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Looser Homebound Definition Aims To Increase HH Access

Published on Fri Apr 03, 2020

Docs must certify medical contraindications. Medicare is allowing home health agencies to serve more patients in the COVID-19 crisis by broadening the definition of who counts as homebound for eligibility purposes. “The definition of ‘confined to the home’ ...allows patients to be considered ‘homebound’ if it is medically contraindicated for the patient to leave the home,” the Centers for Medicare [...]
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