Home IV Therapy in Los Angeles
When your physician orders IV therapy, certain treatments may be provided safely at home rather than requiring repeated visits to a hospital or infusion center. At Ideal Choice Home Health, our skilled nurses administer prescribed IV medications and hydration, monitor your response, and coordinate closely with your physician and specialty infusion pharmacy.
- Your doctor orders careWe’ll help get the referral
- We check your coverageMedicare typically pays 100%
- Care starts at homeNursing visits often within 48 hours
From IV antibiotics and hydration to IVIG, our team provides attentive nursing care and communication throughout your treatment — physician-ordered home health nursing for eligible patients, not a cash-pay wellness or vitamin drip.
How Home Infusion Works
Your physician prescribes the treatment, a specialty infusion pharmacy supplies the medication and infusion equipment, and our skilled nurses provide the ordered care at home. We coordinate with both so treatment stays organized and communication stays clear. Ideal Choice is a home health agency, not an infusion pharmacy.
What Home IV Therapy Includes
- Administering the ordered IV infusion and monitoring you during and after it
- Assessing your IV site or line at each visit and reporting concerns to your physician
- Starting a peripheral IV when your physician orders it
- Accessing and using an implanted port, PICC or midline when your physician orders it and the nurse is appropriately trained and equipped (we do not place PICC lines or ports — PICC lines are typically placed in the hospital)
- Drawing labs ordered for your infusion course when they are part of your home health plan of care
- When appropriate, teaching patients and caregivers about infusion administration, line care and precautions, following physician orders and the specialty pharmacy's instructions
- Coordinating with your physician's office and the specialty infusion pharmacy
- Working with your care team so visits line up with medication delivery and your plan of care
- And more, based on your needs and your physician's orders
Visit frequency follows medical necessity, applicable coverage rules and your authorized plan of care.
How the medication is given — IV push or pump — depends on your physician's orders, the specialty pharmacy's arrangement, the medication itself and how often you receive it.
Infusion Services
Our nurses often give:
- IV antibiotic therapy
- Medically necessary IV hydration (as part of your home health plan of care — not elective wellness or vitamin drips)
- IVIG (intravenous immunoglobulin) infusions, depending on your area — please inquire when you call
- Other prescribed infusion therapies, evaluated individually when clinically appropriate for home health
Don't see your ordered infusion listed? Call us and we'll talk it through with you.
How Home IV Therapy Fits With the Rest of Your Care
IV infusion visits are part of your home health plan of care, so they are coordinated with any other services you need. Ongoing line care — dressing changes, flushes and maintenance — is covered in more detail on our PICC and central line care page; this page is about the infusion itself. Your skilled nursing visits can also cover medication teaching and other needs your physician orders. When an infection involves a wound, see wound care. If you also have a drain, catheter or ostomy, see catheter and drain care.
More Than an IV Visit
Infusion visits are only part of your care. When you call during office hours, you reach our team directly. You have a care coordinator to go to with questions, and we keep communication quick and clear. When your condition or your response to the infusion changes, we report it to your physician and follow through. Your nurse coordinates with your physician, the specialty infusion pharmacy and your care team, so everyone stays informed. We work as an extension of your physician's care and take the time to get to know you.
Home IV Therapy vs. Other Kinds of Care
- An infusion center or hospital outpatient infusion is a place you travel to for doses. Home IV therapy is skilled nursing that comes to you when you qualify for home health and your physician orders care at home.
- Cash-pay mobile IV or "vitamin drip" clinics offer elective wellness infusions. Ideal Choice provides physician-ordered IV therapy as part of Medicare-certified home health for eligible patients — not hangover drips, spa hydration packages or walk-in vitamin infusions.
- A skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a place you stay for round-the-clock care. Home health IV nursing comes to you through scheduled, part-time visits.
- Non-medical home care helps with daily tasks and companionship. Home health IV therapy is medical care that a licensed nurse provides under your physician's orders. When included in your home health plan of care, a home health aide may also assist with bathing, grooming, dressing and personal hygiene.
- Home health isn't 24-hour care. Your nurse visits on the schedule in your plan of care, and your family or caregivers continue your care between visits — with our team a phone call away.
For Referring Physicians and Discharge Planners
Please provide the prescribed medication, dose, administration schedule, vascular access information and any associated laboratory monitoring orders. Include the specialty infusion pharmacy when known. Our nurses can start a peripheral IV at home when ordered; PICC and port placement are typically done in the hospital or outpatient setting. Our intake team coordinates with your office and the infusion pharmacy to clarify orders and organize the patient's home infusion care. See the referral form on the physicians page.
Ideal Choice accepts completed physician referral forms and supporting clinical documents by:
- Fax: (747) 877-8441
- Approved secure email: referrals@idealchoicehomehealth.com
Phone (747) 877-8440 is for referral questions and coordination.
Do not send patient information through ordinary email, website forms or chat.
Serving Sherman Oaks and Greater Los Angeles
Our office is at 14852 Ventura Blvd Ste 207 in Sherman Oaks. We primarily serve Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, as well as parts of Ventura and Orange counties. Call to confirm your ZIP code. Learn about our home health care in Sherman Oaks.
Who supplies the IV medication and equipment?
A specialty infusion pharmacy, per your physician's order — not Ideal Choice. We coordinate timing with the pharmacy and your physician's office.
Can IVIG be given at home?
Yes, when your physician orders it and home administration is appropriate under your home health plan of care. IVIG availability depends on your area — please inquire when you call.
Can your nurses start a peripheral IV at home?
Yes, when your physician orders it. PICC lines and ports are typically placed in the hospital or outpatient setting; at home we access and use them as ordered when the nurse is appropriately trained and equipped.
Can patients or caregivers learn to administer infusions?
When appropriate, yes. Our nurses provide education about infusion administration, line care and precautions, following physician orders and the specialty pharmacy's instructions. Not every medication, infusion method or patient situation is suitable for self-administration.
Can your nurses draw labs during treatment?
Yes, when labs are ordered as part of your home health plan of care.
Who qualifies for home IV therapy?
Under Original Medicare, patients generally must be homebound, need qualifying intermittent skilled nursing or therapy, and meet Medicare's certification and plan-of-care requirements. Learn what homebound means on our insurance page, or call us and we'll help you and your doctor figure out whether you qualify.
How do I get started?
A physician's order is required. Ask your doctor or hospital discharge planner to refer you to Ideal Choice Home Health, or call us and we'll help coordinate. We work to arrange care promptly once we receive the referral and eligibility is confirmed.
How to Get Started
A physician's order is required. Ask your doctor or hospital discharge planner to refer you to Ideal Choice Home Health, or call us and we'll help coordinate with your physician. Once we have the order and eligibility is confirmed, we work to arrange care promptly. Your care coordinator contacts you to schedule your first nursing visit. Physicians can find our referral form on the physicians page.
Ideal Choice accepts completed physician referral forms and supporting clinical documents by:
- Fax: (747) 877-8441
- Approved secure email: referrals@idealchoicehomehealth.com
Phone (747) 877-8440 is for referral questions and coordination.
Do not send patient information through ordinary email, website forms or chat.
Call or text (747) 877-8440. Our office is open Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 5 PM. For a medical emergency, call 911. We accept Original Medicare and also work with the VA and select Medicare Advantage plans on a case-by-case basis. Contact us to verify coverage. See insurance.