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| 1. When Is Medicare Home Health Care Appropriate?
2. Who Qualifies For Medicare Reimbursed Health Care
- Persons aged 65 and over and persons of any age who disabled
- Needed home health services must be prescribed by your physician
- Care must require intermittent skilled nursing service or therapy
- Those who are homebound(leaving home is difficult or requires
a taxing effort) for the duration of care. Call the agency with
any questions regarding “homebound”
3. Who Pays?
- If you meet the criteria for home health care according to Medicare,
Medicare pays 100% of cost. We bill Medicare directly, with no
claims paperwork for you to complete
- Medicare does not pay for: 24 hour per day care in the home,
prescription drugs, meals delivered to your home, nor homemaker
services like cleaning, laundry and shopping.
- If you do not qualify for Medicare Home Health but need or want
Home Care Services, we will bill you directly
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