Mary Huckabaa Nov 3, 2016 a 2:58 pm PDT

Missing from the regulations and guidelines are any limits to home health care. When you have an injured worker who needs 24/7 'roun the clock care, when does it become more reasonable to place that patient in a care facility at a cost of no more than $10k / month, instead of 24/7 HHC by 2 at a time providers @ $15-$20 per hour. Let's see $20/hr x 24 hrs x 30 days = $14,400 per month. x 2 providers = almost $30,000 a month. NOT including medical services, medications, etc..

At some point, there has to be a limit.

If Home Health Care services had not be abused over the last few decades, by patients who need 'temporary' HHC service post surgery or in the acute phases of treatments, that turn into lifetime housekeepers, gardeners, and 'friends' to sit with them 24/7, this would not be a problem.

Like everything else, a few abusers have created a nightmare in the system.