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For a period typically 60 days or less, with physician orders, and after a procedure of some sort, Medicare will usually pay for up to 28 hours per week.\u00a0 \u00a0There are multiple requirements that need to be met.\u00a0 For long term private duty home care, most people pay out of pocket or use an existing long term care insurance policy.\u00a0 Long term care insurance is different than home medical insurance and is very costly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For a period typically 60 days or less, with physician orders, and after a procedure of some sort, Medicare will usually pay for up to 28 hours per week.\u00a0 \u00a0There are multiple requirements that need to be met.\u00a0 For long term private duty home care, most people pay out of pocket or use an existing long term care insurance policy.\u00a0 Long term care insurance is different than home medical insurance and is very costly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq"],"yoast_head":"\nDoes Medicare pay for home care? - Sutton In-Home Senior Care<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For a period typically 60 days or less, with physician orders, and after a procedure of some sort, Medicare will usually pay for up to 28 hours per week.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/suttoninhomeseniorcare.com\/elder-care\/does-medicare-pay-for-home-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does Medicare pay for home care? 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