What is Bluegrass Home Health Care?
Bluegrass Home Health Care is a range of services offered wherever you call home, that support you as you recover from an injury or illness or seek to manage a chronic condition. Our goal is to help you maintain your highest level of ability or health or learn to live at your best with a disability or long-term condition. We do this through a range of medical services provided in the home according to a care plan tailored specifically to your needs and goals.
Services We Provide
Skilled Nursing is provided by a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) with training and experience in providing care in the home. The nurse communicates frequently with your physician/practitioner to update your plan of care. Services may include evaluation of your specific needs, provision of skilled nursing services (including patient and family education), and coordination of services with your physician/practitioner and other health care team members.
Home Health Aide services are delivered under the supervision of a registered nurse or licensed therapist and are provided when you need part-time assistance with personal care. Typical duties include bathing, shampooing hair, changing bed linens and assisting with other activities of daily living. If you are a Medicare patient and wish for additional services, you may qualify for other programs or pay privately for those services.
Medical Social Services are provided by a Medical Social Worker. Services may include short-term counseling services, referral to and coordination with community resources and assistance with living arrangements, finances and long-range planning.
Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Services are provided by a licensed therapist or licensed therapy assistant under the direction of the therapist. Your therapist will provide specific information about the services and treatments you will receive.
Home and Community Based Waiver Services are provided to those persons who are eligible based on specific criteria. These services can include: homemaker services, respite care, case management and minor home adaptations.
Outpatient Supplies may be required to carry out your plan of care. All medical supplies must be coordinated with the home health agency while you are receiving Medicare covered home health services. If you arrange for these services or supplies on your own while under our plan of care, Medicare will not reimburse you and you may be responsible for the charges.
Eligibility for Bluegrass Home Health Care
We accept payment for services from Medicare, Medicaid, workers' compensation, private insurance or private pay. Some insurers may limit the number and type of home care visits that they will pay for and may require pre-certification and/or co-payments.
Our agency will bill Medicare and Medicaid for our services on your behalf. We will accept Medicare assigned payment as payment in full for the services we provide as long a