3 Section
Eligibility & Coverage
Homebound status, skilled need, face-to-face, and certification periods.
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3.1Homebound Status — What Actually Qualifies
The two-criteria test, what counts as an allowed absence, and how to document homebound status on every single visit.
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3.2Skilled Need — The Coverage Test
What makes a service skilled, what does not, and why "why home health and why now" is the question behind every visit.
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3.3The Face-to-Face Encounter
Who can perform the face-to-face, the timing window, what the documentation has to show, and the mistake that invalidates an otherwise good encounter.