FAQs

Home Health Care is a collection of service disciplines for individuals to receive both long-term and short-term skilled home health care and/or personal home health care in the comfort of their home.

This is one of the most basic questions that confuses most of potential home health patients. Skilled Home Health Care requires the individual to be under the care of a physician. The physician needs to prescribe orders for service disciplines needed for an individual’s care. For Starworld Home Health, Skilled Home Health skilled disciplines are Skilled Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Medical Social Worker and Certified Home Health Aide. Conceptually, to some extent, skilled home health care can be looked as an extension of some care provided at establishments like hospitals or skilled nursing facilities. All skilled home health care are provided by fully trained and California licensed medical professionals.

Personal Home Health Care Services are supportive services that do not require medical treatments and/or therapies. Some examples of Personal Home Health Care Services are meal preparation, grooming, grocery shopping, and light housekeeping.

Skilled home health care and personal home health care can be both offered to our patients, simultaneously.

As mentioned, patients looking for Skilled Home Health Care will need to be under the care of a physician. In order to start receiving Skilled Home Health Care, we will need a physician’s orders (and supporting medical documentation – H&P) for the skilled services. In addition, we will need to verify insurance eligibility.

For Personal Home Health Care being covered by insurance, the Personal Home Health Care services will need to be authorized by the insurance. For Personal Home Health Care being covered as out of pocket cost, we can start as needed.

SKILLED HOME HEALTH CARE: Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Care, Private Insurance and Private Payors all typically cover Skilled Home Health Care. Skilled Home Health Care must be ordered by a physician.

PERSONAL HOME HEALTH CARE: Typically, insurances that cover Personal Home Health Care are Long Term Care Insurance and Workers Compensation. Starworld Home Health also accepts out of pocket pay for these services.