Morgan Gonzales

Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth are launching the Dartmouth Health at Home program, supported by a $20 million

Optum, UnitedHealth Group's (NYSE: UNH) services arm, has seen a 10% increase in home health visits over the past year and cited the service as one of its high-performing lines.

Home health providers have had to reevaluate how they grow amid U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) temporary moratoria on hospice and home health enrollment in Medicare. With the potential expiration date fast approaching, providers must prepare for a potential extension.

Home health and hospice provider Compassus is evaluating a broad array of growth opportunities, including de novo expansion, acquisitions and joint ventures.

Home-based care providers face increasing demands from payers and referral partners — but still must remain selective about which relationships fit their businesses while leveraging new technology.

Home-based care has spent years talking about moving care upstream. This involves identifying patients who qualify for additional support before an acute exacerbation. But turning that ambition into routine practice has not been straightforward.

As part of an updated push to coordinate federal action to strengthen dementia care and research, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to improve access to home and community-based services for people with dementia.

DispatchHealth has rolled back its emergency room-alternative care model, laid off workers in the process and pivoted to help health systems deliver complex care at home rather than operating as a full-service provider. Following the pivot, the company also named its president, Erin Bartley, as its next CEO, effective Nov. 1.

The Franchise Times' 2026 list of the largest franchise systems in the U.S. was littered with home-based care companies.

The moratorium on Medicare home health enrollment has blocked 250 agencies that applied from gaining approval, according to Kim Brandt, the deputy administrator and chief operating officer of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).