Our Skilled Home Health Services give us the opportunity to provide skilled services to people who meet the criteria for Medicare home health coverage:
The person requires intermittent skilled health care services provided by a nurse, physical therapist, speech therapist, or occupational therapist. The person is home-bound, meaning he or she has an illness, medical condition, or injury that restricts his or her ability to leave home without the assistance of others, the aid of supportive devices (such as crutches, canes, wheelchairs, or walkers), the use of special transportation, or those instances where leaving the home is medically contraindicated.
Conditions That Generally Meet the Coverage Criteria Include the Following
- 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 Home Health Services
- 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
Medical Social Work
- Assessment of social and emotional factors
- Community resource planning
- Short-term therapy
- Short-term counseling for long-range planning and decision making
Physical Therapy
- Evaluation
- Therapeutic exercise
- Ultrasound and other modalities
- Transfer training
Speech Therapy
- Evaluation
- Voice disorder treatment
- Speech articulation disorder
- Dysphagia treatment
- Language disorder treatment
- Aural rehabilitation
- Cognition assessment
Occupational Therapy
- Evaluation
- ADL training
- Muscle re-education
- Perceptual motor training
- Fine motor coordination
- Neuro-development treatment
- Sensory treatment
- Orthotics/splinting
- Adaptive equipment
Home Health Aide
- Bathing and dressing
- Personal care
- Transfer/ambulation
- Light meal preparation
- Support nutritional needs
- Laundry
- Light housekeeping
When Is There a Need for Skilled Nursing Services?
- Hospitalization
- Recent or new diagnosis
Specialty Home Health Programs
- Fall Prevention
- Cardiac Care
- Wound Care & Management
- Ostomy Care
- Diabetic Care
- IV Infusion/Therapy
- Vital Stem
