Klio Care vs. Homecare Homebase Provider Link
Homecare Homebase is the EHR of choice for many of the largest home health and hospice providers, and Provider Link is its physician portal: approve or decline orders, write face-to-face narratives, see a billing summary. It is free for physicians and limited to HCHB agencies — which is exactly the problem when your patients go elsewhere too. Klio is one dashboard for every agency, with referrals and an automatic monthly G-code report, for $100 a month.
Starts at$100per month
Referrals, home health and hospice order signing, monthly G0180 / G0179 report with evidence, AI tools for your agencies, and support — all included.
- Contract
- None · month to month
- Built for
- The physician office
$0 · HCHB agencies only
Free for the physician; the agency pays ~$4,000+/month for Homecare Homebase on a 2–3 year term. Only HCHB agencies’ orders appear.
The agency pays 40×+ Klio’s starting price for the EHR behind it
- Contract
- Agency: 2–3 years
- Built for
- Large agencies on HCHB
Feature by feature
Included Partial / with limits Not offered
Built for the physician office
Large agencies on HCHB
Price for a physician office
Contract
Setup / implementation fees
Send home health referrals
From the physician office to any agency
Send hospice referrals
Sign home health orders
CMS-485 plan of care, interim orders, recerts
Sign hospice orders
Certifications, face-to-face, interim orders
Monthly G0179 / G0180 report
Sent to your billers automatically every month, evidence attached
AI features for home health agencies
AI intake, AI documentation, revenue intelligence
Invite any home health agency
One link, free for the agency to accept
Home health agency onboarding
Works with any agency EHR
HCHB, Axxess, WellSky, MatrixCare, Alora…
Works alongside your practice EHR
Athena, eCW, Epic — no migration
Support
HIPAA compliant · BAA
What Homecare Homebase Provider Link is
Provider Link is the physician-facing portal for agencies running Homecare Homebase. Physicians register through the agency, then approve or decline orders individually or in bulk, compose and sign face-to-face narratives, view patient charts and episode timelines, and use a built-in billing summary that flags eligible claims by code. Actions sync back into HCHB.
HCHB is enterprise software. 2026 buyer guides put it at roughly $4,000 and up per month on two-to-three-year terms; it is typically chosen by large multi-site agencies. The portal is part of that package.
As with every EHR portal, Provider Link only sees HCHB agencies. The practice still needs other portals — or fax — for everyone else, and the billing summary only reflects HCHB patients.
Where Provider Link is strong
For an office whose dominant referral partner is a large HCHB agency, Provider Link is a capable portal: bulk approve, decline with reason, F2F narratives in-portal, chart visibility, and a billing summary by code. It is free and browser-based.
Where Klio wins for physician offices
All agencies, one queue. Klio is EHR-agnostic. The HCHB agency, the Axxess agency and the small independent on Alora all accept a link and their orders land in one place. No portal roulette.
Referrals go where the patient wants. Klio lets your front desk send a complete packet to any agency and track acceptance. Provider Link lets you create referrals to the HCHB agency that enrolled you.
Billing that arrives on its own. Klio sends a monthly G0180 / G0179 report with evidence attached to your billers, covering every agency. Provider Link’s summary covers HCHB patients and needs someone to log in and read it.
Pricing in daylight. $100 a month, no contract. The “free” portal is funded by an EHR costing the agency thousands a month on multi-year terms.
Klio vs. Homecare Homebase Provider Link: frequently asked questions
What is HCHB Provider Link?
Provider Link is the physician portal for agencies running Homecare Homebase. Physicians approve or decline orders, sign face-to-face narratives, view charts and see a billing summary for patients at that HCHB agency. It is free for physicians and included in the agency’s HCHB subscription.
How much does Homecare Homebase cost?
HCHB does not publish pricing. 2026 buyer guides estimate roughly $4,000 and up per month on two-to-three-year terms, which is why it is mostly used by large multi-site agencies. The physician portal is part of that package.
Why use Klio if my big agency already gives me Provider Link?
Because Provider Link only covers that agency. Klio puts every agency you refer to — regardless of EHR — into one dashboard, adds referral sending and tracking, and delivers a monthly G0180 / G0179 billing report with evidence for all your patients. It starts at $100 a month with no contract, and your HCHB agency can join free.
Will my HCHB agency need to change anything?
No. They keep Homecare Homebase as their system of record and accept your Klio invitation. Orders and referrals flow between your office and the agency through Klio.
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