The estimated number of Medicare enrollees relying on certified home health agencies declined in recent years as funding for the service slipped and a new cottage industry of in-home care blossomed.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Home health care services are a valuable Medicare benefit that provides a wide variety of part-time or intermittent in-home skilled nursing care, therapy and other aid to ...