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MatrixCare covers skilled nursing, senior living, hospice, and home health under one vendor — broad, enterprise, multi-setting. Carelytic is built for one job: US home health for mid-market agencies. Which fit your agency depends on whether you operate across care settings or focus on home health.
Side by side
| Carelytic | MatrixCare | |
|---|---|---|
| Home health + assisted living in one platform | Both care settings in one tenant, one login | Senior living & home-based, as separate products |
| Admin compliance & survey-readiness suite | Built in — grievances, OIG/SAM exclusion screening, emergency-prep drills, QAPI, mock survey, policy attestation, staff training | Not a marketed capability — confirm in your discovery |
| Published pricing | Yes — Starter / Pro / Enterprise listed on the site | Quote-based, not published |
| Billing & claims | Included in every tier | Available — confirm scope in your quote |
| EVV | Included in every tier | Available — confirm scope in your quote |
| Medicare HH PDGM (Grouper, LUPA, NOA) | Included — 432 HHRGs, CY2026 data | Supported on the platform |
| AI for coding / QA | OIG-safe, evidence-cited Coding Review | Analytics-oriented tooling |
| Mobile PWA + offline + voice dictation | Built in | Mobile apps — confirm offline scope |
| Passkey / WebAuthn login | Built in | Standard 2FA |
| Onboarding | 14-30 days, 20 of 24 tasks auto-detected | Enterprise implementation program |
Comparison reflects publicly available product information as of 2026. MatrixCare updates its offering frequently — verify the current details in your own discovery process.
Where Carelytic wins
Carelytic does US home health and only US home health. Every screen, every default, every dataset (432 HHRGs, CY2026 PDGM weights, OASIS-E2 across all 6 timepoints) is shaped for that. MatrixCare spans many care settings — powerful for multi-setting providers, but heavier than a focused home health agency needs.
Carelytic lists Starter / Pro / Enterprise pricing with active-client caps. MatrixCare pricing is quote-based. For a mid-market home health agency that needs to budget before an evaluation, the published model removes guesswork.
Installable PWA with offline outbox, voice dictation, signature canvas, mileage auto-calc — plus WebAuthn passkeys and trusted-device login. The day-1 experience for clinicians and admins is built on a 2025-2026 web stack, not retrofitted onto a long-standing enterprise platform.
Carelytic's AI Coding Review cites the chart text it found and is explicitly never framed as 'maximize reimbursement.' For agencies watching OIG enforcement post-Amedisys, that positioning is core, not an afterthought.
Why agencies switch
Most agencies don't switch platforms casually — it's a real project. These are the triggers we hear most often from agencies that moved off MatrixCare.
Book a demoCarelytic vs MatrixCare — FAQ
Yes, for mid-market agencies focused on US home health. Carelytic covers OASIS-E2, CMS-485, Medicare HH PDGM, billing, EVV, scheduling, payroll, fax, and AI Coding Review. MatrixCare is broader — it spans many post-acute care settings — so the right comparison depends on whether you operate across settings or focus on home health.
Carelytic publishes its pricing: Starter $350/mo, Professional $999/mo, Enterprise from $2,499/mo. MatrixCare pricing is quote-based and not published. A direct comparison requires a MatrixCare quote scoped to your agency size.
Carelytic ships an installable PWA with offline outbox (idempotent sync), voice dictation, signature canvas, mileage auto-calc, and push notifications — plus WebAuthn passkey login. MatrixCare has mobile apps; confirm the specifics of offline support and modern-auth features for your use case in their evaluation.
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