HOME CARE SERVICES. Home Care Services means those services provided under a home care plan authorized by a physician including full-time, part-time, or intermittent care by a licensed nurse or home health aide (certified nursing assistant) for patient care and including, as authorized by a physician, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, and speech therapy. Home care services include laboratory services and private duty nursing for a patient whose medical condition requires more skilled nursing than intermittent visiting nursing care. Home care services include personal care services, such as assisting the client with personal hygiene, dressing, feeding, transfer and ambulatory needs. Home care services also include homemaking services that are incidental to the client’s health needs such as making the client’s bed, cleaning the client’s living area, such as bedroom and bathroom, and doing the client’s laundry and shopping. Homemaking services are only covered when the member also needs personal care services. Home care services do not include respite care, relief care, or day care.
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Samples: Medicaid Managed Care Services Agreement, Medicaid Managed Care Services Agreement, Medicaid Managed Care Services Agreement
