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The most common agency for medical home care is a home health agency. Home health agencies provide health services to and individual in a residence or independent living environment such as nursing, blood pressure monitoring, physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech therapy. They also provide other treatments requiring skilled nursing such as intravenous therapy or dialysis. To receive home health requires a doctor’s prescription.

Home Health agencies provide health care service to individuals in their homes or in their place of residence. This service enables the individual to live as independently as possible. Home Health agencies are licensed by their state to give these services.

The services usually begin with a physician who sees a need for medical help in the home of a patient. After giving the family a prescription for home health, the family, with the help of a social worker or other health related personnel, contacts an agency of the their choice. It is somewhat helpful to choose an agency in the general area of the client to make home visits easier; although, this is not a necessity. After deciding upon the agency, a Supervisor, usually an RN, makes a home assessment and decides upon the needs of the client. Services are usually provided upon a weekly basis. They may include a visit(s) by the RN or LVN as well as a visit(s) by a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant).

The length of services depends upon assessment and physician orders. The most common payment sources are Medicare and Medicaid.