### Question
How does HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED define post-institutional home health services?


### Answer
Under *42 U.S.C. § 1395x*, **post-institutional home health services** is defined as:

> home health services furnished to an individual—


(A) after discharge from a hospital or critical access hospital in which the individual was an inpatient for not less than 3 consecutive days before such discharge if such home health services were initiated within 14 days after the date of such discharge

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 1395x*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 7-SOCIAL SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER XVIII-HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED > Part E-Miscellaneous Provisions**

