YOUR BENEFITS UNDER HOME HEALTH

Home health care can be used to provide a wide range of services, including:

  • Personal care: This includes help with bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom.
  • Medication Management: This includes helping patients take their medications correctly and safely.
  • Physical Therapy: This can help patients regain strength and mobility after an injury or illness.
  • Occupational therapy: This can help patients learn how to do activities of daily living, such as cooking, cleaning, and using the phone.
  • Speech Therapy: They assess patients’ communication and swallowing skills, develop treatment plans, and provide therapy sessions. STs may also provide education and support to patients and their families.
  • Social work services: This can help patients and their families cope with the emotional and practical challenges of illness

 

  • Dietitian/Nutritionist:  Dietitians and nutritionists who work in home health provide nutrition care to patients in their homes. They assess patients’ nutritional needs, develop treatment plans, and provide education and support to patients and their families.

 Other covered Skilled nursing  services include:

  • Wound care: This includes cleaning and dressing wounds, as well as providing pain relief.
  • Patient and caregiver education: This includes teaching patients and caregivers how to care for wounds, how to manage chronic illnesses, and how to use medical equipment.
  • Intravenous or nutrition therapy: This includes providing fluids, medications, and nutrients through a vein or a feeding tube.
  • Injections: This includes giving injections of medications or vaccines.
  • Monitoring serious illness and unstable health status: This includes checking vital signs, monitoring pain levels, and assessing overall health status.

 

  • Durable Medical Equipment(DME): home health may cover durable medical equipment (DME) if it is medically necessary and prescribed by your doctor. DME is equipment that is used to treat, diagnose, or prevent a medical condition. It can include items such as wheelchairs, walkers, oxygen tanks, and hospital beds.To qualify for DME coverage, you must meet certain criteria. You must be homebound, which means that you cannot leave your home without assistance. You must also have a doctor’s order for the DME. The amount of DME coverage that you receive will depend on your insurance plan. Some plans cover all or most of the cost of DME, while others require you to pay a copay or coinsurance.

 

  • Medical Supplies for Use at Home: Home health may cover medical supplies if they are medically necessary and prescribed by your doctor. Medical supplies are items that are used to treat, diagnose, or prevent a medical condition. They can include items such as bandages, wound care supplies, catheters, and ostomy supplies. To qualify for medical supply coverage, you must meet certain criteria. You must be homebound, which means that you cannot leave your home without assistance. You must also have a doctor’s order for the medical supplies. The amount of medical supply coverage that you receive will depend on your insurance plan. Some plans cover all or most of the cost of medical supplies, while others require you to pay a copay or coinsurance.

For more information on Home Health Benefits, please visit Medicare online at:

https://www.medicare.gov/what-medicare-covers/whats-home-health-care