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Home Respiratory Therapy
An integral part of the Cleveland Clinic Health System
About Home Respiratory Therapy: review our fact sheet (requires Adobe Reader)
The Comfort of Home
Home respiratory therapy can be a safe and effective alternative to inpatient care. If you’re like most people, you probably prefer to recover from or manage your condition in the comfort and privacy of your own home. When a skilled team of specialists provides home care, patients experience better outcomes.
The goal of home respiratory therapy is to provide quality care in a safe environment, so patients can maintain their independent lifestyles for as long as possible. Prior to starting home respiratory therapy, a thorough assessment is performed to ensure that the patient is an appropriate candidate for services and to determine if other home care services are needed.
About Home Respiratory Therapy
The Clinic’s home respiratory therapy service offers patients home oxygen, nebulizers and aerosol medications. We also provide the growing population of sleep apnea patients with CPAP and BiPAP equipment and supplies. Our products combine high quality with patient convenience and advanced technology.
Your Home Respiratory Therapists
Your home respiratory therapists are specially trained. Therapists are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for on-call service needs. They work closely with your doctor and other professionals involved in your care. The team routinely calls patients and monitors progress, compliance and safety throughout the course of therapy.
The Patients We Serve
Home Respiratory Therapy serves patients throughout the Cleveland Clinic Health System.Patients who require home respiratory therapy have diagnoses such as obstructive sleep apnea, chronic bronchitis, asthma and compromised heart function.
Service Areas
Our respiratory therapy professionals serve patients living in a seven-county area within northeastern Ohio.
Requesting Services
Home respiratory therapy services must be ordered by a physician and begin with a telephone call to 216/444-HOME (4663) or 800/263-0403.
At the time of referral and obtaining prescriptions, we will review your insurance coverage and let you know what benefits are available to you. Our start-of-care team is specially trained to offer a safe transition to home respiratory therapy services.
Paying for Care
Most major insurance companies cover home respiratory therapy. Medicare and Medicaid cover home respiratory services so long as qualifying criteria are met. For your convenience, our staff will contact your insurance carrier to determine exact coverage.
Why Choose The Cleveland Clinic?
Experience: Home Respiratory Therapy is backed by the resources of The Cleveland Clinic, which is consistently distinguished as one of the top hospitals in the United States.
Access
Patients and their families can reach service personnel and therapists 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Convenience
Our staff provides comprehensive respiratory therapy services, so that you don’t have to worry about your therapy needs. As part of our management service, we also serve as a liaison to physicians. What’s more, we directly bill insurance companies, Medicare and Medicaid for covered services.
Home Respiratory Therapy does not provide EMERGENCY CARE. In a MEDICAL EMERGENCY, call 911 or the local emergency number for your area.
For more information about home respiratory therapy, home health agency services, hospice, home infusion pharmacy or to make a referral, please call 216/444-HOME (4663) or 800/263-0403.
Cleveland Clinic Home Care Services
Home Respiratory Therapy
6801 Brecksville Road, Suite 10
Independence, OH 44131
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