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Coverage
Once a person with Medicare
qualifies for home health care, Medicare helps cover:
- Part-time skilled
nursing care
- Physical therapy
- Occupational
therapy
- Speech/language
therapy
- Part-time home
health aide services
- Durable medical
equipment (e.g., wheelchairs, hospital beds, oxygen, and walkers)
- Certain medical
supplies
- Medical social
services
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Payment
If a person
qualifies, most home health care is fully covered by Medicare for each
60 days of care that is needed. This 60-day period is called an episode
of care. The payment for episodes of care is based on the period of health
care an average person in the same situation would need.
The person
pays:
- Nothing for home
health care services provided by a Medicare-approved home health agency
- 20% of the Medicare-approved
amount for covered durable medical equipment
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