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Home Health Agency

What is an Agency to Provide Nursing in the home?

“Agency to provide nursing in the home” means any person or governmental organization which provides in the home, through its employees or by contractual arrangement with other persons, skilled nursing and assistance and training in health and housekeeping skills.

The term does not include:

  • A provider of community-based living arrangement services during any period in which the provider of community-based living arrangement services is engaged in providing community-based living arrangement services; or
  • A provider of supported living arrangement services during any period in which the provider of supported living arrangement services is engaged in providing supported living arrangement services.

COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention Best Practices

The guidance document linked below is intended for organizations that have health care workers (licensed and unlicensed staff) and personal caregivers who provide care to individuals at their home residence or community-based settings. It provides general infection prevention and control guidance in relation to prevention of COVID-19 transmission.

Find a licensed home health agency

To find the full list of licensed dialysis centers in Nevada, read the instructions below and then click the button.

  • Select "Health Facilities" from the "Business Unit" menu.
  • Select "Agency to Provide Nurshing in the Home" from the "Credential Type" menu.
  • Click "Search" to view the list or "Generate Excel" to ge the list in a spreadsheet 

File a complaint

To file a complaint against a home health agency, call 1-800-225-3414.

Licensing and Applications

To apply for a license to operate a home health agency, you must complete the following:

Federal Regulations

Certification Applications

To apply for CMS certification as a home health agency, you must provide the following:

Informal Dispute Resolutions (IDR) 

Administrative Review Policy for Medical Facilities

Informal Dispute Resolutions (IDR) must be offered to skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities and home health agencies in the course of the recertification process whenever deficiencies are cited. IDR must be offered for all deficiencies regardless of the severity and scope scores or condition level deficiencies.

An IDR process will not be offered to facility types other than skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities and home health agencies. Other facility types will have an opportunity to request a hearing on appeal for deficiencies identified in a sanction notice and the prehearing will allow opportunity for informal resolution.