Skilled Home Health Services

• New diagnosis
• New type of medication or medication dosage change
• Recent fall
• Recent exacerbation of a previous diagnosis

To qualify for Medicare or Medicaid home health services, your home health agency must be Medicare and/or Medicaid certified. Phoenix Home Care meets this requirement. Home health care services may be covered under Medicare Part A or Part B.

• Skilled observation and assessment of a newly diagnosed condition or the exacerbation of an existing condition
• Open wound care/dressing
• Wound care/dressing changes for all types of wounds
• Bowel/bladder training
• Diabetic self-management
• Foley insertion and teaching
• IM/Subq injection administration
• Ostomy care teaching
• Teach nasogastric feedings
• Re-insertion nasogastric feeding tube
• Teach gastrostomy feedings
• Teach parenteral nutrition
• Teach tracheostomy care
• Teach administration of medications, including inhalants and oxygen therapy
• Teach administration of injection
• Disimpaction/FU enema
• Management and evaluation of a patient care plan
• Change in medications within the last 60 days
• New medications in the last 30 days
• Change in primary caregiver providing care with a knowledge deficiency
• Skilled nursing related to a treatment of an illness or injury that must be provided by a nurse

• Assessment of social and emotional factors
• Community resource planning
• Short-term therapy
• Short-term counseling for long-range planning and decision making

• Evaluation
• Therapeutic exercise
• Ultrasound and other modalities
• Transfer training

• Evaluation
• Voice disorder treatment
• Speech articulation disorder
• Dysphagia treatment
• Language disorder treatment
• Aural rehabilitation
• Cognition assessment

• Evaluation
• ADL training
• Muscle re-education
• Perceptual motor training
• Fine motor coordination
• Neuro-development treatment
• Sensory treatment
• Orthotics/splinting
• Adaptive equipment

• Bathing and dressing
• Personal care
• Transfer/ambulation
• Light meal preparation
• Support nutritional needs
• Laundry
• Light housekeeping

• Hospitalization
• Recent or new diagnosis

• Fall Prevention
• Cardiac Care
• Wound Care & Management
• Ostomy Care
• Diabetic Care
• IV Infusion/Therapy
• Vital Stem