What is Home Health care?
Home health care is an extension of your doctor’s care and hospital services. It is provided to you in your home. Care may include an array of therapeutic and support services to give the patient maximum independence in the home.

Who qualifies for Home Health under Medicare?
To qualify for home health under Medicare, you must be home-bound, under the care of a physician, and in need of skilled services on an intermittent basis. Intermittent home care services are those that are only needed a few hours a day.

You do not have to be bed-ridden or totally confined to home to qualify for Medicare reimbursement. You are considered home-bound if you are unable to leave home without considerable and taxing effort on an infrequent basis.