Is a patient homebound? This guide might help
Is a patient homebound? This guide might help
Southern Home Care of Jeffersonville, IN, gives nurses and referral physicians a laminated card that offers tips about how Medicare determines whether a patient is homebound.
The card reads:
Is the patient homebound?
· When the patient leaves home, does it require considerable and taxing effort?
· When patient leaves home, are the absences infrequent or for short durations?
· When the patient leaves home, is it primarily to receive medical treatment?
· Are non-medical absences from home such as walks around the block, drives, and trips to the barber infrequent or of relatively short duration?
· The care cannot be provided outside the home even if the patient is able to leave for non-medical reasons.
For a patient to be considered homebound, the answers to all of the above questions should be "yes." If not, call Southern Home Care at (812) 283-9190, to check on homebound status.
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