News Photo by Kayla Wikaryasz MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena is seen on Monday. The Alpena hospital was ranked among the National Rural Health Association’s top rural and community hospitals.

MyMichigan Home Care in Alpena and Midland has been named a Best Home Health agency for 2026 by U.S. News & World Report. This recognition comes as part of U.S. News’ first-ever evaluation of home health providers, identifying the top-performing agencies in the United States. MyMichigan earned the “High Performing” designation – the highest level of recognition – for exceeding expectations in care quality and patient experience based on U.S. News’ methodology.

With more than three million patients turning to home health agencies each year, this debut analysis offers a much-needed, independent view of quality. By prioritizing patient outcomes and consumer experience for a predominantly senior population, these ratings provide clarity for families, in consultation with their physicians, making crucial care decisions.

“To receive this honor is very special to all of us, especially it being received in this inaugural year,” Rachel Aultman, system vice president of post-acute care, MyMichigan Health. “This recognition belongs to our dedicated and skilled team who go above and beyond for patients every day. To be named ‘High Performing’ affirms that the care we provide in patients’ homes truly makes a difference in their lives, as well as their families’.”

In the first edition of Best Home Health, U.S. News evaluated more than 12,000 agencies. Just 17 percent of the agencies U.S. News rated were awarded the Best Home Health designation from U.S. News.

“Earning the Best Home Health distinction is a significant achievement, as it is reserved only for those agencies that satisfy U.S. News’ standards of care quality and patient experience,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News.

The Best Home Health methodology developed by U.S. News leverages two data sets from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Data on care quality measures, including timely initiation of care and outcomes such as potentially preventable hospitalizations, were combined with patient experience surveys to produce the ratings. The ratings and underlying data for each agency, published on USNews.com, provide consumers with the trusted data and clarity they need to confidently choose, in consultation with their health care providers, the right care for a family member or themselves.

MyMichigan Home Care provides comprehensive, physician-directed services that help homebound patients recover from illness or surgery, regain independence and maintain their highest level of function — all in the comfort of home. Care is delivered by a skilled team that may include nurses, therapists, social workers, dietitians and home health aides, offering services such as rehabilitation, specialty nursing, wound care, cardiac and stroke recovery, respiratory management and telemonitoring. The program also provides home infusion therapy, including IV medications, nutrition support and pain management with 24/7 pharmacist access. In addition, hospice services focus on comfort, dignity and quality of life for individuals facing terminal illness, providing expert symptom management, emotional and spiritual support, and bereavement services for families.

Those interested in learning more about the Best Home Health ratings may visit U.S. News Health Those interested in learning more about MyMichigan Home Care may visit mymichigan.org/homecare

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