SOMC Home Health Services is the first Home Care in Scioto County and the first hospital-based agency in the state of Ohio. SOMC Home Health Services is a national leader in patient, physician and employee satisfaction.
Staffed by health professionals, SOMC Home Health Services include:
- Skilled nursing care
- Rehabilitation therapies
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
- Medical social services
- Palliative Care
- Home Infusion Therapy
- Home health aides
SOMC Home Health Services provides home and community based services to acutely and chronically ill patients across the life span. Services provided are deemed medically necessary for the treatment of an illness or injury and are physician-ordered. Services are provided seven days a week, 24 hours per day. Geographic service areas include Scioto, Lawrence, Adams and Pike Counties in Ohio as well as Greenup and Lewis counties in Kentucky.
Patients are accepted into Home Care based on a reasonable assessment that the scope of care required by the patient can be met by Home Care Services.
For More Information on SOMC Home Health Services:
The Home Care office is open Monday-Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm.
The direct referral lines to Intake are (740) 356-2729.
The main SOMC Home Health office number is (740) 356-5600 or call Toll Free at (800) 878-0878
Skilled nursing services are available 24/7 through an on-call mechanism.
The on-call nurse can be accessed via the SOMC switchboard at (740) 356-5000.
The direct referral line to intake is (740) 356-2735
Home Care practice patterns and standards are in accordance with the following guidelines:
- Medicare Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies (42CFR)
- The Joint Commission Standards for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations – the Accreditation Manual for Home Care (AMHC)
- State practice acts – Nursing, physical, speech and occupational therapies and medical social work
- Kentucky State licensure regulations for home care agencies
- SOMC policies, e.g. administrative and human resources
- SOMC Home Care Structure and Process Standards
Scope and Complexity of Patients’ Care
- Skilled Intermittent Services
- Skilled nursing care
- Physical, speech and occupational therapies
- Medical social services
- Home health aides
Palliative Care Program
Skilled care services are provided by an interdisciplinary team including the RN Case Manager and medical social worker. Other skilled disciplines may be consulted e.g. rehabilitation therapists, pharmacist, dietician or chaplain. Palliative care specializes in the relief of pain and symptom management associated with advanced stages of serious illness and chronic diseases. Palliative care may be provided at the same time as curative treatment. Palliative Care is NOT Hospice.
Who Is Eligible?
Patients who live in Scioto, Lawrence, Adams and Pike counties in Ohio as well as Greenup and Lewis counties in KY and whose physician orders skilled services are eligible. SOMC maintains a Home Care office in Vanceburg, KY located at 787 Fairlane Drive. Call (606) 796-0056.