MECHANICSBURG, Pennsylvania—Residential Home Health, an affiliate of Graham Healthcare Group, announced the acquisition of Covenant Home Health of Havertown, a home health provider serving Bucks, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and York counties. The combination strengthens Residential's presence in Eastern Pennsylvania, extending its reach into Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania. 

WASHINGTON—A new report published by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) showed homecare and assisted living costs have surged nearly 50% since 2019. AARP said this surge has wiped out a decade of progress in long-term care affordability for middle-income older adults.

HOBOKEN, New Jersey—Health Recovery Solutions (HRS), a national remote patient monitoring and enterprise remote patient care platform, announced its acquisition of Rimidi, a chronic disease management and remote monitoring company with deep roots in diabetes and cardiometabolic management.

ATLANTA—Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc., a homecare platform focused on providing care to medically complex, high-cost patient populations, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Family First Holding, LLC.

BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Care Services, a national provider of non-medical homecare, was recently named a Top Franchise for 2026 by Franchise Business Review (FBR) for the fifth consecutive year. HomeWell was among just 200 franchise brands, representing thousands of franchise owners participating in FBR’s research.

WASHINGTON—Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Susan Collins, co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, have introduced legislation aimed at improving access to diabetes technologies that includes provisions to keep insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) out of the durable medical equipment, prosthetics and orthotics (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program for five years.

HOUSTON, Texas—A Texas man was sentenced to 90 months in prison for his role in a $59.9 million conspiracy to pay kickbacks and submit claims for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) to Medicare.

TEMPE, Arizona—SYNERGY HomeCare, a provider of in-home care services to seniors and individuals of all ages and an Entrepreneur 500-ranked enterprise, added 101 new territories last year—a new record for the franchisor.

DALLAS—Homecare Homebase (HCHB), a provider of home-based care software and administrative services, launched Curate: Scribe, a new AI-assisted documentation capability embedded within the HCHB electronic health record. 

CINCINNATI—Home Helpers Home Care, a provider of nonmedical in-home companionship and personal care services, announced it awarded 41 franchise agreements between new and existing franchisees in 2025.