US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-02, ch. 7, § 50.7
Part-Time or Intermittent Home Health Aide and Skilled Nursing
Services
(Rev. 1, 10-01-03)
A3-3119.7, HHA-206.7, A3-3119.7A, HHA-206.7A, A3-3119.7.B, HHA-206.7.B
Where a patient is eligible for coverage of home health services, Medicare covers either
part-time or intermittent home health aide services or skilled nursing services subject to
the limits below. The law at §1861(m) of the Act clarified: "the term "part-time or
intermittent services" means skilled nursing and home health aide services furnished any
number of days per week as long as they are furnished (combined) less than 8 hours each
day and 28 or fewer hours each week (or, subject to review on a case-by-case basis as to
the need for care, less than 8 hours each day and 35 or fewer hours each week).
History
(Rev. 1, 10-01-03)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
9cd0c5de0c2f453ae7524cb0e0f28839e9270194dadce6c22b3f4fd607ca4285
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