Home-health agencies balloon with demand

Insurance companies encourage patients to spend less time in hospitals and more time recovering — and even receiving treatments — at home.
This cost-cutting trend has been a shot in the arm for home health-care agencies, which specialize in providing patients with a range of services in the home, from housekeeping to specialized therapies.
Home health-care agencies have multiplied at a feverish pace since 1991. But are there now too many home health-care agencies in Northern Colorado? What will the rapid growth in home health-care mean for home-health agencies – and for patients?
“Growth [in the home-health field] has been…