# Kinnser Software (now part of WellSky)

> Founded in Austin in 2003 by Chris Hester, Kinnser Software supplied web-based clinical and business software to home health, hospice, therapy, and private duty care providers. Its tools connected documentation, scheduling, quality assurance, billing, and reporting. Mediware acquired Kinnser in 2017; the combined business adopted the WellSky name in 2018, and Agency Manager became WellSky Home Health.

- **Founded:** 2003
- **Headquarters:** Austin, United States
- **Founders:** Chris Hester (Founder and CEO at the 2017 acquisition announcement)
- **Products:** Kinnser Agency Manager / WellSky Home Health, Kinnser Therapy Manager, Kinnser Hospice, Kinnser ADL, Kinnser Link
- **Notable:** Raised a USD 40 million Series A in 2012., Reported serving more than 1,700 home health agencies and hospices that cared for more than 550,000 unique patients in 2013., Expanded into private duty software through ADLware in 2014 and clinical analysis through PPS Plus in 2015.

## Products & services

- **Kinnser Agency Manager / WellSky Home Health** — Web-based home health EHR and agency operations platform covering clinical records, scheduling, billing, financial reporting, and quality assurance. Agency Manager is the historical name.
- **Kinnser Therapy Manager** — Historical SaaS product for therapy-provider patient management and collaboration with home health agencies.
- **Kinnser Hospice** — Hospice-specific intake, scheduling, clinical charting, benefit-period management, and billing software.
- **Kinnser ADL** — Private duty care software product line formed after Kinnser acquired ADLware.
- **Kinnser Link** — Offline iOS and Android tablet documentation companion that loads scheduled documents and uploads completed notes when connectivity returns.
- **Kinnser Business Insights** — Tableau-powered reporting solution with more than 30 prebuilt reports covering seven areas of agency operations.
- **Kinnser RiskPoint** — Historical predictive analytics product intended to identify home health patients at risk of hospitalization.
- **WellSky Scribe** — Current WellSky Home Health ambient listening and transcription capability within the SkySense AI suite; a successor-platform product, not an original Kinnser release.
- **WellSky Point of Care app for Home Health** — Successor-platform native mobile app connected to the full WellSky Home Health patient record, including Scribe; announced as included for current WellSky Home Health EHR clients.

## Achievements

- Raised a USD 40 million Series A in 2012.
- Reported serving more than 1,700 home health agencies and hospices that cared for more than 550,000 unique patients in 2013.
- Expanded into private duty software through ADLware in 2014 and clinical analysis through PPS Plus in 2015.
- Acquired by Mediware in 2017; became part of the WellSky brand in 2018.
- Built a nursing scholarship fund totaling USD 1 million at ACC in 2014.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — WellSky announced embedded ambient listening and transcription through WellSky Scribe within WellSky Home Health, powered by SkySense AI.
- **2025-12** — WellSky’s R&D team described clinician ride-alongs, interviews, and field observation used to develop Scribe; the article emphasized offline needs and unspoken clinical assessments.
- **2026-05** — WellSky announced expanded SkySense AI adoption at Unison Health Services on May 20; it announced its Point of Care mobile app for Home Health on May 28, included for current WellSky Home Health EHR clients.
- **2026-08** — An August 5 WellSky analysis compared Scribe users with nonusers at the same agencies, reporting 22% less after-hours documentation and 8.6 more patients per clinician per month. The company also said SkySense AI was included for enrolled WellSky Home Health EHR clients at no additional cost. These are vendor-reported associations, not independent causal findings.

## Links

- Website: https://wellsky.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kinnser-software/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/wellskyhealth
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV8Gc1NJZpXpmZ1ZGICsqsQ/videos
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellskyhealth/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wellskyhealth/

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Last updated: 2026-10-03