Home Care and Domiciliary Care Visits

APN/PA Visits to Patients Residing in Various Places of Service

Medicare covers Advance Practice Nurses (APN) and Physician Assistants (PA) Evaluation and Management (E/M) services provided to patients residing in various places of service. These include:

• Domiciliary, Rest Home (e.g., Boarding Home) or Custodial Care Services, and Residential Substance Abuse Facility services;
  
  
• Home Services (e.g., a private residence); and
  
  
• Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), Nursing Facility (NF), Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF) and Long Term Care Facilities (LTCF), including Intermediate Care Facilities for Mentally Retarded and Psychiatric Residential Treatment Centers.