Homecare Homebase President Luke Rutledge joins Last Visit First on the floor of the 2026 HCHB Users Conference in Orlando, the biggest in the event's 20-year history with about 600 attendees. Luke shares what customers are talking about most: AI that is meaningful, that improves clinicians' lives and automates back-office work, and how that drives HCHB's strategy with both its partners and its own new products.Luke highlights Curate: Scribe, now in the hands of clinicians with three customers live and 15 more signed up, and tells the story of a pilot customer whose clinicians pushed to turn the tool back on after it was paused. He also talks about the leadership team coming together at Homecare Homebase, the conference's headline party, and how to reach him and the HCHB team. Chapters:<ul><li>0:00 Welcome: Luke Rutledge, President of Homecare Homebase</li><li>0:52 What Customers Are Talking About: AI That Matters</li><li>1:31 Curate: Scribe Goes Live</li><li>2:50 When Clinicians Pushed to Turn Curate: Scribe Back On</li><li>3:40 Building the HCHB Leadership Team</li></ul>Connect with Luke: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-rutledge-19407664" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-rutledge-19407664</a>Connect with Homecare Homebase: <a href="https://hchb.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://hchb.com/</a> Sponsors:Brought to you as a Premier Sponsor collaboration with Homecare Homebase (HCHB). Homecare Homebase helps home-based care organizations prepare for what’s next.Home-based care is changing. Is your technology keeping up?Growing operational demands, workforce pressures, regulatory change, and emerging technology are reshaping what organizations need from their technology partners. The question isn’t only what your technology can do today. It’s whether it can help you prepare for what’s next. Explore why now may be the right time to take a fresh look at your technology strategy with HCHB at <a href="https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb</a>.

Homecare Homebase President Luke Rutledge joins Last Visit First on the floor of the 2026 HCHB Users Conference in Orlando, the biggest in the event's 20-year history with about 600 attendees. Luke shares what customers are talking about most: AI that is meaningful, that improves clinicians' lives and automates back-office work, and how that drives HCHB's strategy with both its partners and its own new products. Luke highlights Curate: Scribe, now in the hands of clinicians with three customers live and 15 more signed up, and tells the story of a pilot customer whose clinicians pushed to turn the tool back on after it was paused. He also talks about the leadership team coming together at Homecare Homebase, the conference's headline party, and how to reach him and the HCHB team. Chapters:0:00 Welcome: Luke Rutledge, President of Homecare Homebase0:52 What Customers Are Talking About: AI That Matters1:31 Curate: Scribe Goes Live2:50 When Clinicians Pushed to Turn Curate: Scribe Back On3:40 Building the HCHB Leadership TeamConnect with Luke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-rutledge-19407664 Connect with Homecare Homebase: https://hchb.com/ Sponsors: Brought to you as a Premier Sponsor collaboration with Homecare Homebase (HCHB). Homecare Homebase helps home-based care organizations prepare for what’s next. Home-based care is changing. Is your technology keeping up? Growing operational demands, workforce pressures, regulatory change, and emerging technology are reshaping what organizations need from their technology partners. The question isn’t only what your technology can do today. It’s whether it can help you prepare for what’s next. Explore why now may be the right time to take a fresh look at your technology strategy with HCHB at https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb.

Homecare Homebase President Luke Rutledge joins Last Visit First on the floor of the 2026 HCHB Users Conference in Orlando, the biggest in the event's 20-year history with about 600 attendees. Luke shares what customers are talking about most: AI that is meaningful, that improves clinicians' lives and automates back-office work, and how that drives HCHB's strategy with both its partners and its own new products.Luke highlights Curate: Scribe, now in the hands of clinicians with three customers live and 15 more signed up, and tells the story of a pilot customer whose clinicians pushed to turn the tool back on after it was paused. He also talks about the leadership team coming together at Homecare Homebase, the conference's headline party, and how to reach him and the HCHB team. Chapters:<ul><li>0:00 Welcome: Luke Rutledge, President of Homecare Homebase</li><li>0:52 What Customers Are Talking About: AI That Matters</li><li>1:31 Curate: Scribe Goes Live</li><li>2:50 When Clinicians Pushed to Turn Curate: Scribe Back On</li><li>3:40 Building the HCHB Leadership Team</li></ul>Connect with Luke: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-rutledge-19407664" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-rutledge-19407664</a>Connect with Homecare Homebase: <a href="https://hchb.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://hchb.com/</a> Sponsors:Brought to you as a Premier Sponsor collaboration with Homecare Homebase (HCHB). Homecare Homebase helps home-based care organizations prepare for what’s next.Home-based care is changing. Is your technology keeping up?Growing operational demands, workforce pressures, regulatory change, and emerging technology are reshaping what organizations need from their technology partners. The question isn’t only what your technology can do today. It’s whether it can help you prepare for what’s next. Explore why now may be the right time to take a fresh look at your technology strategy with HCHB at <a href="https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb</a>.

