Roots Home Health Services

What this costs you

If a doctor certifies the patient is homebound and needs skilled nursing or therapy, Medicare pays this agency directly and the patient pays nothing for the covered visits. Equipment is billed separately at 20% of the Medicare-approved amount. Home health does not pay for round-the-clock care, meals, or help with bathing and dressing on its own, those are the costs families are most often surprised by. Medicare spends 0.95× the national average per episode of care at this agency. That is what the federal government spends, not what a family pays, and it is not part of our grade.

From the HHCAHPS survey, which CMS sends to the agency's own patients after care. These are not online reviews and the agency cannot select who is asked. Percentages are the share who gave the best possible answer. 20% of those asked replied.

Services offered

• ✓ Skilled nursing care
• ✓ Physical therapy
• ✓ Occupational therapy
• ✓ Speech pathology
• ✓ Home health aide
• ✓ Medical social services

Published, and deliberately not graded on

Before weighting anything we checked which direction each CMS measure actually runs, by comparing it against the patient survey across every agency in the country. These did not survive that check. They are here because they are part of the public record, and out of the grade because scoring them would make our letters worse, not better.

Medicare spending per episode

0.95× the national average

A cost measure with no relationship to what patients reported. Left out of the grade.

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Questions families ask about Roots Home Health Services

Does Medicare pay for Roots Home Health Services?

Yes, if a doctor certifies the patient is homebound and needs intermittent skilled nursing or therapy. Medicare then pays Roots Home Health Services directly for covered home health visits and the patient pays nothing for them. Durable medical equipment is billed separately at 20% of the approved amount. Home health does not cover round-the-clock care, meals, or help with bathing and dressing on its own.

What do patients say about Roots Home Health Services?

In the CMS-run HHCAHPS survey, results were published and 90% of patients said they would definitely recommend it, from 8 completed surveys. The survey is sent by CMS, not by the agency, and the agency cannot choose who is asked.

What services does Roots Home Health Services provide?

CMS records this agency as offering skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, home health aide and medical social services. Which of them you actually receive depends on what the doctor writes into the plan of care.