CMS: Home healthcare spending estimated to grow by 7.1 percent from 2025 to 2026, surpassing other sectors

CMS: Home healthcare spending estimated to grow by 7.1 percent from 2025 to 2026, surpassing other sectors
McKnight's Home Care; by Adam Healy; 6/12/24
National spending on home healthcare is projected to grow faster than any other health sector in the years ahead, according to newly published data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of the Actuary [see Health Affairs: National Health Expenditure Projections, 2023-32: Payer Trends Diverge As Pandemic-Related Policies Fade]. Between 2025 and 2026, national spending on home health care is expected to increase by 7.1%, a data analysis published Wednesday in Health Affairs revealed. Projected spending growth in home health care should outpace all other categories including hospital care services (4.9%), physician and clinical services (4.8%) and nursing homes care (4.8%), and it is expected to grow even faster during the following years. Between 2027 and 2032, the sector will see spending growth of 8.1%, compared to hospital spending (5.6%), physician and clinical services (5.5%) and nursing home care (6%). In 2022, home health spending increased by roughly 6%, CMS disclosed in a previous report.