Medicare home health services

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services / Medicare.gov. Public Medicare coverage page for home health services.

Key findings used in wiki

• Medicare-covered home health is tied to eligibility conditions, including need for part-time or intermittent skilled services and homebound status.
• Covered services can include skilled nursing, patient and caregiver education, therapy services when conditions are met, medical social services, part-time or intermittent home health aide care when paired with skilled services, durable medical equipment, and medical supplies.
• Medicare does not pay for 24-hour-a-day home care, meal delivery, homemaker services unrelated to the care plan, or custodial/personal care when that is the only care needed.
• A provider must order home health care and a Medicare-certified home health agency must provide it.
• Use this source to separate Medicare skilled home health from Medicaid HCBS or private personal-care support.