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 Home Health Agencies provide health care services to ill, disabled, or vulnerable individuals in their homes or places of residence, enabling them to live as independently as possible.
Home Health Services include:
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Nursing Services
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Home Health Aide Services
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Physical Therapy Services
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Occupational Therapy Services
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Speech Therapy Services
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Medical Social Work Services
All Home Health Agencies (HHAs) in Pennsylvania are licensed by the Department of Health to provide care within the minimum health and safety standards established by rules and regulations. The Department enforces the standards by conducting initial and periodic, unannounced state licensure surveys of these agencies.
Medicare may pay for services provided by HHAs that voluntarily seek and are approved for certification by the Federal Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS contracts with the Department of Health to evaluate compliance with the federal home health regulations by conducting an initial federal certification survey and periodic, unannounced certification surveys of these agencies in addition to their state licensure surveys.
Medicare-certified HHAs are required to conduct comprehensive assessments of all patients (initially and at regularly scheduled intervals) and participate in the federal program Outcome Assessment Information Set (OASIS). The HHAs electronically submit OASIS health information on Medicare patients to measure patient outcomes for quality improvement.
For information on Home Health Agencies in your area, click here to select the agencies by county, city, zip code, or name, then click on "submit".
Please click here for a listing of frequently asked questions.
Annual Data Collection Reports for Pennsylvania Home Health Agencies are available by clicking here.
Helpful Links
Click here for the updated Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act. The MCARE Act document is accessible by using Adobe Reader software. If you need the free viewer, click here to download it.
Click here for the Patient Safety Plan and Procedures Form.
Thank you for your interest in Pennsylvania Home Health Agencies and the Division of Home Health.
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