Health services rendered in the home, including skilled nursing care, speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation therapy and social services. Medicare covers some home health care services if the beneficiary is homebound but does not...
Condition required to receive home health care services under Medicare and generally interpreted to mean that the beneficiary cannot leave home without excessive effort and does so only infrequently, for no more than 16 hours per month for non-medical reasons.
An organization providing medical, emotional, spiritual and social help, often in the patient’s own home, for those expected to live less than six months. If a person qualifies for Medicare Part A and has a terminal illness, Medicare pays for hospice care,...
The Part A Medicare trust fund that pays for inpatient hospital services; skilled nursing facility care for up to 100 days following hospitalization; and some care from home health providers, hospices and rehabilitation facilities for the elderly and permanently...
A public-private collaboration seeking to improve the quality of care provided by the nation’s hospitals by measuring and publicly reporting on that care.