Homecare Update

(From the July 2024 Issue of MedStat)

Delivering HME Supplies to All 88 Counties

Home Medical Equipment (HME) supplies are available to pediatric patients throughout Ohio. HME provides everything from aerosol equipment to formula, enteral pumps and supplies, wound dressings, and incontinence supplies. The only HME equipment currently not available outside Homecare’s primary nine-county service area is phototherapy. This is due to Joint Commission regulations, which require a Homecare HME technician to provide evaluation and setup in the patient’s home. The HME team is piloting some options to allow for the expansion of delivering phototherapy equipment to all of Ohio’s 88 counties. See the updated HME fact sheet in this month’s mailing for more information.

To initiate a referral, call Homecare at (614) 355-1100 or (800) 466-2727. Providers need to sign and complete a physician order via Epic, or for those not on Epic, a referral form is available on our Professionals page at NationwideChildrens.org/Homecare.

Homecare's updated service area map notes new areas of expansion for many of its services. Therapy Services provides care to pediatric patients in Delaware, Fairfield and Franklin counties. In addition to Homecare’s primary nine-county referral area, the Intermittent Skilled Nursing team is accepting referrals for patients living in Knox and Muskingum counties. Intermittent Skilled Nursing and Therapy Services are now provided to pediatric patients in the Toledo counties of Lucas, Wood and Hancock. Homecare has a satellite office in Toledo to provide those specific services.

For questions regarding any Homecare services or programs, email Carolyn.Figi@NationwideChildrens.org.