The fact that the conditions of participation require a R.N. to visit the patient's home at least every 2 weeks in order to provide general supervision to the aide and to evaluate the patient's continuing personal care needs does not affect the unskilled nature of the service rendered by the home health aide. Nor do such activities of the supervising nurse represent skill nursing care. Such supervisory visits are not reimbursable as skilled nursing visits.

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