Home Health

ST. LOUIS—Camille S. Childress, 41, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for defrauding Missouri Medicaid with false home healthcare claims.

NEW YORK— A Place for Mom, a senior living advising company, published its 2026 report, "Costs of Long-Term Care and Senior Living," which presented data showing homecare costs continued to rise from 2024 to 2025, increasing roughly 3%. 

BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Franchising, the franchisor of HomeWell Care Services, a national non-medical homecare franchise, has entered an exclusive partnership with Trella Health. Trella is a healthcare market intelligence platform that provides data-driven insights into referral patterns, provider connections and post-acute care networks.

CHICAGO—BrightStar Care, a provider of nurse-led home healthcare, skilled care and medical staffing, announced it is heading into the second half of 2026 having signed more than 20 franchise agreements and opened 19 new locations in the first six months of the year.

The company said its growth in 2026 continues to reflect rising demand for in-home care, which is raising awareness of the opportunity among prospective owners. 

TRENTON, New Jersey—Legislation introduced in the state of New Jersey aims to ease regulatory burdens on home healthcare providers.

Bill S 3463 would make the following changes to existing law:

NEW MEXICO—Newly introduced legislation aims to reverse rate cuts for veterans’ home healthcare services and require congressional notification of any future reductions. The National Defense Authorization Act’s Senate Amendment 6414, recently introduced by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, would restore funding for veterans’ homecare services in Texas and New Mexico slashed by the Trump administration at the beginning of the year. 

INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana Health Coverage Programs (IHCP) has received approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) to implement a statewide provider certification and enrollment moratorium on home- and community-
based services (HCBS) 1915(c) waiver providers. 

BARBOURSVILLE, West Virginia—Village Caregiving (VCG), a privately-owned homecare agency in the United States, said it has expanded nationally in the first half of 2026 by opening seven new locations, expanding into Massachusetts and Montana for the first time and creating 160 new caregiving jobs.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—Prochant, a technology-enabled revenue cycle management service for home-based care providers, has partnered with Longshore Capital Partners to support the company's next phase of growth.

WASHINGTON—Newly introduced legislation aims to establish a grant program to help home health providers and nursing homes adopt electronic health records.

U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), introduced the Connecting Health and Records Technology for Seniors (CHARTS) Act, legislation to help long-term and post-acute care providers modernize patient record systems, improve care coordination and ensure America’s seniors receive safer, more connected healthcare.

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin—The Centers for Independence (CFI) has announced that it will be permanently closing its Milwaukee CFI (MCFI) Home Care program this October. MCFI is a nonprofit, certified medical assistance personal care agency that provides in-home community-based services to elderly and disabled groups.

FORT MEYERS, Florida—Mertz Taggart, a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) firm, has published its M&A report for the second quarter of 2026. The report showed that home-based care M&A volume stepped down with 16 transactions closed during the quarter—down from 27 in quarter 1 2026 and 29 in quarter 2 2025. The report also highlighted hospice and homecare tied for the lead at eight closed transactions each, followed by skilled home health at six.

TAIPEI—D-Link Corporation announced the global launch of the DCS-8610 2.5K QHD Pan & Tilt Pro Wi-Fi Camera. 

PALO ALTO, California—Sensi.AI, a provider of an AI-powered operating system for senior care, announced a preferred partnership with SYNERGY HomeCare. The partnership brings Sensi's AI OS (operating system) platform to SYNERGY's network of more than 250 franchisees across 625 locations, connecting care, operations and growth into a single intelligent workflow.

PEEKSKILL, New York—Angels on Call Homecare announced that Eric J. Dalton, vice president and health services administrator, has received two distinguished leadership honors: the 2026 914INC. Wunderkind Award and the Hudson Valley's Top Forty Under 40 Mover & Shaker Award.

DUBLIN, Ohio—Cardinal Health has entered into two definitive agreements that the company said accelerate its at-home solutions' growth strategy.

Cardinal Health will acquire the diabetes health business of AdaptHealth Corp., and, in its entirety, Strive Medical, a multi-specialty supply provider with a focus on urology. Combined, the transactions total approximately $360 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustments.

CHICAGO—A new report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) found that nonprofit joint ventures have become an increasingly important strategy for private equity-backed healthcare companies seeking to expand across hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, hospice, home health, behavioral health and other sectors.