A home health care nurse performs an initial visit to a client and determines that the client meets the criteria for services with Medicare reimbursement. The nurse understands that this service will be reimbursed for which period?

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The Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) pays an agency for a 60-day "episode of care." All services and many medical supplies must be provided under the payment amount adjusted to geographic location and determined by the client's clinical and functional status at the start of care, as well as the projected need for services over the anticipated 60-day period.

A Home Health Care Nurse Performs an Initial Visit to a Client