Try: Medicare part a provides home health coverage to be eligible for home health coverage under medicare part a the beneficiary must be unable to leave the home without significant assistance and must rarely leave the home except to obtain medical treatment the home health care must be established and periodically reviewed by a physician medicare part a home health covers several types of services including physical occupational and speech therapy medical supplies and durable medical equipment part-time or intermittent nursing care are also covered however medicare does not cover many of the basic types of care that seniors need to remain at home medicare does not cover 24 hour nursing care and services such as meal preparation or laundry medicare pays the entire cost of covered home health care on exception to this is the 20 co-payment on durable medical equipment wheelchair walkers or hospital beds _____ information references

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