AI That Actually Helps Clinicians: Homecare Homebase President Luke Rutledge

Alicia Bowman of The Pennant Group closes out Last Visit First's coverage of the 2026 HCHB Users Conference. Alicia shares what has kept Pennant busy this year, including the final wave of its LHC and Amedisys acquisitions in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, and how Pennant is testing Curate: Scribe with a group of clinicians ahead of a pilot this November.Alicia also talks about why transparency is at the heart of Pennant's partnership with Homecare Homebase, how Pennant's local operating model works, and why the best healthcare is delivered locally. Plus, her take on the hospice addendum, why it will be a giant operational lift, and how agencies and clinicians can connect with Pennant. Chapters:<ul><li>0:00 Welcome: Alicia Bowman of The Pennant Group</li><li>0:17 Pennant's Final Wave of LHC and Amedisys Acquisitions</li><li>0:48 Testing Curate: Scribe at Pennant</li><li>3:54 Pennant's Local Operating Model</li><li>4:45 The Hospice Addendum: A Giant Operational Lift</li></ul>Connect with Alicia: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-bowman-37a114183" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-bowman-37a114183</a>Connect with The Pennant Group: <a href="https://pennantgroup.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://pennantgroup.com/</a> Sponsors:Brought to you as a Premier Sponsor collaboration with Homecare Homebase (HCHB). Homecare Homebase helps home-based care organizations prepare for what’s next.Home-based care is changing. Is your technology keeping up?Growing operational demands, workforce pressures, regulatory change, and emerging technology are reshaping what organizations need from their technology partners. The question isn’t only what your technology can do today. It’s whether it can help you prepare for what’s next. Explore why now may be the right time to take a fresh look at your technology strategy with HCHB at <a href="https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb</a>.

Alicia Bowman of The Pennant Group closes out Last Visit First's coverage of the 2026 HCHB Users Conference. Alicia shares what has kept Pennant busy this year, including the final wave of its LHC and Amedisys acquisitions in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, and how Pennant is testing Curate: Scribe with a group of clinicians ahead of a pilot this November. Alicia also talks about why transparency is at the heart of Pennant's partnership with Homecare Homebase, how Pennant's local operating model works, and why the best healthcare is delivered locally. Plus, her take on the hospice addendum, why it will be a giant operational lift, and how agencies and clinicians can connect with Pennant. Chapters:0:00 Welcome: Alicia Bowman of The Pennant Group0:17 Pennant's Final Wave of LHC and Amedisys Acquisitions0:48 Testing Curate: Scribe at Pennant3:54 Pennant's Local Operating Model4:45 The Hospice Addendum: A Giant Operational LiftConnect with Alicia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-bowman-37a114183 Connect with The Pennant Group: https://pennantgroup.com/ Sponsors: Brought to you as a Premier Sponsor collaboration with Homecare Homebase (HCHB). Homecare Homebase helps home-based care organizations prepare for what’s next. Home-based care is changing. Is your technology keeping up? Growing operational demands, workforce pressures, regulatory change, and emerging technology are reshaping what organizations need from their technology partners. The question isn’t only what your technology can do today. It’s whether it can help you prepare for what’s next. Explore why now may be the right time to take a fresh look at your technology strategy with HCHB at https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb.

