Indiana


Indiana State Department of Health
2 N Meridian St
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 233-1325

www.state.in/isdh

State Licensed Abbreviations Search Database State Definitions
Home Health Agency HHC Home Health Care Home Health Agency-means a person that provides or offers to provide only home health services for compensation. Home health services include the following: nursing treatment and procedures, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social services, home health aide services, and other therapeutic services.
Hospice HPC Hospice Hospice-means a public agency or private organization or subdivision of either of these that is primarily engaged in providing care to terminally ill individuals.
Nursing Facility NUR Nursing Nursing Facility means an institution which is primarily engaged in providing to residents: skilled nursing care and related services for residents who require medical or nursing care, rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons, or on a regular basis, health-related care and services to individuals who because of their mental or physical condition require care and services which can be made available to them only through institutional facilities, and is not primarily for the care and treatment of mental diseases.
Skilled Nursing Facility NUR Nursing Skilled nursing facility means an institution which is primarily engaged in providing to residents: skilled nursing care and related services for residents who require medical or nursing care, or rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons, and is not primarily for the care and treatment of mental diseases.
Residential Care Facilities RES Residential Residential care facility-means a facility that provides room, food, laundry, and occasional assistance in daily living for residents who need less service than the degree of service provided by a comprehensive care facility. There is an overall general supervision of health care, medications, and diets as defined in the written policies of the facility.


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