Doctors Preferred Home Health

Home Health Agency

A public agency or private organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization, that is primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services and other therapeutic services, such as physical therapy, speech-language pathology services, or occupational therapy, medical social services, and home health aide services. It has policies established by a professional group associated with the agency or organization (including at least one physician and one registered nurse) to govern the services and provides for supervision of such services by a physician or a registered nurse; maintains clinical records on all patients; is licensed in accordance with State or local law or is approved by the State or local licensing agency as meeting the licensing standards, where applicable; and meets other conditions found by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be necessary for health and safety.

In Home Supportive Care Agency

An In Home Supportive Care Agency provides services in the patient's home with the goal of enabling the patient to remain at home. The services provided may include personal care services such as hands-on assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), e.g., eating, bathing, dressing, and bladder and bowel requirements; homemaker services and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), e.g., taking medications, shopping for groceries, laundry, housekeeping, and companionship; and/or supervision or cuing so that a person can perform tasks themselves.

• Aetna [Aetna Health Inc. (a FL corp.)]

• Aetna Better Health of Florida

• AmeriHealth Caritas Florida

• Beech Street Network

• CarePlus Health Plans [CarePlus Health Plans, Inc.]

• Coventry Health Care of Florida, Inc.

• Devoted Health

• Fallon Community Health Plan, Inc.

• Florida Blue [Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida]

• Florida Community Care

• Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey [Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc.]

• Humana [Humana Medical Plan, Inc.]

• Medicaid

• Medicare

• Simply Healthcare Plans, Inc.

• Sunshine Health

• UnitedHealthcare of Florida, Inc.

• Vivida Health Plan