Newport Hills Home Care

Newport Hills, Virginia has in excess of twelve certified Home Health Agency facilities which service the homebound patients of the area. The most commonly recognized home health provider is the Home Health Agency. The HHA is federally governed, licensed and certified under Medicare. HHA also accepts other health insurances. Medicare certification assures they met federal guidelines in patient care. The main goal of Home Health Agency is providing skilled care to homebound. Home care professionals must adhere absolutely to the physician's plan of care the doctor declares medically necessary and must be updated every 60 days for Medicare payment. Home Health Agency services include skilled and CNA nursing, physical and occupational therapies, a degree of social work and home health aides in the home, all professionally supervised. HHAs focus more on skilled medical care and home health care aides serve only as supplemental. Medicare will only pay for skilled care in the home for a limited time. HHAs provide pre-authorized amounts of personal care under professional supervision, however, so discontinue care when no longer justified. Because of the foregoing, private agencies offer non-certified service for custodial homebound care. Hiring a non-medical agency or caregiver can be other options when care through HHA is not permitted. At that time, the only option is to hire privately when skilled care is not necessary.AThese non-medical home care services must be paid for privately or through the patient's long term care insurance, if owned. Home health care permits patients to remain at home.