(The Content below is taken from the Centers for Medicare & medicaid Services: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/Home-Infusion-Therapy/Overview.html)Home infusion therapy involves the intravenous or subcutaneous … [Read more...] about Home Infusion Therapy Services
Home Health
Home Health Aide Coverage Continues to Shrink: Attention Must Be Paid
As we have reported in the past, the ability to get Medicare-covered home health aide care has greatly declined in recent years. This is true even when individuals meet the law’s homebound and skilled care requirements – and thus qualify for … [Read more...] about Home Health Aide Coverage Continues to Shrink: Attention Must Be Paid
Case Spotlight: A Medicare Beneficiary in Need of Home Health Aides
The ProblemMrs. B contacted the Center for Medicare Advocacy seeking assistance with Medicare home health coverage. She lives with her husband who has advanced Parkinson’s disease. He receives physical therapy and speech language pathology … [Read more...] about Case Spotlight: A Medicare Beneficiary in Need of Home Health Aides
Keep Medicare Home Health Care an Age-Friendly Benefit
– Join us for Our Medicare Home Health Webinar · January 23 at 3pm EST– Guest Speaker: Physical Therapist Cindy Krafft, PT, MSLast week, the Center for Medicare Advocacy laid out our Medicare Platform for the New Congress. One … [Read more...] about Keep Medicare Home Health Care an Age-Friendly Benefit
Medicare Home Health Coverage Booklet
WHAT IS NEEDED TO QUALIFY FOR MEDICARE HOME HEALTH COVERAGE?The patient must be homebound. (This does not mean the patient can never leave home. For example, patients can leave home occasionally, go to adult day care, religious services, … [Read more...] about Medicare Home Health Coverage Booklet
Cobertura De Medicare Para Salud Domiciliaria
¿QUÉ SE NECESITA PARA CALIFICAR PARA COBERTURA DE SALUD DOMICILIARIA DE MEDICARE?El paciente debe ser confinado. (Esto no significa que el paciente nunca puede salir de su hogar. Por ejemplo, los pacientes pueden salir del hogar … [Read more...] about Cobertura De Medicare Para Salud Domiciliaria
Home Health Telephone Survey
As part of a project supported by the Ossen Family Foundation, Center for Medicare Advocacy staff recently called the 16 home health agencies that, according to Medicare’s Home Health Compare tool, serve the two counties near our CT … [Read more...] about Home Health Telephone Survey
Successful Advocacy for Home Health Beneficiary in Need of Maintenance Physical Therapy
Mrs. R contacted the Center for Medicare Advocacy about her husband, who has ALS, and was told his home health physical therapy was about to be terminated. While receiving physical therapy, Mr. R had reduced pain, allowing him to decrease pain … [Read more...] about Successful Advocacy for Home Health Beneficiary in Need of Maintenance Physical Therapy
Home Health Aide Coverage Continues to Shrink in Traditional Medicare While CMS Enhances it in Medicare Advantage
For years the Center for Medicare Advocacy and other stakeholders have advocated for Medicare coverage for home health aides without the current prerequisites that the individual be homebound and require skilled nursing or therapy. Unfortunately, the … [Read more...] about Home Health Aide Coverage Continues to Shrink in Traditional Medicare While CMS Enhances it in Medicare Advantage
Home Health Issue Brief
Since 2017 the Center for Medicare Advocacy has been writing and disseminating a ten-part Home Health Issue Brief Series examining the growing crisis in access to Medicare-covered home health care, and outlining the Center’s work to address the … [Read more...] about Home Health Issue Brief