Why Go Independent

Benefits of Running Your Own GP Home Visit Practice

Running your own home visit practice trades a clinic's infrastructure for control. Here are the main benefits, each tied to a source or to C.A.L.L.S's published terms.

1. You set your fee and keep it

On C.A.L.L.S you set your own fee and keep 100 percent (pricing). In the clinic contractor model the practice retains a service fee, which industry sources put at roughly 30 to 40 percent. William Buck uses a 35 percent example.

2. No room rental or fixed clinic overhead

Advertised room rentals are charged by the day or session (for example Doctors Rooms and Wellshare). A home visit practice has no consulting room to pay for. See our cost comparison.

3. Time per patient

The RACGP's Health of the Nation 2025 report, as summarised by ABC News, found an average of 19.7 minutes per patient nationally. Every C.A.L.L.S visit is booked as a 30-minute slot (how it works). Our analysis of how many patients a GP can see properly in a day explains the booking-slot problem.

4. Control over your hours and suburbs

You choose where you work, what you charge and when you are available (how it works). That matters because RACGP reporting on burnout links rising complexity without matching increases in consultation time or remuneration to burnout.

5. Patients who need the service

The AIHW found 133,000 falls hospitalisations among people aged 65 and over in 2019-20, with half occurring in the home. The RACGP's standards recognise home visits for patients confined by illness or disability. A US-focused systematic review of home-based primary care for homebound older adults found most programs had substantial effects on at least one outcome such as hospitalisation, though the evidence is mainly from North America.

6. Medicare still applies

Home visits are claimable under Medicare attendance items such as item 37, and the ATO says medical services with a Medicare benefit payable are GST-free.

The trade-offs

You run your own business: an ABN, indemnity that covers your practice, tax and records, and your own vehicle and equipment. Bookings are not guaranteed. C.A.L.L.S handles booking, patient communication and weekly payment (how it works).