Physician receives, reviews, adjusts treatment, documents the plan in coordination with the care of the home health agency, and then bills for this subsequent plan adjustment. For initial certification, see home health plan certification .

Supplies and services provided to patients by health care professionals in a patient’s home. These individuals suffer from an injury, illness, or disabling condition or are terminally ill and require short- or long-term care. For Medicare to pay for the benefits, the services must be prescribed by a physician. Services consist of audiology, dental, medical supplies, part-time or intermittent skilled nursing care, nutrition counseling, occupational therapy, pediatric therapy, physical therapy, some rehabilitation equipment, social services, and speech-language pathology.
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Health care services provided by a licensed home health agency in the patient’s home.

Service provided at the place of residence of a patient by a professional health worker.

System in which the insurance company maintains all clients’ basic insurance agreement records at the home office.

Physician’s clinical documentation indicating that a patient’s residential use of oxygen is medically necessary.

Medically able individuals who have their own dialysis equipment at home and, after proper training, perform their own dialysis treatment alone or with the assistance of a helper.

Exclusive insurance agent who works for a home service company and who collects premiums and gives service at the policy-owner’s residence. He or she offers monthly debit life, health, and fire insurance products and products for which premiums are billed by and remitted directly to the insurance company. Some of the business may also be in industrial insurance.

Method used for individual insurance that hires agents to collect premiums and give service at the policy owner’s residence. The agent works in a defined geographical territory. See also home service agent .

Understanding of a manufacturer and a distributor in which an insurance company selects not to offer a certain product or product line but acts as a brokerage general agent for specific product lines manufactured by another insurer.