Home Health Eligibility
Could Home Health Care Be Right for You?
You do not need to understand every eligibility rule before asking for help.
If you need skilled nursing or therapy and leaving home is difficult because of illness, injury, recovery, or another health limitation, home health care may be worth exploring.
Common Situations
When People Commonly Consider Home Health
- Coming home after hospitalization
- Recovering from surgery
- Recovering from a stroke
- Managing a new or worsening condition
- Needing wound care
- Starting new medication or treatment
- Having difficulty walking safely
- At increased risk of falling
- Needing physical, occupational, or speech therapy
- Learning how to use new medical equipment
- Finding it difficult to leave home for care
Understanding “Homebound”
Being homebound does not necessarily mean that you can never leave your home.
It generally means that leaving home requires considerable effort or assistance because of your health condition, and that you leave home infrequently or under qualifying circumstances.
Our team can explain how the requirement may apply to your situation.
Skilled Need
Home health care generally requires a medical need for qualifying skilled services such as nursing or therapy.
Orders and Care Planning
Qualifying home health services require appropriate healthcare-provider involvement and an established plan of care.
If you believe home health may help but do not know how to begin, contact Paramount.
We can explain what information is needed and help coordinate the next steps.
Insurance & Coverage
Coverage varies based on eligibility, payer requirements, the services ordered, and your individual benefits.
Paramount can help with the insurance-verification process when you are referred for care.
Still Not Sure?
That is completely normal.
Call us. Tell us what is happening. We will help you understand whether home health care may be the right next step.