...individual is confined to his home (except when receiving outpatient services) ; and 2. The individual is in need of skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis or physical or speech therapy ; and 3. The services are needed to treat a condition for which the beneficiary received inpatient...

...appliances, and the medical services of residents and interns. Since the patient must be certified as needing skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis or physical or speech therapy in order to qualify for home health benefits, payment may be made for these other home health services...

...limiting what might become an important health resource. Since the patient must be certified as needing skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis or physical or speech therapy in order to qualify for home health benefits under Parts A and B, the definition of skilled nursing...

...be limited to those individuals who are confined to their homes, under the care of a physician, and in need of skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis or physical or speech therapy. Visiting nurse services, on the other hand, hare been geared to meeting the social, emotional, and...

...certifies, when establishing the plan of treatment, that the patient is essentially homebound and requires skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis or physical or speech therapy. The physician recertifies at least once every 2 months that these factors are still applicable. Under the...

...appliances, and the medical services of residents and interns. Since the patient must be certified as needing skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis or physical or speech therapy in order to qualify for home health benefits, payment may be made for these other home health services...

...services which requires that before an individual may qualify for another service, he first must need skilled nursing care on an Intermittent basis, or physical or speech therapy. We propose that while a home health agency be required to have available these professional services,...

...services which requires that before an individual may qualify for another service, he first must need skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis, or physical or speech therapy. We propose that while a home health agency be required to have available these professional services,...

...services which requires that before an individual may qualify for another service, he first must need skilled nursing care on an Intermittent basis, or physical or speech therapy. We propose that while a home health agency be required to have available these professional services,...

...When prescribing a course of home health care, the physician must certify that the patient "needed skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis, or physical or speech therapy...."** Another cost control device is the requirement that each participating hospital and nursing home evaluate...