Starting a Home Health Agency
What is a Home Health Agency? Home Health Agencies is a public or private organization that arranges or provides for in-home health care services for persons in a temporary or permanent residence. There are different types of home health agencies that can be generally broken into two main categories, being, skilled home health agency and non-medical home care agency. Non-medical home health agencies provide personal care in assistance in daily activities, such as making meals, taking care of house duties, and transportation. Skilled home health agencies administer nursing and rehabilitation services (when under a doctor’s orders), which follows strict rules and guidelines. Since skilled home health agencies may deal with health intense situations, it’s important to be aware of all the regulations and certifications required to operate.
Each variation of a health health agency has particular niches where a skilled versus non-medical agency situation is beneficial to operate. A lot of new entrepreneurs to the medical field consider that between the many medical type businesses that can be started, non-medical home health agency has a less barriers to entry.
All Care Consulting Services offers consulting in all steps of starting and running a home health agency business. No matter if you’re in a beginner to business or a seasoned veteran, running a senior housing business can be a profitable and rewarding endeavor. We can help you to navigate through all the state agency compliances and certificates.
Getting Started
The following points are general starting points to review when starting an home health agency.
- Applying applications at local, state, and federal level when required
- Know which type of home health agency is right for you
- Research the market and real estate requirements
- Obtain all the proper permits and certifications
- Hire qualified candidates
- Develop a website and marketing plan