Number of home healthcare agencies

• There were about 37,000 companies providing home healthcare services in the US in 2016. That number is expected to increase to 46,000 by 2021.
• Of those, there are 11,593 agencies that are recognized by Medicare.
• The home healthcare market in the US was worth $103 billion and is projected to grow at a CAGR if 5.3%, reaching $173 billion in 2026.
• Some examples of home healthcare agencies in New York include Helping Hands Services, Greater New York Home Care, First Care of New York, Senior Home Care, Stellar Home Care & Staffing, Quality Healthcare, Village Center For Care Chha, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Salcare Home Health Services, and Extended Home Care.
• We have also included a link to the Medicare-certified home healthcare organizations in New York.

How Homecare agencies collect data on patients

• While information on home healthcare agencies was rather limited, we were able to provide a few details on the general healthcare industry that would help in understanding how healthcare organizations in general store information.
• According to several studies, healthcare organizations still largely use a combination of paper and electronic methods for keeping patient information.
• Most healthcare organization use an EMR system for data collection but it is widely reported that there is a lack of a standardized data-collection system.
• However, in 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recommended that the healthcare industry should "take steps to give patients safe, secure access to, and control over, their healthcare data."
• Moreover, the numerous innovations in data collection, cloud storage, and big data for the home healthcare industry also suggest that the collection of data is still not uniform, standardized, and efficient.