While a home health nurse is making the entry to a service assessment on a home-bound patient, the spouse of the patient asks whether Medicare will cover the patient's ventilator therapy and insulin injections
What is the best response by the nurse? a. "Yes, Medicare will cover both the venti-lator therapy and the insulin injections."
b. "No, Medicare will not cover either of these ongoing therapies."
c. "Medicare will cover the ventilator thera-py, but it does not cover the insulin injec-tions."
d. "Medicare will cover the ongoing insulin therapy, but it does not cover a highly technical skill such as ventilator therapy."
C
Medicare will cover skilled nursing tasks such as ventilator therapy, but common tasks that can be taught to the family or the patient are not covered.
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