Frequently Asked Questions About Home Health Care

Home Health is intermittent care designed to help you recover safely in the comfort of your own home. The home health team will coordinate with your primary doctor to provide some or all of the following services according to your doctor’s orders:

• Skilled Nursing: Skilled care provided by a nurse which may include wound care, catheter care, ostomy care, disease management and education, new medication management and education, etc.
• Therapy: This may include Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy or Speech Language Therapy.
• Home Health Aid: These services include help with personal care such as bathing and dressing. It must be provided in conjunction with skilled nursing or therapy.

If you are a Medicare beneficiary (who is enrolled in Part A, Part B or both), Medicare will cover your home health 100% if you meet the following four conditions:

1. A doctor must prescribe or order home care.
2. You must need at least one of the following services:

• Part-time or intermittent skilled nursing care including but not limited to nursing for wound care, catheter care, monitoring after hospitalization, teaching on new medications or diagnoses.
• Physical therapy including but not limited to therapy after a break, surgery, post-stroke, after an extended illness.
• Speech-language services.

3. You must be homebound. This means that it takes a considerable and taxing effort to leave your home, and when you do leave home, you require the assistance of another person or an “assistive device,” such as a walker, cane or wheelchair. This does not mean you may never leave your home. You may leave your home at any time for medical care, approved adult day care or religious services. Absences from home for any other reason must be infrequent or for short periods of time, such as family events or outings.
4. You must receive your services from a home health agency that is certified (or approved) by Medicare.

Yes. This means that it takes a considerable and taxing effort to leave your home, and when you do leave home, you require the assistance of another person or an “assistive device,” such as a walker, cane or wheelchair. This does not mean you may never leave your home. You may leave your home at any time for medical care, approved adult day care or religious services. Absences from home for any other reason must be infrequent or for short periods of time, such as family events or outings.

Medicare:
Home Health: If you are a traditional Medicare beneficiary, Medicare will cover 100% of all approved home health services with no deductibles or co-pays.
Hospice: If you are a traditional Medicare beneficiary, Medicare will cover 100% of all services, medications and medical equipment related to the hospice diagnosis.

Medicaid:
Anew Home Care is one of the very few certified home care agencies that accepts state funded programs. These services are authorized through Area on Aging and vary depending on the client’s needs.

Insurance:
Upon prior authorization, your home care services may be billed to your insurance company. We will verify your coverage for services.

Private Pay:
Anew Home Care also accepts private payment for services.

Yes. Anew Home Care is a Medicare certified and state licensed home care agency. Medicare covers 100% of all approved home care services. There are no deductibles or co-pays for our Medicare services.

Anew Home Care is also ACHC Accredited which confirms dedication and commitment to meeting standards that demonstrate a higher level of performance and patient care.