Expert medical care at home
With home health care at Marshfield Clinic Health System, you can heal in the comfort of your home. We help patients of all ages manage their health needs without hospitalization.
Partner with our experts to improve your quality of life and find personalized products and services.
Home health can help:
- Allow you to remain living independently
- Manage your individual health needs
- Save money on medical and travel costs
- Save time and the inconvenience of frequent travel to medical centers
- Shorten or even eliminate hospital or nursing home stays
Our services focus on supporting you and addressing your unique health needs from the comfort of your home.
We offer:
- Diet and nutrition
- IV therapy
- Lymphedema therapy
- Medical social work
- Personal care
- Rehabilitation therapy – physical, occupational and speech therapy
- Respiratory therapy
- Skilled nursing care
- Wound and ostomy care
If you need rehabilitation and therapy care, our team of specialists will help you recover from home with physical, occupational and speech therapy. We offer support and expertise that help you reach your fullest potential.
Your home health team
Our home health care specialists provide experienced, knowledgeable care to meet your needs.
Our team includes:
- Companions
- Home health aides
- Housekeepers
- Nurses
- Personal care attendants
Home health FAQ
What is home health care?
Home health care is in-home medical care. Home health care services are provided by an experienced, knowledgeable team of specialists who help patients with a wide range of medical needs.
What is the difference between medical and nonmedical in-home services?
Medical in-home services include medication management, rehabilitation services, social work, wound care and other medical treatments. Your doctor will typically order this type of care for you.
Nonmedical in-home services include meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping and companionship. A home health care aide helps with a patient’s daily needs and can be hired privately or through an agency.
Who qualifies for home health care services?
If you’ve experienced one or more of the scenarios below, you may qualify for home health care services:
- Trouble leaving your house or the inability to leave AND you have a new medical diagnosis, such as congestive heart failure or diabetes
- A change in your condition or worsening of symptoms
- A new medication that you are unfamiliar with and need help managing
- Recent hospitalization or discharge from a skilled nursing center
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Do I need a referral?
Yes, but we can help. Ask your medical provider for a referral or contact your local Marshfield Clinic in-home medical agency.
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Does Medicare cover in-home medical services?
Medicare covers in-home medical services at 100% when certain conditions are met and care is prescribed by a physician. Read more about Medicare coverage for home health services.
Payment options:
- Long-term care insurance only covers home health care if it’s part of your existing plan
- Medicare Advantage programs and most private insurance plans cover home health care but may require a copay
- VA benefits cover home health care
- Private pay if you don’t have insurance coverage or for nonmedical in-home services
Learn more about the senior care and services Medicare covers.
Who needs in-home medical services?
In-home medical services benefit those who are at risk of falling, need support due to recent injuries or have a chronic medical condition.
Learn more about choosing home health care services.
Home health locations
Dickinson - Marshfield Medical Center
Iron Mountain, Michigan 49801
Marshfield Medical Center – Rice Lake Home Health & Hospice
Rice Lake, Wisconsin 54868