Louisiana Home Health Agency Complete Startup Package

Yes. Louisiana law prohibits opening, conducting, managing, or maintaining an organization that meets the Home Health Agency definition without a license from the Louisiana Department of Health.

This package is designed for a Louisiana Home Health Agency, including an agency that plans to pursue Medicare certification. It is not an HCBS Personal Care Attendant provider, hospice, adult residential care provider, or personal-care-only package.

Louisiana defines an HHA as an organization providing skilled home health care and support services to the public under an authorized healthcare provider's order in the patient's residence. The agency provides skilled nursing and at least one qualifying therapy, medical social service, or home health aide service.

The applicant establishes its business, ownership, location, administrator and clinical manager, policies, insurance, staffing, and operating systems, then submits LDH Health Standards Section's HHA application, required documentation, and fee. An agency pursuing Medicare also completes CMS-855A or PECOS enrollment and federal certification requirements.

The agency should confirm ownership, service area, administrator and clinical-manager qualifications, operational location, insurance, personnel, policies, background screening, emergency preparedness, clinical records, QAPI, and all LDH and CMS materials. Current Louisiana rules require an approved applicant to be operational and caring for the limited patient census specified by LDH when requesting the initial licensing survey.

No. Medicare billing requires successful enrollment, certification, an applicable state-agency or approved accreditation survey, and continuing compliance with 42 CFR Part 484. Reimbursement is not retroactive to services furnished before the effective certification date.

The agency should have Medicare-aligned governance, administrator and clinical-supervision systems, personnel qualifications, patient rights, comprehensive assessments, plans of care, quality assessment and performance improvement, infection control, emergency preparedness, clinical records, complaint handling, and service-delivery documentation.

The agency must provide skilled nursing and at least one additional qualifying therapeutic or home health aide service, directly or under permissible arrangements, and must have qualified staff and systems to comply with the Medicare Conditions of Participation.

The agency needs a legitimate operational location that supports administration, supervision, secure records, communication, patient services, and survey access. Applicants should verify zoning, lease, accessibility, business-registration, and local requirements before committing to a site.

The Louisiana Department of Health, Health Standards Section, licenses and surveys HHAs and performs applicable federal certification functions. CMS establishes Medicare requirements, and a Medicare applicant follows the applicable state-agency or CMS-approved accreditation survey pathway.

Not necessarily for state licensure. A CMS-approved accrediting organization may provide a deemed-status Medicare survey pathway, while LDH remains the Louisiana licensing authority. Applicants should verify the pathway with LDH, CMS, the accreditor, and payers.

No. Louisiana HHA licensure, Medicare certification, Louisiana Medicaid enrollment, and managed-care credentialing are separate approvals. Louisiana Medicaid requires enrollment through its provider portal, separate from MCO credentialing, before claims can be paid.

There is no guaranteed timeline. Entity setup, Medicare enrollment, policy and staffing readiness, patient census or record requirements, survey scheduling, deficiencies and plans of correction, accreditation when selected, and payer enrollment can all affect completion.

• Logo creation and a customized WordPress website.
• One year of website hosting and domain registration.
• 500 business cards and 500 tri-fold brochures.
• Louisiana-specific and Medicare-aligned policy, human-resources, admission, clinical, and operational documents.
• LDH Health Standards licensure, CMS enrollment, Medicare certification, and survey preparation assistance as identified in the selected package.
• Members' area access, customization, ongoing guidance, and applicable updates.

Unless stated otherwise in writing, the price does not include government fees, legal or financial services, accreditation fees, insurance, rent, utilities, personnel or payroll costs, background checks, fingerprinting, software, patient-care expenses, survey expenses, or other costs not specifically identified as included.

Home Health Forms provides customized documents, guidance, and application-preparation assistance. LDH, CMS, survey organizations, accreditors, Louisiana Medicaid, managed-care organizations, and payers make their own decisions. The applicant remains responsible for qualified personnel, accurate information, operational readiness, fees, patients or records needed for survey, regulator responses, and ongoing compliance. Home Health Foms provides guidance and documents that meet regulatory requirements to ensure your success.

Customized policy manuals, forms, and related digital documents are generally emailed within five business days after all information needed for customization is received. Website development, printing, shipping, and other package components may have separate timelines.

Eligibility depends on work completed, customized materials produced, digital products delivered, third-party expenses paid, printing ordered, and other services already performed.