Could a nurse or therapist visit at home?
Learn the basic requirements for receiving home health care, including what “homebound” means.
See if home health may be an option →Coming home? Bring skilled recovery care with you.
OHH brings nursing and therapy to eligible patients after surgery, injury, or illness—with Missouri's only orthopedic-focused home health team.
Have a discharge list? You have the right to choose your Medicare-certified home health agency.
Need care at home—or need to refer a patient?
Choose the option that fits your situation. If you’re not sure whether home health is right, call us. We serve 48 Central Missouri counties and will help you understand the next step.
What help is available after surgery or illness?
See how nurses and therapists can help with walking, medications, daily activities, and recovery at home.
See what care at home can include →Healthcare providers: Need to refer a patient?
Send a secure referral, fax it, or call. We respond within one business hour during weekday office hours.
Refer a patient →Nursing and therapy at home.
Our clinicians follow your provider's order and help you practice the care plan where daily life happens—at home.
SNSkilled NursingA registered nurse brings skilled care to your home, watches for changes, teaches you and your family, and keeps your doctor informed.PTPhysical TherapyPhysical therapy helps you move more safely and confidently in the place where daily movement matters most—your home.OTOccupational TherapyOccupational therapy focuses on the tasks that make a day work: dressing, bathing, preparing food, managing routines, and moving safely through the home.STSpeech TherapySpeech therapy helps patients communicate, think, and swallow more safely after an illness, injury, procedure, or change in health.MSMedical Social WorkCurrently not availableA medical social worker helps patients and families understand resources, plan for practical needs, and work through barriers that can make recovery harder.HAHome Health AidesCurrently not availableHome health aides provide personal-care support that is ordered within a skilled home health plan and supervised by the clinical team.
Help for the first days back home.
New medications, unfamiliar equipment, and difficult steps can make the first days home challenging. OHH nurses and therapists help patients and families understand and follow the ordered care.
The Home Stretch brings focused orthopedic nursing and therapy to eligible patients after joint replacement, fracture, or spine procedures. The team works from the provider's order and turns it into practical care at home.
The Home Stretch
One coordinated plan for the movements, medications, routines, and questions that begin at the front door.
See what care may includeLocal care across Central Missouri.
Orthopaedic & Medical Home Health is locally owned and serves 48 Central Missouri counties. Our team reviews the referral, checks the service address and coverage, answers the family's questions, and tells the provider what is still needed. Our office is at 200 S. Keene St, Suite A in Columbia.
48counties in the service area
8–5weekday office hours
6home health disciplines
What happens after a referral.
We explain what is ready, what is missing, and what happens next.
Ask
Start before discharge if you can
Call us, request a callback, or ask the provider to send the referral. Families may call even before all the paperwork is ready.
Review
We check the referral
Our team checks the order, home address, coverage, eligibility, and staffing. If something is missing, we say exactly what it is.
Schedule
We arrange the first visit
Care is usually started within 48 hours, or as ordered by your physician. We contact the patient or family to schedule the visit.
Visit
Care begins at home
The clinician evaluates the ordered needs, teaches the patient and family, and coordinates progress with the provider.
Questions families ask before the first call.
What is skilled home health?
Skilled home health brings ordered nursing, therapy, medical social work, or aide services to an eligible patient at home. It is intermittent clinical care, not round-the-clock companion care.
Who can refer someone to your agency?
Anyone can start the conversation—a patient, family member, doctor, hospital, rehabilitation facility, or nursing home. Covered care still requires an order from a qualified provider and the required eligibility documentation.
What services do you provide?
Skilled Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Medical Social Work, and Home Health Aides. Medical Social Work and Home Health Aides are currently unavailable.
What payment types do you accept?
Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and private pay. Coverage may be complete or partial depending on eligibility and the plan. We explain what applies before care begins.
Where do you provide care?
We serve 48 Central Missouri counties from our Columbia office. A listed county does not guarantee admission, so call with the exact home address and ordered service for confirmation.
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Call before discharge to ask about care.
Call weekdays 8:00am–5:00pm or request a callback. We will explain what is needed and whether OHH may be able to help.
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