About the Georgia home health agency license
End-to-end support for a Georgia home health agency license, regulated by DCH/HFRD for licensure (Rule 111-8-31) with the DCH Office of Health Planning for the Certificate of Need (CON) (Rule 111-2-2). In Georgia, a license alone is not enough: you must win a CON first (O.C.G.A. 31-7-155), and that is the defining barrier.
What’s included in your Georgia home health agency package
- Certificate of Need (CON) strategy for the two-step gate. First, a Letter of Intent, filed electronically through the Office of Health Planning portal by the deadline in that cycle’s batching notice. Then a competitive, need-based application with service-area justification, need data, staffing, financials and quality plans.
- Pathway mapping so you spend time and money in the right order: CON is competitive, can be opposed by incumbents, and can be denied.
- HHA license application prepared to follow a favorable CON award (12 months to implement).
- Policies & procedures built to Georgia standards and the federal Conditions of Participation, with Medicare-certification readiness.
How it works
- Kick-off call to assess CON feasibility for your service area.
- We prepare your CON case, then your Georgia home health license and policies.
- You review; we refine until it is right.
- We guide submission and stay with you through award, licensure and certification.
Indicative timeline: materially longer than non-CON states. CON review alone can add 6 to 18 months before the Georgia home health agency license is even issued. Reaching an operating Medicare-certified agency commonly takes 18 to 24 months or more.
DCH’s September 30, 2026 batching notice says it will not accept or review new home health CON applications in the current cycle, and its next need assessment is due on or around March 31, 2027.
Georgia is also a heightened-scrutiny state, and new Medicare enrollment is paused nationwide until at least November 2026. Fees and timelines change, so we confirm current figures with DCH and CMS as part of your project.
See our Georgia licensing guide and Georgia license cost breakdown for the full process and state fees.
Ideal for
Providers pursuing a Georgia home health agency license who need an honest read on CON feasibility before committing.
Why choose Cura
Published pricing, set before any work begins. Delivered entirely online. Trained under one of the world’s most exacting healthcare regulators.
Our promise
If we are not the right fit for your situation, we will tell you, and point you to who is.
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