Medical director services
For a leadership transition, a new building, or more active physician involvement in quality and operations.
- Clinical policies and leadership rhythm
- QAPI, transfer review, and action owners
Physician-led facility partnerships
Let’s define the support
your facility needs.
Medical leadership, attending care, senior living support, or help turning quality priorities into action. Start with the role you need. We’ll review fit, responsibilities, and next steps together.
Delaware · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Vermont
Availability and scope confirmed for each facility.
Physician-led. Personally reviewed.Rishi Gulati, DO · BridgeCare Medicine
Start a conversation
What does your facility need?
Find the right fit
Start with the support your team needs.
One focused role or a broader relationship. We build the scope around your facility’s priorities and existing team.
Attending physician coverage
For a facility reviewing its admission, rounding, and clinical follow-up model.
- Defined visit and communication expectations
- Escalation and backup arrangements
Assisted living & memory care
For communities exploring visiting physician support and closer coordination with wellness teams.
- Post-hospital follow-up
- Resident choice and family communication
QAPI & follow-through
For a team that needs review meetings to produce clear decisions and completed next steps.
- Transfer review and workflow priorities
- Owners, dates, and closure evidence
Before we begin
Practical answers for your next decision.
A useful first conversation starts with clear responsibilities, coverage expectations, and a workable path to launch.
Can we keep our current physician group?
Yes. BridgeCare can discuss a complementary role alongside an existing medical director, attending group, or regional clinical team. We define who owns each responsibility and how the teams communicate before work begins.
What would BridgeCare handle?
The agreed role may include medical leadership, clinical visits, or focused operations support. Your facility retains its nursing, wellness, and administrative responsibilities. We document the division of work, escalation routes, and follow-up owners together.
How are rounding and after-hours needs covered?
We agree on the visit cadence, contact route, response expectations, and backup arrangements for nights, weekends, and clinician absences. Those details depend on the facility and the contracted service; an inquiry does not establish round-the-clock coverage.
How do fees and billing work?
Medical-director and administrative services are defined in the facility agreement. BridgeCare handles billing for clinical services performed by its clinicians under the applicable payer or payment arrangement. Scope, fees, billing responsibilities, and coverage requirements are confirmed before work begins.
What determines when we can start?
Start timing depends on the agreed scope, clinician availability and licensure, facility credentialing and onboarding, and any applicable payer requirements. We confirm a start date once the necessary arrangements are in place.
A straightforward first step
Know what the first
conversation will cover.
- 01
Tell us the broad need.
Start with your facility, business contact, and the support you are considering.
- 02
Review fit with Rishi.
Discuss the location, existing care model, priorities, and timing.
- 03
Agree on the operating details.
Confirm responsibilities, coverage expectations, fees, onboarding, and a feasible start.
Facility inquiries
Let’s talk about your location.
We welcome facility inquiries from Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. Availability and service scope are reviewed for each facility and depend on location, licensure, credentialing, schedule, and clinician capacity.
- Delaware
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Vermont
Physician-led, from the first conversation
Meet Rishi Gulati, DO.
Rishi is ABIM board-certified in Internal Medicine and serves as Chief Fellow in Critical Care Medicine at Jefferson Health New Jersey. He brings more than three years of clinical experience, including post-acute care for 30-plus patients per rounding day, and leads BridgeCare’s clinical approach and facility relationships.
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Let’s talk about your facility
A clear role starts with a conversation.
Your facility, broad service need, and timing are enough to begin.