Best Guidelines For Home Healthcare Medical Billing And Coding

January 18, 2024, Ensure MBS

Home healthcare is about providing medical care to the patient when he cannot visit the hospital. This usually happens when patients cannot leave their homes due to illness, surgery, injury, or a chronic health issue. The main goal of providing a Home Health Facility is to keep the patient healthy under severe circumstances. It has been observed that Medicare, Medicaid, and other insurance companies often cover these types of services. However, there are some rules and regulations in providing such services because any failure to comply with these regulations makes the medical billing and claim reimbursement process very complex.

In order to qualify for a Home healthcare facility, there are specific rules. For instance, the patient must be home bound, which means he should only be able to visit the hospital with help. There is a team of professionals who declare the patient Home bound and make him eligible to provide Home healthcare. If the patient is unable to leave home, it is not possible to make essential things like appointments, religious activities, or family events. All these matters are discussed carefully before declaring a patient is Home bound. Read More...

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