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UPDATED FOR 2026 · 17 STATES · STATUTE-VERIFIED

Retirement mandates for healthcare employers, handled.

Home care, senior living, staffing agencies, multi-site groups — clinical and admin W-2 staff all count. We own this deadline.

Verified to state statutes 17 states covered No obligation
Home-care aide and senior client talking in a bright living room
Compliant & covered17 states · 2026
Example exposure · VA · 21 staff
$4,200/yr≈ $0*
Do nothing → penalty · your plan → covered*
17
States tracked
60s
To check your exposure
$0
Setup with credits*
100%
Statute-verified data
// why healthcare employers get caught out

Where the mandate bites businesses like yours.

Counts across every site

Aides, nurses, techs, schedulers, and office staff count — aggregated across all your locations under one EIN.

Caregiver retention pays

Turnover among aides and techs is brutal — a real retirement benefit is a proven stay factor.

We carry this deadline

Licensing, HIPAA, payer audits — your plate is full. State registration becomes our job, entity by entity.

Beyond the state IRA

Employer match and far higher limits than the state IRA — real tools for staffing-heavy payrolls.

// 60-second check

What does your state actually require?

Pick your state and headcount for your real exposure — data verified against each state's own statute.

Informational only — not legal or tax advice.

Annual exposure · Virginia
$4,200
RetirePath Virginia · applies at 5+ employees

Get your full breakdown + a private-plan savings estimate:

// state plan vs your own

You can comply two ways. Only one builds anything.

The state auto-IRA

Compliance, nothing else
  • No employer match allowed
  • Low Roth-IRA contribution limits
  • One-size-fits-all investments
  • No tax credits for your business
RECOMMENDED

Your own 401(k)

Compliant — and working for you
  • Match if and when you want
  • Far higher contribution limits
  • SECURE 2.0 credits offset setup
  • A real recruiting & retention perk
// the part nobody tells you

Federal credits can cover most of your startup cost.

Under SECURE 2.0, small employers starting a plan can claim credits toward setup and contributions. The amount depends on your size and phases out over the first years — we model your real number, not a headline.

See what you'd qualify for
$5,000/yr
Startup credit toward administration costs, up to three years.
$1,000/emp
Toward employer contributions for smaller employers, phasing down as you grow.
$0down
Most eligible businesses can start for little to nothing in year one.
// healthcare employers faq

Asked by owners like you.

We're a home-care agency with aides across the state. Do they all count?

Aides on your W-2 payroll count regardless of where they work. Registry/1099 models differ — and misclassification is its own exposure — so we review how your caregivers are engaged.

We already offer a retirement plan. Are we done?

Probably exempt — but most states still require you to formally certify the exemption, and multi-entity groups must certify per EIN. Many healthcare employers with plans have never filed; we check and fix that.

How is this page different from your medical-practices page?

This page is for staffing-heavy healthcare employers — home care, senior living, agencies, multi-site groups. Small clinical practices (physicians, therapy, specialty clinics) are covered on our medical page.

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