Home Health Agency
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About this specialty
A public agency or private organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization, that is primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services and other therapeutic services, such as physical therapy, speech-language pathology services, or occupational therapy, medical social services, and home health aide services. It has policies established by a professional group associated with the agency or organization (including at least one physician and one registered nurse) to govern the services and provides for supervision of such services by a physician or a registered nurse; maintains clinical records on all patients; is licensed in accordance with State or local law or is approved by the State or local licensing agency as meeting the licensing standards, where applicable; and meets other conditions found by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be necessary for health and safety.
Source: CFR42 Chapter IV Part 484, http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_99/42cfr484_99.html [7/1/2007: definition added, source added]
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| VNA HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE | SOUTH PORTLAND, ME | $213,850 |
| SWEETWATER COUNTY DISTRICT BOARD OF HEALTH | ROCK SPRINGS, WY | $94,441 |
| EHS HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICE INC | OAK BROOK, IL | $73,369 |
| VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE OF LITCHFIELD COUNTY INC | WINSTED, CT | $54,446 |
| COUNTY OF GREENE | CARROLLTON, IL | $42,847 |
| DESCANSO HOME HEALTH SERVICES | COVINA, CA | $31,496 |
| JAMES DANIELS, OTR | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $31,148 |
| PERRY COUNTY GOVERNMENT | PINCKNEYVILLE, IL | $25,900 |
| VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF THE TREASURE COAST INC | VERO BEACH, FL | $18,659 |
| VNA COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES, INC. | VAN WERT, OH | $10,246 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.