doctors come to your home to: 

• listen carefully, 
• gain a deeper understanding of you and your conditions,
• address your concerns,
• connect more of the dots,
• provide clear answers to your questions,
• together develop a plan to reach your healthcare goals,
• treat your medical issues, 
• and manage your recovery.   

When it’s complex, it’s time to pay attention to the entire patient. 

This concierge medical group will help you find the right answers whether you are coming home from the hospital or ICU. We are experts at managing and arranging the right care for you at home. HCDTO always coordinates with your specialists, answers your family's questions and helps your insurance company approve the right medical equipment or ongoing treatments.

Then we ask those same questions again,  adding in the needs of complex cases.

 * Could be further, 

but we stopped looking after 15 states.

Experience matters. That's what Dr Stella Cohen, pulmonologist, brings to your home.  Every one of our Doctors look farther ahead to anticipate problems and proactively offer different solutions.  

Example: a complex patient of ours was in the hospital and needed IV antibiotics. The hospital’s answer was discharge to home and administer “Brand X” as an IV antibiotic three times per day for two weeks.   They are used to having lots of nurses available in the hospital to do that schedule.

However, trying to schedule nurses 3x per day at home is a massive challenge for both insurance and skilled nursing.

Instead our medical group went back to the hospital and the insurance company with a different idea. HCDTO proposed a different antibiotic that only had to be given ONLY ONCE every seven days. That's only twice at home. 

Easy to do. Easy to manage. Saved money

Our doctors have the experience — and the time — to think several steps ahead. 

Please call to discuss your needs. We will listen and see what we can do to 

match your goals.

HCDTO handles difficult cases and more.

Call 805-380-3313 

Let us listen to what helps you the most.