Eligibility Information

The specific Home Health Care services provided are intermittent visits by the following:

• Skilled Nurses
• Physical Therapists
• Speech Language Pathologists
• Home Health Aides
• Social Workers
• Occupational Therapists

MEDICARE COVERAGE GUIDELINES
Medicare requires that you meet the following criteria:

You must be homebound. This means that due to your illness or injury there is an inability to leave the home and doing so would require a considerable and taxing effort. You can still be considered homebound if you:

• Leave your home infrequently or for a short duration.
• Receive medical treatment, therapeutic, or psychosocial activities in an accredited adult day care program.
• Leave your home only to attend religious services.
• Leave your home only to go to the beauty salon or barbershop.

• You must have had a recent illness or injury, which requires skilled nursing, physical therapy, and/or speech language pathology on an intermittent basis, or have a continuing need for occupational therapy.
• You must be under the care of a doctor who has ordered the treatment and services that we are providing. In order for Medicare to cover the services provided, they must be reasonable and necessary.
• A person with a psychiatric illness may be considered homebound even if there are no physical limitations. The nurse will explain specific criteria that apply to psychiatric diagnoses.

If you would like for us to further determine your eligibility, please complete the Patient Info form.