Dependable Home Health Care

What Dependable Home Health Care does

Dependable Home Health Care, operating under the DBA "Dependable Care," was a family-founded, privately held home health agency established in 1991 and headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. The company provided in-home personal care and supportive services to elderly and disabled individuals across Minnesota, with a workforce of approximately 406 employees, of whom 368 were direct caregivers. Its service model was centered on delivering Medicaid-reimbursed personal care assistance, including overnight and extended-hour support, to vulnerable populations who required help with activities of daily living in their own homes.

The business operated on a fee-for-service reimbursement basis paid by the Minnesota Medicaid program, with no disclosed commercial insurance contracts, private-pay offerings, or out-of-state operations. There is no evidence of proprietary technology platforms, electronic health record systems beyond standard industry tools, AI/ML capabilities, patents, or technology partnerships in the input data. The operating model was labor-intensive and human-delivered, with revenue directly tied to caregiver hours billed against state-set Medicaid rates.

On November 4, 2025, the company announced a complete wind-down of operations, with services terminating between January 1 and March 31, 2026. The closure was attributed to rising operational costs, persistent labor market challenges, and adverse Minnesota Medicaid policy changes — specifically a state payment freeze on Medicaid-funded programs and legislative reductions to covered service hours and overnight care reimbursement rates. The company filed a WARN notice covering all 406 positions, indicating no partial operations, asset sales, or successor entity were contemplated.

Name

Dependable Home Health Care

Legal name

Dependable Home Healthcare

Website

https://dependable-care.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Dependable Home Health Care (DBA: Dependable Care) was a St. Paul, Minnesota-based, family-founded home health agency founded in 1991 that provided Medicaid-reimbursed in-home personal care to elderly and disabled individuals with a workforce of 368 caregivers before announcing closure in late 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Home Healthcare Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Home Health Care Services (6216)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Companion Care & Social Support (non-clinical) (HLADAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Personal Care / Non-Medical Home Care (Private Duty) (HLAFAEAB), Live-In Care (Single Caregiver, 24-Hour Presence) (HSABAHAB)

Keywords

• Home health care
• In-home caregiver services
• Elderly care support
• Disability home care
• Overnight care services

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Paul

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Home Healthcare Services: Revenue derived from providing home-based care services to elderly and disabled individuals, funded primarily through Medicaid and potentially other healthcare insurance programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Dependable Home Health Care provided in-home personal care and overnight caregiver services to elderly and disabled individuals in the St. Paul, Minnesota area. Services were delivered directly in clients' residences by caregivers and administrative staff, and were funded primarily through Medicaid and other healthcare insurance programs.

Product overview

Dependable Home Health Care is a single-service home health care provider offering in-home care services for elderly and disabled individuals. The company operated as a unified home-based care service without modular products or distinct product lines. Services included caregiver support and overnight care, all of which were discontinued as the company wound down operations effective January to March 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Home-Based Personal Care Services In-home personal care assistance delivered to elderly and disabled individuals in their residences in the St. Paul, Minnesota area, including help with daily living activities, mobility support, companionship, and healthcare coordination. Services were provided directly by company caregivers and funded primarily through Medicaid.
• Overnight Caregiver Services Overnight in-home caregiver supervision and personal care provided to elderly and disabled clients in their residences across the St. Paul, Minnesota service area, allowing clients to remain safely at home during overnight hours. The offering was specifically cited as being affected by reduced overnight care reimbursement rates.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Direct peers

• Compassus: Provider of home health, hospice, and palliative care services, including personal care support for elderly patients. Comparable in-home care delivery model and patient population.
• Addus HomeCare: Provider of personal care and home health services primarily to Medicaid-funded elderly and disabled populations. Directly competes with Dependable in the same reimbursement-driven personal care segment.
• Enhabit: Home health and hospice operator spun out from Encompass Health, focused on Medicare/Medicaid-funded in-home clinical and personal care services. Operates in the same regulatory and reimbursement environment that pressured Dependable.
• Aveanna Healthcare: Diversified home health and hospice operator with a meaningful personal care segment serving Medicaid-eligible populations. Comparable business model to Dependable, scaled nationally.
• Interim HealthCare: Franchised home care, hospice, and personal care provider serving elderly and disabled clients through Medicaid and private pay. Closely comparable delivery model to Dependable's home-based caregiver model.
• BrightSpring Health Services: Home and community-based services platform with significant Medicaid personal care, home health, and behavioral health offerings. Overlaps directly with Dependable's elderly and disabled in-home care focus.
• Amedisys: National home health and hospice provider with a personal care segment. Operates in the same in-home care category as Dependable, with overlapping Medicaid-eligible patient populations.
• Bayada Home Health Care: One of the largest nonprofit home health care providers in the U.S., offering personal care, adult nursing, and pediatric services across multiple states. Directly comparable to Dependable in delivering Medicaid-funded in-home personal care and companion services to elderly and disabled clients.
• Senior Helpers: Senior-focused in-home care franchise offering companion, personal care, and Alzheimer's/dementia services. Directly comparable to Dependable's elderly-focused caregiver support model.
• Help at Home: Personal care services provider focused on Medicaid-eligible elderly and disabled individuals receiving in-home support. Highly comparable to Dependable's core model of Medicaid-anchored, non-clinical home care.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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