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Angel Abrego, CEO & Founder of Elite Premier Nursing Services / Elite Infusion Services, has been named a 2025 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.
To become a Future Leader, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a high-performing employee who is 40 years of age or younger, a passionate worker who knows how to put vision into action, and an advocate for seniors, and the committed professionals who ensure their well-being.
Abrego sat down with Home Health Care News to share what drew him to the home health & home care industry, the biggest leadership lessons he has learned, his thoughts on the future of home health & home care, and much more. To learn more about the Future Leaders Awards program, visit https://futureleaders.wtwhmedia.com/.
HHCN: What drew you to the home health & home care industry?
Abrego: I was drawn to this industry because I saw an opportunity not just to provide care, but to transform how care is delivered. I wanted to build something bigger than a service — I wanted to create a movement.
Home health and home care are the future of healthcare because they blend compassion with innovation, and they meet people where they are most comfortable: their homes. I knew this space had the potential to be revolutionized with new models of care, technology, and forward-thinking leadership — and I wanted to be at the forefront of that change.
HHCN: What’s your biggest leadership lesson learned since starting to serve this industry?
Abrego: The biggest lesson I’ve learned is that innovation and leadership are inseparable. To lead in this space, you must be willing to disrupt old models and inspire others to see what’s possible. It’s not enough to keep things running — you have to imagine a better future and then mobilize your team to make it real. For me, that has meant embracing technology, like remote patient monitoring and telehealth, while never losing sight of the human connection. Innovation may power the future, but compassion gives it meaning.
HHCN: If you could change one thing with an eye toward the future of the home health & home care industry, what would it be?
Abrego: I would change the perception of home health and home care as “traditional” or “behind the curve.” This industry is not only capable of keeping pace with healthcare innovation, it should be leading it.
We have the power to integrate digital health, predictive analytics, and personalized care in ways that hospitals and clinics cannot. By reimagining how care is delivered at home, we can reduce hospitalizations, lower costs, and truly revolutionize the patient experience, everything starts in the home.
HHCN: In one word, how would you describe the future of home health & home care?
Abrego: Revolutionary.
HHCN: If you had a crystal ball, what do you think will impact the home health & home care industry now and into 2026?
Abrego: Technology will be the driving force — but not technology for its own sake. It’s about integration and innovation that empower both patients and providers.
Imagine homes equipped as mini health hubs, caregivers supported by AI-driven insights, and real-time health data that prevents crises before they happen. By 2026, we’ll see a major shift: home health will no longer be viewed as a supplement to healthcare — it will become the centerpiece of healthcare. The winners will be those who dare to reimagine the possibilities and deliver on them and Elite Premier Nursing Services has positioned itself to be at the helm of this revolutionary change as we merge hands on compassion and technology as the future of healthcare.
HHCN: In your opinion, what qualities must all Future Leaders possess?
Abrego: Future Leaders must be visionaries. They need to combine boldness with creativity, empathy with adaptability. It’s not enough to manage what exists — they must be willing to disrupt, to take risks, and to design entirely new ways of delivering care.
Above all, they must stay human-centered. The future belongs to leaders who can connect cutting-edge innovation with compassion, creating systems that are smarter, faster, more humane and blend it with that hands-on compassion that is so vital to our industry.
HHCN: If you could give advice to yourself looking back to your first day in the home health & home care industry, what would it be and why?
Abrego: I would tell myself: “Never listen to the voices that think small—keep thinking big.”
From day one, I never saw this as a local opportunity. I saw it as a global movement waiting to happen. Even when I was told people didn’t want to reinvent the wheel in this space, I knew they were wrong. Reinventing the wheel was exactly what needed to be done, and it became my mission.
Today, with the new models of care we’re bringing into the market, I know I was right. My advice to my younger self — and to any future leader — is to block out the noise, stay bold, and keep building for the future you know is possible.