Alicia Bowman of The Pennant Group closes out Last Visit First's coverage of the 2026 HCHB Users Conference. Alicia shares what has kept Pennant busy this year, including the final wave of its LHC and Amedisys acquisitions in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, and how Pennant is testing Curate: Scribe with a group of clinicians ahead of a pilot this November.Alicia also talks about why transparency is at the heart of Pennant's partnership with Homecare Homebase, how Pennant's local operating model works, and why the best healthcare is delivered locally. Plus, her take on the hospice addendum, why it will be a giant operational lift, and how agencies and clinicians can connect with Pennant. Chapters:<ul><li>0:00 Welcome: Alicia Bowman of The Pennant Group</li><li>0:17 Pennant's Final Wave of LHC and Amedisys Acquisitions</li><li>0:48 Testing Curate: Scribe at Pennant</li><li>3:54 Pennant's Local Operating Model</li><li>4:45 The Hospice Addendum: A Giant Operational Lift</li></ul>Connect with Alicia: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-bowman-37a114183" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-bowman-37a114183</a>Connect with The Pennant Group: <a href="https://pennantgroup.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://pennantgroup.com/</a> Sponsors:Brought to you as a Premier Sponsor collaboration with Homecare Homebase (HCHB). Homecare Homebase helps home-based care organizations prepare for what’s next.Home-based care is changing. Is your technology keeping up?Growing operational demands, workforce pressures, regulatory change, and emerging technology are reshaping what organizations need from their technology partners. The question isn’t only what your technology can do today. It’s whether it can help you prepare for what’s next. Explore why now may be the right time to take a fresh look at your technology strategy with HCHB at <a href="https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb</a>.

The Best Healthcare Is Local: The Pennant Group's Alicia Bowman on AI & the Hospice Addendum

April Anthony, Chairman and CEO of VitalCaring and founder of Homecare Homebase, returns to Last Visit First live from the 2026 HCHB Users Conference, her first in six years. April shares why this is such a transformative moment for home health, and how VitalCaring is rolling out Curate: Scribe carefully, working closely with HCHB and pre-training clinicians to narrate their visits before the tool even arrives.April explains why she sees Curate: Scribe as perhaps the most exciting thing Homecare Homebase has done: bringing guidance on OASIS answers and coding to the point of care, and why VitalCaring chooses not to store visit transcripts. She also talks about VitalCaring's return to acquisitions, including Traditions Health and Carter Healthcare, looks back on 26 years of Homecare Homebase, and shares why the coming baby boomer wave makes the next 30 years the biggest opportunity home care has ever had. Chapters:<ul><li>0:00 Welcome: April Anthony, Chairman and CEO of VitalCaring</li><li>2:00 Rolling Out Curate: Scribe at VitalCaring</li><li>3:38 Guidance on OASIS and Coding at the Point of Care</li><li>5:50 Why VitalCaring Doesn't Store Transcripts</li><li>7:02 Back in Acquisition Mode</li><li>8:43 26 Years of Homecare Homebase</li></ul>Connect with April: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-anthony-95bab1213" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-anthony-95bab1213</a>Connect with VitalCaring: <a href="https://vitalcaring.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://vitalcaring.com/</a> Sponsors:Brought to you as a Premier Sponsor collaboration with Homecare Homebase (HCHB). Homecare Homebase helps home-based care organizations prepare for what’s next.Home-based care is changing. Is your technology keeping up?Growing operational demands, workforce pressures, regulatory change, and emerging technology are reshaping what organizations need from their technology partners. The question isn’t only what your technology can do today. It’s whether it can help you prepare for what’s next. Explore why now may be the right time to take a fresh look at your technology strategy with HCHB at <a href="https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb</a>.

April Anthony, Chairman and CEO of VitalCaring and founder of Homecare Homebase, returns to Last Visit First live from the 2026 HCHB Users Conference, her first in six years. April shares why this is such a transformative moment for home health, and how VitalCaring is rolling out Curate: Scribe carefully, working closely with HCHB and pre-training clinicians to narrate their visits before the tool even arrives. April explains why she sees Curate: Scribe as perhaps the most exciting thing Homecare Homebase has done: bringing guidance on OASIS answers and coding to the point of care, and why VitalCaring chooses not to store visit transcripts. She also talks about VitalCaring's return to acquisitions, including Traditions Health and Carter Healthcare, looks back on 26 years of Homecare Homebase, and shares why the coming baby boomer wave makes the next 30 years the biggest opportunity home care has ever had. Chapters:0:00 Welcome: April Anthony, Chairman and CEO of VitalCaring2:00 Rolling Out Curate: Scribe at VitalCaring3:38 Guidance on OASIS and Coding at the Point of Care5:50 Why VitalCaring Doesn't Store Transcripts7:02 Back in Acquisition Mode8:43 26 Years of Homecare HomebaseConnect with April: https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-anthony-95bab1213 Connect with VitalCaring: https://vitalcaring.com/ Sponsors: Brought to you as a Premier Sponsor collaboration with Homecare Homebase (HCHB). Homecare Homebase helps home-based care organizations prepare for what’s next. Home-based care is changing. Is your technology keeping up? Growing operational demands, workforce pressures, regulatory change, and emerging technology are reshaping what organizations need from their technology partners. The question isn’t only what your technology can do today. It’s whether it can help you prepare for what’s next. Explore why now may be the right time to take a fresh look at your technology strategy with HCHB at https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb.

