Home Health Agency Shortage Area

190.3 - Home Health Agency Shortage Area (Rev. 239, Issued: 01-09-18, Effective: 1-22-18, Implementation: 1-22-18) A shortage of HHAs exists if an RHC or FQHC is currently located in a county, parish or similar geographic area in which the Secretary has determined that: • There is no participating HHA under Medicare, or adequate home health services are not available to RHC or FQHC patients even though a participating HHA is in the area; or • There are patients whose homes are not within the area serviced by a participating HHA; or considering the area’s climate and terrain, whose homes are not within a reasonable traveling distance to a participating HHA.