Medicare may help pay for your certain types of home care if you are considered homebound, meaning that all the following apply:
– You need the help of another person or special equipment to leave your home or your doctor believes that leaving your home would be harmful to your health; and
– It is difficult for you to leave your home and you typically cannot do so.
– You need skilled care. This includes skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis.
– Your doctor signs a home health certification stating that you qualify for Medicare home care because you are homebound and need intermittent skilled care. The certification must also say that a plan of care has been made for you, and that a doctor regularly reviews it.
– You receive your care from a Medicare-certified home health agency (HHA).