Home Health Services

(a) The following home health services shall be covered by MIP for one hundred (100) days per year when medically necessary and ordered by a licensed physician: (1) home health visits by licensed practitioner or home health aide; (2) prescribed medical supplies not otherwise available over the counter; and (3) intermittent equipment and appliances provided on a part-time or intermittent basis by a licensed home health agency within a recipient’s residence. (4) Standard Wheelchairs; (5) Walkers; (6) Crutches; (7) Standard Hospital Beds; (8) Bedside Rails; (9) Bedpans; (10) Oxygen Related Equipment. (b) Home Health Services Not Covered. The following home health agency services shall not be covered: (1) private duty nursing, domiciliary care or rest cures; and (2) unskilled services. (c) Limitations and Exclusions. All home health services are subject to the stated benefit limitations and exclusions outlined in § 2912 through § 2913. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 25-163:1 (Sept. 21, 2000),repealed/reenacted by P.L. 27-030:2 (Sept. 30, 2003). 2017 NOTE: This section was originally entitled “Voluntary Sterilization.” Added by P.L. 25-163:1, and repealed by 27-030:2.