What is Skilled Home Health

Home health care includes a wide range of health and social services delivered in your home to treat illness or injury for patients who are homebound. Skilled home health is a cost effective way to maintain your independence while recovering from disease or injury in the comfort of your home.

The patient is considered “homebound” under Medicare if the patient cannot leave home without a “considerable and taxing effort” and requires the assistance of a device or person. Most patients have an injury or illness that makes it difficult to leave home.