Make the most of Medicare home health benefits
RubyWell helps families navigate the Medicare home health benefit.
So your homebound loved one can get the covered care they may be entitled to.
How RubyWell helps families
We make it easier for eligible homebound adults to access Medicare-covered home health services, giving family caregivers the care partners you need.
Support where none existed
If you're caring for a homebound family member or friend, you may not have to do it all alone. Patients and their families love the support that RubyWell is helping them access.
Better health outcomes, lower costs
According to Medicare’s own data, home health care can keep homebound adults out of the hospital. That means families save money and time.
Home health care leads to better patient outcomes and lower costs
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Tech you can trust
We take your privacy and safety seriously. Our systems keep your information secure and protect against fraud, waste, and abuse. We meet all HIPAA requirements and are SOC 2 Type 2 certified, so you can feel confident your data is in good hands.
FAQs for Families
Home health care includes a range of medical and therapeutic services delivered in a patient’s home. Its goal is to promote, maintain, or restore health; slow a patient’s decline; or to help manage the effects of illness, injury, or disability.
Home health services are typically provided to patients whose health conditions make it difficult, impossible, or unsafe to leave their homes. They’re designed to ensure patients receive necessary care in a comfortable, familiar environment, out of hospitals or skilled nursing facilities.
Many aging adults prefer to receive care in their own homes over moving into a nursing home. And studies show that older adults who receive home health care cost Medicare 25%-59% less than those who have similar health conditions but don’t receive home health care.
Home health care services commonly include:
- Skilled nursing care (such as wound care, medication administration, and health monitoring)
- Physical, occupational, and speech therapy
- Medical social services
- Patient and caregiver education
- Assistance with daily activities (bathing, dressing, grooming) by home health aides when combined with skilled care
- Intravenous or nutrition therapy, injections, and other medical treatments
Medicare covers home health services for beneficiaries who are homebound, at risk for future hospitalizations, and need assistance with activities of daily living (bathing, toileting, continence, dressing, eating, transferring).
Medicare considers a person homebound if both of these statements are true:
- You rarely leave home and when you do, it's just for short appointments or special events.
- Leaving home is difficult due to shortness of breath, pain, limited stamina, or other reasons.
And one of these statements is true:
- You require an assistive device (e.g., wheelchair, walker, crutches, cane), special transportation, or personal assistance to leave home due to illness/injury.
- Your doctor has recommended that you not leave home because of their condition.
RubyWell’s customers are home health agencies. They pay us for the use of our technology that helps identify Medicare beneficiaries in their community who are eligible for home health services and streamlines their patient onboarding process. This allows us to offer our home health eligibility and care navigation services to families for free.
Increase your census with Medicare patients
RubyWell helps Medicare-certified home health agencies identify patients who meet criteria as underserved community referrals, and streamlines the onboarding process.
How RubyWell helps home health agencies
Our technology allows Medicare-certified home health agencies to identify and compliantly treat chronically ill patients.
Increase your census with Medicare patients
An estimated 12 million Medicare beneficiaries are eligible for home health benefits, but only 4 million are receiving them. RubyWell helps eligible chronic patients on Original Medicare find their way to you.
Better health outcomes, lower costs
According to Medicare’s own data, families, healthcare providers, and Medicare win when eligible patients receive medically necessary home health services.
Medicare spending for non-home health users vs. home health users with similar conditions and risk factors
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Tech you can trust
RubyWell protects against fraud, waste, and abuse with rigorous audit practices. And we’re committed to maintaining the highest standards of security and data protection. As part of this commitment, RubyWell complies with HIPAA regulations and is SOC 2 Type 2 certified.
FAQs for Partners
RubyWell reaches family caregivers of aging adults via advertising campaigns, organic content creation, and partnerships like NCOA and CAN. Our messaging shares information about the Medicare home health benefit and how we can help eligible patients access it. Families then choose to connect with us to learn more, check their loved one’s eligibility, and pursue care options.
We require the patient to share their Medicare ID number or photo of their Medicare ID card. We then run that information through a secure, third party insurance verification system called Stedi.
Our questionnaire asks several questions regarding the patient's mobility and the level of assistance they need to leave their home. We also ask how often they leave the home, and if their doctor has advised them not to leave home due to their health condition. Our information is verified on a follow-up phone call with every patient.