To qualify for home healthcare under Medicare, you’ll need to show that you are “homebound” due to illness and injury via a doctor’s examination and recommendation. However, you’ll first need to be ...

Given the choice, the majority of individuals would rather recuperate in the comfort of their own home rather than stay in the hospital overnight. With advancements in medical treatments and care, ...

One of the biggest areas of confusion about Medicare is whether, and when, it covers home care. Partly, that depends on the distinction between “home care” and “home health care.” But it’s also about ...

While home health is often discussed as a post-acute Medicare benefit, nearly half of patients are admitted through the community rather than after a ...

Aging seniors and those with chronic conditions have been able to rely on Medicare for home health care. Now, the benefit may be at risk for millions of Americans, writes Debbie Stabenow, the former ...

Medicare Advantage plans that place greater restrictions on home health agency care delivery may have more adverse patient outcomes than plans that provide episodic payments. Objectives: Medicare ...

Medicare typically doesn’t cover the costs of custodial care services like those offered by Visiting Angels. However, it may provide coverage for medically necessary skilled nursing care at home under ...

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Vice President Kamala Harris answers questions during a moderated conversation with members of the National Association of Black Journalists. (Photo by Win ...

Maegan Carr Martin, J.D., is the executive director of the Tennessee Association for Home Care. Several years ago, my mother-in-law, collapsed getting out of bed. Several trips to the ER later, she ...