Eligibility

Home Health Care Services

Who is Eligible to Receive Home Health Services under the Medicare Benefits?

To qualify for home health services a patient must: – Be homebound – require assistance to leave home – Need intermittent care or instructions – Requires the service of a skilled health care professional that will coordinate and provide medical treatments or special procedures prescribed by the patient’s physician – Must be under the care of a physician who is willing to provide the agency with orders.

Who Pays for the Services?

Approved services are covered 100% by Medicare. Patients may be covered under insurance policies, or may pay privately for home health services. True Care Home Health Services handles all insurance coverage requirements and processes all claims. Medicare’s policy is that no person shall, on the basis of race, age, handicap, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, or national origin be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discriminatory practices.