Getting Started

For home health agency owners: launching and structuring your agency

In this section

• How to Start a Home Health Agency

  For agency owners: steps and state-by-state considerations.

• Home Health Agency Business Plan That Lenders and Partners Actually Use

  What owners need to include and how to make it credible.

• State Licensure Requirements for Home Health

  For owners: what varies by state and how to avoid delays.

• Medicare Certification Process

  What agency owners and managers need: what surveyors look for and how to prepare.

• Home Health vs Home Care: What Payers and Referral Sources Need to Know

  For agency owners: Medicare-certified vs non-medical, and why it matters for contracts.

• First 90 Days: Launching Your Agency

  For new agency owners: week-by-week actions that actually get you open.

• Essential Policies and Procedures Before Your First Survey

  What owners need: which policies surveyors ask for and how to keep them current.