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


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

> the following items and services furnished to an individual, who is under the care of a physician, by a home health agency or by others under arrangements with them made by such agency, under a plan (for furnishing such items and services to such individual) established and periodically reviewed by a physician, which items and services are, except as provided in paragraph (7), provided on a visiting basis in a place of residence used as such individual's home—


(1) part-time or intermittent nursing care provided by or under the supervision of a registered professional nurse

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

