Medicare Home Health Independence Demonstration

Medicare's Home Health Independence Demonstration is being conducted in Colorado, Massachusetts, and Missouri for a two-year period. It provides home health benefits to certain people with permanent disabilities who meet all the conditions for the Medicare home health benefit, except that they are not considered homebound. By participating in this demonstration Medicare beneficiaries may be able to get important home health benefits, but still have the freedom to leave home to shop, visit family, volunteer in the community, or spend time out with friends without the risk of losing benefits. Participants do not have to pay any extra costs to be in the demonstration.

Questions?

For more information, please visit the Home Health Independence website (link opens new window) at: www.cms.hhs.gov/researchers/demos/homehealthindependence.asp.

The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC), the Medicare quality improvement organization for Colorado, prepared this material under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents do not necessarily reflect CMS Policy.