Home Health
Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center Home Health Department continues to play an increasingly important role in the White Mountain area. The efficiency, care and experience of the Home Health staff are brought to the patient's home through NRMC. The growth of this fully accredited division has been phenomenal as community members continue to rely on us for in-home nursing, chronic disease management and infusion therapy.

Home Health Services
Laboratory
Cardiopulmonary/Neuro/Respiratory Services
Physical Therapy
Diabetes Education
Wound Care
Enteral feedings
IV hydration
IV antibiotics
Medication administration
Pediatric care
Recent childbirth
Disease prevention and maintenance
Recent surgery
Fractures
24 Hr on call RN

The Home Health Office is open for appointments Monday thru Friday from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.

For more information on the services offered by the Home Health Department at Navapache Regional Medical Center, please contact Debi Watts, Director of Home Health, at 928.537.6551, 928.537.6529 or by e-mail at dwatts@summithealthcare.net.

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Home Health provides care beyond hospitalization to assist patients in their recovery process and makes it possible to shorten inpatient hospital stays. Length of home care service can be short term or for the chronic long term care patient. Home care is often needed in situations such as recent childbirth, recent hospitalization (including same-day surgeries), multiple illnesses, new diagnoses requiring teaching and support, terminal illness, urinary or bowel problems, open wounds, feeding tubes, fractures, strokes, frequent IV antibiotic administration, need for continued IV therapy, pain requiring active management, and respiratory problems. Prevention of further illness or injury is also an important part of Home Health services in order to maintain a higher quality of life for the patient.

A referral or order is made by your doctor, hospital, nursing home, insurance company, or other patient service agency. After the referral is made, an RN or a therapist will come to your home to do a complete evaluation. A plan of treatment is then developed with your doctor and home care is scheduled.

For patients who carry Medicare and meet their criteria, 100% of all skilled care is covered. Many insurance companies have home care benefits available to their subscribers. Eligibility and payment programs vary with coverage. All AHCCCS and ALT plans have home and community-based coverage for their members. Other arrangements can be made for patients who do not meet the payment criteria for the above programs. The staff member doing the initial evaluation at the first visit will inform you of any financial responsibility you may have.

Summit Healthcare Home Health’s service area includes Show Low, Pinetop-Lakeside, Snowflake, Taylor, Vernon, Concho, St. Johns, Springerville, Eagar, Alpine, Heber, Overgaard, and McNary. Home Health acts as the intermediator between the doctor and the patient. The Home Health nurses are responsible for making sound, independent decisions regarding their patients. The home environment allows for a more relaxed manner of creating and building the nurse-patient relationship. The Home Health staff is made up of RNs, CNA's, and social workers who visit patient homes to provide care beyond hospitalization. Staff may have mud up to their ankles, have dogs chewing on their pant legs, or be lost on a dirt road 20 miles from the hospital, standing on their cars to get cellular phone reception out in the boonies. But they always have a car full of supplies (including dog biscuits) for any possible scenario that could arise.

Anyone interested in obtaining information regarding Home Health services can call 537-6900 or (800) 300-0361.

Summit Healthcare Home Health Mission Statement

It is the mission of Home Health to provide patient care beyond hospitalization to assist patients in their recovery. Home Health helps patients maintain or improve their health through comprehensive care in the home. Prevention of further illness or injury is an important part of Home Health services to maintain a higher quality of life.