Other doctors want you in the office. It is pure torture to get him in a wheelchair and the ride service will sometime not pick you up for hours which again is torture if you are incontinent. I am realizing how hard it is to get good medical care for bedridden patients.
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Sometimes a receptionist books an in-person appointment without any clue how hard that is.
To discuss results, write a referral for other tests, redo prescriptions, none of that requires an actual body in person. Obviously physical treatments require in-person but some may be appropriate for a home visit nurse eg injection, stitch removal, wound management.
Hatethis, is your brother being bed-ridden a temporary situation?
Or are his medical conditions/disabilities a permanent situation?
When my late husband became completely bedridden he was under hospice care and I know longer had to worry about getting him out to go to doctors appointments, as their nurse came once a week to check on him to start.
Have you considered hospice for your brother, as again they will have a nurse to come check on him once a week, aides to come bathe him at least twice a week, and they will supply all needed equipment, supplies and medications? And it is all covered 100% under your brothers Medicare.