A New Approach to Pediatric Care
Nebraska Home Pediatrics was founded in 2017 by a mother of four whom knew about the inconveniences of having a sick child first hand. With more than 15 years of healthcare experience, the founder decided to take her passion of helping sick children on the road with the mobile pediatric practice, Nebraska Home Pediatrics. The practice first started with board certified nurse practitioners at NHP coming to your home when your child is sick and providing high-quality, personalized care. The nurse practitioners are trained and licensed to treat minor illnesses and injuries as well as write prescriptions when medically appropriate, in addition to wellness exams. Appointments with NHP are convenient and quick, plus there is no waking of a sleeping child, no long waits in a clinic lobby, and no unnecessary exposure to other sick children.
In the summer of 2018, school physicals with immunizations were offered as an additional service. The physicals included Kindergarten, Seventh Grade and Sport physicals completed from the convenience and comfort of the patient’s home. With this new approach to pediatric care, insurance payers are not yet up to speed with this health care model and therefore the home wellness exams have been denied payment from the insurance companies. This denial of claims was very frustrating since the only difference with the physicals was the place of service - office versus home. Due to this place of service stipulation, it was decided to offer wellness exams from an office but to continue offering the house calls for sick visits so that there was no exposure to sick children during wellness exams.
Want to learn more about the Nebraska Home Pediatrics services? Check out the practice’s website at www.NebraskaHomePediatrics.com.
