When are patients eligible for the Skilled Home Health Benefit?
Patients must be under the care of a doctor, or other allowed practitioner such as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant, and getting services under a plan of care that is reviewed regularly by a doctor. A doctor must certify that the patient needs:
- Intermittent skilled nursing care (other than drawing blood). And/or:
- Physical, speech or occupational therapy services
