Home Health

What is home health?

Home health provides you with medical assistance and rehabilitation therapy in your home.

You will receive care from skilled professionals, including registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers and nursing aides.

Home health can help you with:

• Chronic disease management
• Complex health challenges that make travel to and from appointments difficult
• Managing chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes or respiratory conditions
• Managing medications
• Recovery from surgeries or hospital stays
• Rehab therapy using physical, occupational or speech therapy
• Skilled nursing care – medical assessments, medication administration and vital sign monitoring
• Wound care

Why you might need home health

Good Samaritan’s approach to home health centers around you and providing the care you need to so you can avoid a hospital stay or moving to a rehab center. Our team works directly with you, your family and your physicians to develop a care plan tailored to your needs. This personalized model focuses on your rehabilitation and health goals.

It can make all the difference to be able to recover in your home after an illness or injury. It can also be more comfortable to manage ongoing health conditions at home.

In-home healthcare provides compassionate, professional support to people who need medical care, but wish to stay independent and continue to live the life they love.

Who qualifies for home health?

You can rely on Good Samaritan to help you coordinate eligibility with your physician and determine which payment options will cover the services and care you need in your home.

There are six ways you can pay for home healthcare, including:

1. Long-term care insurance
2. Medicaid
3. Medicare
4. Private health insurance
   
5. Private pay
6. Veterans Affairs benefits

To receive Medicare coverage for healthcare services in your home, the following conditions must be met:

• You’re enrolled in Medicare
• You’re seeing a doctor for the condition that requires home care services
• Your doctor says you need intermittent skilled nursing care, physical therapy, speech therapy or occupational therapy because of an illness or injury
• You’ve seen a physician within the last 90 days or within 30 days of the start of home healthcare services, or you’ve been seen in an acute or post-acute setting by a physician who has admitting and treating privileges in that location
• Your physician certifies that you are homebound, meaning you cannot leave your home due to your injury or illness, or that leaving your home is a taxing effort that requires assistance

If these criteria are met, Medicare may cover intermittent or part-time care. Generally, the care must be provided fewer than seven days a week, or fewer than eight hours a day. If requested by your doctor, Medicare may cover some exceptions for additional care.

Learn more about how to pay for home health.

The Good Samaritan difference

When you welcome Good Samaritan home health professionals into your home, you receive care built on trust, respect and genuine connection. Our team is committed to supporting your health journey every step of the way, with a focus on comfort, safety and quality of life.

We believe that home is more than a place – it’s a foundation for healing, independence and peace. With the right in-home healthcare, you or your loved one can face health challenges with confidence, knowing support is never far away.

If you’d like to learn more about how home health can help you remain safe, independent and confident at home, connect with our team. We are here to walk alongside you every step of the way.

Make a referral

When it comes to referring your patients to a home healthcare provider, quality matters. We are devoted to helping people successfully live in their homes for as long as possible.

Our team of nurses, therapists and specially trained aides supports patients physically, emotionally and spiritually.

If your patients have experienced the following, we can provide customized, supportive in-home medical care:

• Asthma, COPD/emphysema
• Broken limbs
• Congestive heart failure/hypertension
• Diabetes
• Falls that led to an injury
• Joint replacement or surgery
• Parkinson’s disease
• Stroke

We’re your partner for home healthcare.

Refer your patient today.

If you are a patient: Ask your medical provider for a home health referral or contact our home health team and we can call them on your behalf.

Find a home health location near you

Good Samaritan's home health teams provide an unprecedented level of quality service, compassionate care and range of services to ensure you enjoy a carefree, fulfilling lifestyle that is tailored to your needs.

Learn more about our home health locations:

• Colorado
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Minnesota
• Nebraska
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Wisconsin