Qualifying for Services
Qualifying for Home Health Care
We can accept a referral for home health and help determine if an individual qualifies. In North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, a physician or non-physician practitioner, such as a nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant, must order services. Once this determination and order have been made, we work directly with that physician/NP/PA and his or her staff to develop a custom home care plan for the patient.
Conditions that generally meet coverage criteria include:
- A new diagnosis
- Recent exacerbation of a previous diagnosis
- New medication or medication dosage change
- Recent fall
- Patient is homebound, meaning the person has an illness, medical condition or injury that restricts the ability to leave home without the assistance of others; the aid of supportive devices such as crutches, canes, wheelchairs or walkers; the use of special transportation; or those instances where leaving the home is medically contraindicated
Liberty Home Care is a dually certified Medicare and Medicaid home health agency. Home health care services may be covered under Medicare Part A or Part B.
Qualifying for Hospice Coverage
Patients of any age can qualify for hospice services. The patient does not need to be homebound, but must meet the following criteria:
- The patient’s physician uses his or her best clinical judgment to certify the patient is terminally ill with a life expectancy of six months or less, if the disease runs its normal course.
- The patient chooses to receive hospice care rather than curative treatments for the illness.
- The patient enrolls in an approved Hospice Program.
Liberty can provide hospice services in the home, an assisted-living community, a nursing center or in a hospital.