U.S. News home health ratings: What providers need to know

Effective Feb 16, 2026

Published Feb 16, 2026

Last Reviewed Feb 17, 2026

U.S. News & World Report will release its first Best Home Health rating on Feb. 24, 2026.

The organization’s system averages an agency’s star ratings and patient satisfaction scores to create a composite score, according to details released during a webinar Feb. 10, 2026. Providers are then assigned a ranking such as “high performing” or “expected.”

Agencies included in the ratings list can be filtered by:

Zip code

Available services

Quality scores

HHCAHPS patient satisfaction scores

Agencies that do not have a CMS certification number will be listed in the report but will not receive a rating.

Other U.S. News lists include Best Nursing Homes and Best Hospitals for Rehabilitation.

For more information, visit https://www.usnews.com/news/live-events/inside-the-u-s-news-best-home-health-agencies-ratings.

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