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Certified Home Health Care Agencies

Generated from the delivery-benefits catalog. It lists what the owner record states. It is not an eligibility decision; confirm current rules with the program.

CHHAs provide part-time, intermittent health care and support services to people who need intermediate and skilled health care.

  • Owner record: ny/certified-home-health-agencies-home-health
  • Jurisdiction code: NY
  • Frame: care_recipient
  • Review by: 2026-11-28
  • Authority: New York State Department of Health
  • Also called: CHHAs; Certified Home Health Agencies

Offering 1: home_health_services

Certified Home Health Agencies (CHHAs) provide part-time, intermittent health care and support services to individuals who need intermediate and skilled health care. CHHAs can also provide long-term nursing and home health aide services, can help patients determine the level of services they need, and can either provide or arrange for other services including physical, occupational, and speech therapy, medical supplies and equipment, and social worker and nutrition services.

  • Availability (owner codes): {"intake": "unknown", "type": "unknown"}

Conditions:

  • The owner record does not yet state this offering's conditions. Check them with the program.

Access route 1.1

  • Where: Referrals to CHHAs
  • How: Referrals to CHHAs may come from sources including physicians or hospital discharge planners, or the patient can look for visiting nurse providers in the phone book.

Access route 1.2

  • Where: New York State CHHA directory
  • How: Search the New York State CHHA directory.
  • Url: https://profiles.health.ny.gov/home_care/counties_served?type=CHHA

Evidence

  • /name: "# Certified Home Health Care Agencies" (source, capture 9e2b02c1cf8c39ed239634de2726f4ea680b5ff50a6f198573fc5bd46b782574)
  • /authority: "CHHAs/LTHHCPs provide part time, intermittent, skilled services which are of a preventative, therapeutic, rehabilitative, health guidance and/or supportive nature to persons at home. Home health services include: nursing services; home health aide services; medical supplies, equipment and appliances suitable for use in the home; and at least one additional service that may include physical therapy; occupational therapy; speech pathology; nutritional services; and medical social services. Services provided by CHHAs/LTHHCPs may be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid, private payment, and commercial health insurers. The NYS Department of Health is responsible for monitoring the care provided by CHHAs/LTHHCPs." (source, capture 872007ec4b00a5c1a4812a26525facf5396a5d6a3a2cb908db82d40f56c1d3d1)
  • /caregiving_effect: "Certified Home Health Agencies (CHHAs) provide part-time, intermittent health care and support services to people who need intermediate and skilled health care." (source, capture 46116140c2bc5183b3582ec2a4d3bceed88f20e5ebeb7b549e1c9e5ae49e2df4)
  • /offerings/0/summary: "* Certified Home Health Agencies (CHHAs) provide part-time, intermittent health care and support services to individuals who need intermediate and skilled health care.\n* CHHAs can also provide long-term nursing and home health aide services, can help patients determine the level of services they need, and can either provide or arrange for other services including physical, occupational, and speech therapy, medical supplies and equipment, and social worker and nutrition services." (source, capture 9e2b02c1cf8c39ed239634de2726f4ea680b5ff50a6f198573fc5bd46b782574)
  • /offerings/0/access/0: "Referrals to CHHAs may come from sources including physicians or hospital discharge planners, or the patient can look for visiting nurse providers in the phone book." (source, capture 9e2b02c1cf8c39ed239634de2726f4ea680b5ff50a6f198573fc5bd46b782574)
  • /offerings/0/access/1: "* Home Care Image 4\n * Search by Region/County\n * Search by Service\n * Search Alphabetically\n * Search for CHHA\n * Search for LHCSA\n * Search for LTHHCP\n * Search by Enforcements\n * Compare Home Care Agencies\n * About Home Care Services\n * Methodology\n * Printable Directory of All Home Care Agencies" (source, capture 872007ec4b00a5c1a4812a26525facf5396a5d6a3a2cb908db82d40f56c1d3d1)