Agencies and applications
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) licensure, including HS 200 and ownership or management disclosures. Medicare certification and enrollment involve the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) separately. CDPH application packet · CMS home health resources.
Current expansion constraints
California's moratorium on new HHA licenses and branch additions requires a threshold review of the proposed project and any available exception. We assess that before treating an application as a routine opening step. CDPH AFL 26-28.
Operations and survey response
Clinician agreements, service arrangements, record responsibilities, survey deficiencies and plans of correction. For Medicare participation, the applicable Conditions of Participation belong in that review. CMS HHA survey framework.
Regulator and applications
California Department of Social Services (CDSS), Home Care Services Branch. Representative submissions include the HCS 200 license application and HCS 215 applicant information. CDSS HCO application process.
Aides and business responsibilities
Home Care Aide registration, background-clearance questions, training documentation and organizational disclosures are separate from the agency's service agreement. CDSS current HCS forms.
Workforce and service terms
Caregiver employment, scheduling, travel time, overtime, service scope and cancellations. We review what the organization promises and how the work is assigned and recorded.
Regulator and operating changes
CDPH licensing, ownership changes and geographic service-area questions. We assess the state licensure moratorium and change-of-ownership restrictions against the proposed transaction. CDPH hospice licensing guidance.
Current operating rules
CDPH's emergency hospice regulations took effect June 22, 2026 and apply to existing as well as new agencies. We address the legal implications for management roles, service-area commitments, contracts and policies. CDPH emergency-regulation guidance.
Care relationships
Medical-director, pharmacy, equipment, facility and other service agreements. We clarify responsibilities, information sharing, payment and transitions among the organizations involved.
Operating a residential facility as well? See Long-Term Care & Senior Living.
Yes. We assess the transaction and current rules, including whether an exception or restriction affects it. That assessment does not presume an approval or a closing date.
Yes. An employment agreement, wage claim or scheduling-policy review can be a defined fixed-fee matter. We agree on the work before it begins.