April Anthony, Chairman and CEO of VitalCaring and founder of Homecare Homebase, returns to Last Visit First live from the 2026 HCHB Users Conference, her first in six years. April shares why this is such a transformative moment for home health, and how VitalCaring is rolling out Curate: Scribe carefully, working closely with HCHB and pre-training clinicians to narrate their visits before the tool even arrives.April explains why she sees Curate: Scribe as perhaps the most exciting thing Homecare Homebase has done: bringing guidance on OASIS answers and coding to the point of care, and why VitalCaring chooses not to store visit transcripts. She also talks about VitalCaring's return to acquisitions, including Traditions Health and Carter Healthcare, looks back on 26 years of Homecare Homebase, and shares why the coming baby boomer wave makes the next 30 years the biggest opportunity home care has ever had. Chapters:<ul><li>0:00 Welcome: April Anthony, Chairman and CEO of VitalCaring</li><li>2:00 Rolling Out Curate: Scribe at VitalCaring</li><li>3:38 Guidance on OASIS and Coding at the Point of Care</li><li>5:50 Why VitalCaring Doesn't Store Transcripts</li><li>7:02 Back in Acquisition Mode</li><li>8:43 26 Years of Homecare Homebase</li></ul>Connect with April: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-anthony-95bab1213" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-anthony-95bab1213</a>Connect with VitalCaring: <a href="https://vitalcaring.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://vitalcaring.com/</a> Sponsors:Brought to you as a Premier Sponsor collaboration with Homecare Homebase (HCHB). Homecare Homebase helps home-based care organizations prepare for what’s next.Home-based care is changing. Is your technology keeping up?Growing operational demands, workforce pressures, regulatory change, and emerging technology are reshaping what organizations need from their technology partners. The question isn’t only what your technology can do today. It’s whether it can help you prepare for what’s next. Explore why now may be the right time to take a fresh look at your technology strategy with HCHB at <a href="https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lastvisitfirst.com/go/hchb</a>.

The Most Exciting Thing HCHB Has Done: VitalCaring CEO April Anthony on Curate: Scribe

You’re invited to the conversation.Welcome to Last Visit First, the new podcast from Tom Maxwell, Co-Founder and Chairman of Maxwell TEC. In every episode, Tom sits down with the voices shaping home health, hospice, and care at home — leaders, innovators, and changemakers with stories that matter.This trailer gives you a taste of what’s ahead: candid conversations, real lessons, and insights that connect today’s decisions to tomorrow’s outcomes.Follow now so you’ll be the first to hear when new episodes drop.

You’re invited to the conversation. Welcome to Last Visit First, the new podcast from Tom Maxwell, Co-Founder and Chairman of Maxwell TEC. In every episode, Tom sits down with the voices shaping home health, hospice, and care at home — leaders, innovators, and changemakers with stories that matter. This trailer gives you a taste of what’s ahead: candid conversations, real lessons, and insights that connect today’s decisions to tomorrow’s outcomes. Follow now so you’ll be the first to hear when new episodes drop.

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Most care stories in home healthcare end with the last visit. Last Visit First podcast starts there.

Hosted by Tom Maxwell — a nationally respected healthcare veteran with over three decades of experience, Co-Founder and Chairman of Maxwell TEC, Maxwell Investment Partners, and Maxwell Advisory Group — this podcast features honest, unfiltered conversations with the founders, CEOs, clinicians, and innovators shaping the future of home health, hospice, palliative, and post-acute care.

If you lead, operate, or believe in the power of care in the home, this is your podcast. Subscribe to listen.

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Most care stories in home healthcare end with the last visit. Last Visit First podcast starts there. Hosted by Tom Maxwell — a nationally respected healthcare veteran with over three decades of experience, Co-Founder and Chairman of Maxwell TEC, Maxwell Investment Partners, and Maxwell Advisory Group — this podcast features honest, unfiltered conversations with the founders, CEOs, clinicians, and innovators shaping the future of home health, hospice, palliative, and post-acute care. If you lead, operate, or believe in the power of care in the home, this is your podcast. Subscribe to listen.

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