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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Staffing, Compliance and Technology: What Legal Issues Providers Should Watch For In 2023 - Home Health Care News

As home-based care becomes more popular and renowned among the larger health care system, agencies will need to put a greater emphasis on legal compliance.

Matt Wolfe, a health care attorney with the law firm Baker Donaldson, believes that value-based care, staffing struggles and the emergence of telehealth will all present even more struggles for providers in 2023.

But there are positive legal trends, too.

For the latest episode of Disrupt, HHCN sat down with Wolfe to chat about the negatives and positives, as well as recent developments in certificate-of-need (CON) court cases.

Highlights of the conversation are below, edited for length and clarity.

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HHCN: Matt, what’s your background in home health and home care, for our audience who might not be familiar with your work?

Wolfe: I am an attorney with the law firm Baker Donaldson and I represent health care providers across the continuum of care. That includes home health, home care and hospice providers.

What I do for them varies on the day and sometimes the hour, but my job is primarily to counsel them on regulatory and legal issues and to try to address compliance issues proactively and also represent them before various courts and administrative bodies.

Let’s talk about something we’ve discussed before, the case in Kentucky where two potential owners of a home health agency wanted to open up an agency...



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