Eligibility for Home Health Services
- Homebound/not driving
- Physician’s order
- Billed under Medicare Part A/covered 100%; or Private Insurance/per individual policy guidelines
- Skilled need
- Skilled Nursing
- Medication changes
- NG or G-tube feeding instruction
- IV infusions/antibiotics, hydration, TPN
- Unstable blood sugars
- Trach care instruction
- Bowel/bladder training
- Diabetic teaching instruction
- Nebulizer treatment
- Ostomy care and instruction
- Unstable blood pressure
- Postoperative assessment of healing process
- Postoperative staple removal
- CHF monitoring
- Abnormal/fluctuating lab values
- Wound care instruction, assessment, plan
- Mental status changes
- Urinary catheter insertion/maintenance
- Pain management, assessment & instruction
- Infection
- Any reason physician would request an assessment or observation
- Injections
Physical Therapy
- Assessment and evaluation
- Modalities, as needed (e.g., ice, heat,
- Balance/posture evaluation and training
- Therapeutic exercises
- Home exercise program/instruction
- Gait/transfer training
- Recommendation/instruction for equipment
- Instruction to caregivers
- Range of motion/strengthening and assistive device
Occupational Therapy
- Assessment/evaluation
- Recommend/instruct in use of adaptive devices
- Home exercise program/instruction
- Therapeutic program to restore
- Instruction on activities of daily living
- Instruction to caregivers physical and sensory integrative function
Medical Social Work
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Long- range and short-range planning
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Advocate on patient behalf to access services
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Linkage to in-home assistance and
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Community resource information
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Help develop Advanced Directives plan
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Financial programs
Speech Therapy
Home Health Aide
For bathing and personal needs (RN or PT needed to provide this service)
Service Areas
JCAHO Accredited (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
Medicare/Medicaid Certified