*Patient must be under the care of a physician.

• Home Bound Status
• Plan of Treatment
• Services
• Insurance Company
• Medicare Eligibility
• Patient Eligibility
• Professional Services
• Requesting Services

Home Bound Status:

Patient does not have to be confined in a bed or in a wheelchair to be considered as homebound.

Plan of Treatment:

Initially, a physician's verbal orders received by an RN are needed to start service. Then a copy of the signed, written plan of treatment will follow immediately. The patient must require at least one of the following services:

• Skilled Nursing
• Social Services
• Occupational Therapy
• Chemo Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Enterostomal Therapy

The patient must reside geographically within the area encompassing the cities of:

• Las Vegas
• North Las Vegas
• Henderson

Services Offered:

• Registered Nurses
• Physical Therapy
• Certified Nursing Assistants
• Chemo Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Dieticians
• Primary Care Nurses
• Occupational Therapy
• Enterostomal Therapy
• Medical Social Workers

Insurance Companies

Medicare

Medicare Eligibility

To be eligible for Medicare coverage, patient must meet the following Medicare requirements:

• Be a Medicare cardholder
• Be confined to home
• Require skilled nursing, physical therapy, or speech therapy services on an intermittent basis
• Have a plan of treatment established by the personal physician
• Be compliant
• Individuals who are eligible to receive Medicare reimbursed home care visits can expect a professional assessment and evaluation of their needs. Intermittent visits may be available if Medicare guidelines are met.

Patient Eligibility

To receive services, patients must be:

• Under the regular care of a physician
• Homebound in a safe environment
• Have a need for intermittent (part-time) skilled nursing care, physical or speech therapy
• Additional services of occupational therapy, medical social work and home health aide assistance are available once skilled services are established.

Professional Services

Professional Services Include the Following:

• Skilled Nursing
• Chemo Therapy
• Certified Nurses
• Wound Care Nurses
• I.V. Therapy Nurses
• PICC Line Specialist
• Entero Stomal Nurses
• Physical Therapists
• Occupational Therapists
• Speech Therapists (Speech Language Pathologist)
• Medical Social Workers
• Registered Dietician
• Home Health Aides

Requesting Services

Services may be requested by:

• Patient
• Physician
• Friend
• Family
• Insurance Company
• Discharge Planner