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Two or three providers side by side, across the public record: licensing, ratings, inspections, penalties, staffing, ownership, and what care costs locally. Where no agency publishes a figure for a kind of provider, the cell says so rather than sitting empty next to a number and reading like a low score.
Inogen INC. vs. Helping Hands Group
Care types
What each provider is licensed or certified to deliver. Different care types answer to different regulators, which is why the rows below are not always comparable.
Inogen INC.
In-Home Care
Helping Hands Group
In-Home Care
Licensed capacity
Beds or units on the license. A capacity, not an occupancy.
Not a like-for-like comparison. We hold no licensed capacity for either of these providers, and cannot yet say whether that means there is nothing to report or a file we have not read. Nothing here should be read as a difference between them.
Inogen INC.
Not establishedThe roster we read for this provider does not carry a licensed capacity. Not every state publishes one.
Helping Hands Group
Not establishedThe roster we read for this provider does not carry a licensed capacity. Not every state publishes one.
License status
The status word the state registry uses, reproduced exactly. We do not translate or grade it.
Inogen INC.
Licensed
Issued by Maryland · License R3148
Helping Hands Group
LICENSED
Issued by California · License 424700036
Published rating
Whatever the publishing regulator published, on the scale the regulator used. Nothing here is rescaled to five stars.
Not a like-for-like comparison. No public system publishes published rating for either of these providers, so there is nothing to compare here for either one.
Inogen INC.
Not comparableCalifornia does not publish quality ratings for home care agencies. CMS star ratings cover Medicare-certified home health agencies only.
Helping Hands Group
Not comparableCalifornia does not publish quality ratings for home care agencies. CMS star ratings cover Medicare-certified home health agencies only.
Inspection citations
How many citations are on record, and how recent the newest one is.
Inogen INC.
None on recordCalifornia's Community Care Licensing Division lists no citations for this agency.
Helping Hands Group
5 citations
Most recent Jul 21, 2026
Fines and payment denials
Enforcement actions on record, with the total fine amount where the source publishes one.
Not a like-for-like comparison. We hold no fines and payment denials for either of these providers, and cannot yet say whether that means there is nothing to report or a file we have not read. Nothing here should be read as a difference between them.
Inogen INC.
Not establishedNo fines or enforcement actions from the state licensing agency are on file for this provider yet.
Helping Hands Group
Not establishedNo fines or enforcement actions from the state licensing agency are on file for this provider yet.
Nurse staffing hours
Payroll-based nurse hours per resident per day, against the median for the same state.
Not a like-for-like comparison. No public system publishes nurse staffing hours for either of these providers, so there is nothing to compare here for either one.
Inogen INC.
Not comparableStaffing hours are published only for nursing homes, not for home care agencies.
Helping Hands Group
Not comparableStaffing hours are published only for nursing homes, not for home care agencies.
Ownership and chain
Who owns the provider, and who runs it when those are different companies.
Not a like-for-like comparison. We hold no ownership and chain for either of these providers, and cannot yet say whether that means there is nothing to report or a file we have not read. Nothing here should be read as a difference between them.
Inogen INC.
Not establishedOwnership details are not on file yet.
Helping Hands Group
Not establishedOwnership details are not on file yet.
Typical local cost
The published monthly median for this care type in this provider's city. A market figure, never a price quoted by this provider.
Inogen INC.
$7,525/mo
Typical for this care type in Goleta, CA, not a price from this provider
Helping Hands Group
$7,525/mo
Typical for this care type in Goleta, CA, not a price from this provider
What the blank cells mean
- None on record.
- The public record covers this provider and lists nothing.
- Not comparable.
- No agency publishes this measure for this kind of provider. Shown hatched.
- Not established.
- We don't have this record for this provider yet.
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