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At 08:49 AM 6/2/97 -0400, Rita Weeks wrote: -snip- >Under the new definition, beneficiaries will be denied home health services >if: > they leave their home for more than 16 hours per month >...or more than five times per month... >or more than 3 hours at a time. >Absences for medical reasons will be allowed only when services CANNOT be >provided in the home. > For the most part, doctors no longer make house calls because this is a very ineffective use of their time. Penalizing a person for getting some medical care outside the home would appear to be driving that medical care back into the home, where it is less cost effective; and most likely it would drive the cost of health care up rather than down. Art Arthur Hirsch [] [log in to unmask] [] Lewisville, TX ____________________________________________ [ ] [ Always Remember This: ] [ Happiness Is Right, So Choose Happiness ] [____________________________________________]