Ohio Admin. Code 4123-6-38 - Payment for home health nursing services and home health aide services
(A)
Except as provided in rule
4123-6-38.1 of the
Administrative Code, home health nursing services and home health aide services
shall be provided by registered nurses or licensed practical nurses and home
health aides employed by a home health agency meeting the qualifications
specified in paragraph (C) of rule
4123-6-02.2 of the
Administrative Code.
(B)
Authorization for home health nursing services and home
health aide services.
(1)
Authorization for home health nursing services will be
considered only in cases where, as the result of an allowed injury or
occupational disease:
(a)
The injured worker is mentally or physically incapable
of independently performing activities of daily living; or
(b)
Home health
nursing services or home health aide services are ordered for discharge
follow-up or by a treating physician as part of a written treatment
plan.
(2)
The request for authorization from the physician of
record or treating physician must include a written treatment plan that
identifies the reason for home health nursing services or home health aide
services, the period of time the services will be needed, the specific services
needed, and the number of hours per day that are needed.
(3)
Authorization
must be obtained prior to rendering home health nursing services or home health
aide services, except in cases of emergency or where the injured worker's
allowed conditions could be endangered by the delay of
services.
(C)
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (D) of this
rule, only part-time or intermittent home health nursing services or home
health aide services will be authorized, in accordance with the written
treatment plan. Part-time or intermittent care means that total home health
nursing services and home health aide services do not exceed eight hours per
day.
(D)
When more than eight hours of total home health nursing
services or home health aide services are medically necessary, the bureau will
consider more appropriate alternative settings. In exceptional cases, the
bureau may authorize more than eight hours of total home health nursing
services or home health aide services when medically necessary and
appropriate.
(E)
Authorized home health aide services may include:
(1)
Bathing,
dressing, grooming, hygiene, including shaving, skin care, foot care, ear care,
hair, nail, and oral care needed to facilitate care or prevent deterioration of
the injured worker's health.
(2)
Feeding,
assistance with elimination including administering enemas (unless the skills
of a home health nurse are necessary), routine catheter care, routine colostomy
care, assistance with ambulation, changing position in bed, and assistance with
transfers.
(3)
Performing a selected nursing activity or task
delegated in accordance with Chapter 4723-13 of the Administrative Code and
performed as specified in the written treatment plan.
(4)
Assisting with
activities such as routine maintenance exercises and passive range of motion as
specified in the written treatment plan developed by either a licensed
therapist or a licensed registered nurse within their scope of practice. These
activities are directly supportive of skilled therapy services but do not
necessitate the skills of a therapist to be safely and effectively
performed.
(5)
Performing routine care of prosthetic and orthotic
devices.
(F)
Incidental services performed by a home health aide for
the injured worker, such as laundry, minor meal preparation, or light
housekeeping, are not direct health care services and will not be reimbursed,
except to the extent they are ancillary to providing direct health care
services. Incidental services may not extend the service hours provided, and
may only be performed for the injured worker, not other members of the
household.
(G)
The services of an adult day care facility meeting the
qualifications specified in paragraph (C) of rule
4123-6-02.2 of the
Administrative Code may be utilized in lieu of home health nursing services or
home health aide services. The hours of such adult day care facility services
will be included in the calculation of service hours referenced in paragraph
(C) of this rule.
(H)
A physical examination of the injured worker must be
conducted by the physician of record or treating physician no less than
annually to ensure that home health nursing services or home health aide
services, and the number of service hours requested, are medically necessary
and appropriate as a result of the allowed injury or occupational disease. In
extraordinary circumstances when an in-person physical examination is not
reasonably possible, BWC may accept a telemedicine visit with the physician of
record or treating physician.
(I)
Home health
agency providers must maintain records which fully document the extent of
services provided to each injured worker, in compliance with rule
4123-6-45.1 of the
Administrative Code. The bureau may request detailed hourly descriptions of
care delivered to an injured worker to review care needs, medical necessity and
appropriateness, and billing accuracy.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.30, 4121.31, 4121.44, 4121.441, 4123.05, 4123.66
Rule Amplifies: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.44, 4121.441, 4123.66
Prior Effective Dates: 2/12/1997, 2/14/2005, 2/1/2010, 7/1/2013, 11/13/2015
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