Below is a list of things to know if you or your loved one is needing home health care at home. This will also let you know if they would qualify for home health.
From an article, “Defining, Confined From Home”, they are quoted as saying the following for reasons you would be excused or exempt from those listed below.
“Patients who leave the home may still be considered homebound if the absences are infrequent, for relatively short periods, or for receiving medical treatment, including but not limited to the following:
- Outpatient kidney dialysis,
- Outpatient chemotherapy or radiation therapy,
- Attend adult day care centers to receive medical care.
Occasional absences from the home do not necessarily mean that the patient is not homebound. However, the nature of the absence must not indicate that the patient can obtain health care services outside the home. Examples of absences that wouldn’t jeopardize a patient’s home-bound status include the following:
- Attending a religious service,
- An occasional trip to the barber,
- A walk around the block,
- Attendance at a family reunion, funeral, graduation, or other infrequent or unique event.
According to the transmittal, the examples above are not all inclusive.
Making the determination
Finally, when trying to ascertain whether a homebound condition exists, CMS recommends evaluating the patient’s condition over time rather than for short periods during the home health stay. Doing so will give you the most accurate indication of a patient’s health status.”
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