To qualify for home health services:
- Must have a need for intermittent skilled nursing or therapy services.
- The patient is willing and able to participate in their care and management.
- Must have a willing and able caregiver if the patient is not able to participate themselves without assistance of another person.
- Remains under the care of a physician who has authorized home health services.
- Must be homebound – taxing effort to leave home, unsafe to leave the home and leaves infrequently, etc.
- Has a new or exacerbated disease process.
- Must have a need for intermittent skilled nursing or therapy services.
What services are not offered or covered by Phoebe Home Health?
- Lab Draws only
- Venipuncture
- IV medication administration only due to billing groupings in Georgia (commercial insurance)- must have another service to go with it
- Personal care assistance only
- 24/7 care or sitting services
- Cooking/Cleaning services class/Household chores
- Medication set-up only
- Medical equipment needs
- Transportation services
- Medical social services
- Simple wound care beyond 3 weeks for teaching and monitoring
- Examples: Wet-to-dry dressings or just Neosporin and dry dressings /Band aids
- Psychiatric nursing
For more information or to make a referral, call 229-312-4405 or 1-888-776-4227.
