1. What is home health care?
  2. Which geographical areas do Grace Home Health Care cover?
  3. How do I qualify for home health care services?
  4. Who covers the expenses for home health care services?
  5. Does Grace Home Health Care provide specialized nursing care?
  6. I want to keep my condition confidential, what assurances can Grace Home Health Care give me regarding confidentiality?
 
 
  1. Home Health Care is a health delivery system wherein health care is rendered at the homes of recovering, disabled, chronically or terminally ill people in need of medical, nursing, social or therapeutic treatment and/or assistance with the essential activities of daily living.

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  2. Grace Home Health Care is licensed to operate in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino County. At present, we can ideally serve within a 15 to 20 mile radius from our office.

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  3. To be eligible for home health care services, the following criteria must be met:

    Patient must be homebound, i.e., a patient leaving home would require considerable taxing effort
    Services must be reasonable and necessary, i.e., the patient has an unstable and acute medical condition that requires nursing intervention.
    Services must require the skill level of the caregiver, i.e., the patient needs skilled observation, monitoring, assessments and training.
    Services must be intermittent, i.e., it does not include patient’s continuous care wherein a ½ hour to 2 hours of nursing visit would suffice.
    Services must be provided under a plan of treatment, i.e., the patient has a plan of care duly signed by a physician.

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  4. It would really depend on each individual case. Normally for a medicare beneficiary that is qualified, medicare covers the bill. The same is true for Medi-Cal, private insurances (depending on the plan) and HMOs. For more information regarding insurance coverage, please gives us a call.

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  5. Yes we do. We have highly skilled nurses specializing in pediatrics, IV infusion therapy, enterostomal care, etc..

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  6. As a health care provider, we are bound to comply with HIPAA which requires us to maintain rigid standards regarding confidentiality. You can review our notice of privacy practices in order for you to know more how we handle confidential information.

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