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Atlantic Visiting Nurse top rated home health agency in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report

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MORRISTOWN, NJ – MARCH 23, 2026Atlantic Visiting Nurse, part of Atlantic Health, is the highest rated home health agency in New Jersey on U.S. News & World Report’s inaugural 2026 Best Home Health list. The list assesses close to eight thousand home health agencies on topics including quality of care and patient experience.

“Every day, all across New Jersey, the outstanding Atlantic Visiting Nurse team improves access to the highest quality care offered by our system,” said Saad Ehtisham, DHA, FACHE, President and CEO, Atlantic Health. “Their ability to extend care beyond the walls of our facilities, into the convenient comfort of patients’ homes, helps ensure safety and wellbeing for our community. I congratulate Atlantic Visiting Nurse on this honor and am grateful for all that they do."

Atlantic Visiting Nurse earned a High Performing rating by U.S. News, the highest possible rating and one of only eight agencies in the state to achieve that result. When it comes to quality of care, Atlantic Visiting Nurse scored above the state and national average in every category: Improved Walking and Movement, Ability to Get Out of Bed, Improved Bathing Skills, Improved Breathing, Timely Start of Care, Correct Medication Use, and Hospitalizations. In patient experience, Atlantic Visiting Nurse scored five stars (out of five) and scored above the state and national averages in Professionalism, Communication, Discussing Medications and Safety, Likelihood of Recommending Agency, and Rated Highly by Patients.

Atlantic Visiting Nurse supports patients recovering from illness or surgery and those coping with chronic conditions regain health, stay out of the hospital, and remain living independently at home.

Learn more about Atlantic Visiting Nurse.

About Atlantic Health

Atlantic Health is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality health care in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metropolitan area. Powered by a workforce of 25,000 team members and more than 5,667 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, Atlantic Health serves more than half of the state of New Jersey including 14 counties and 7.5 million people.

The not-for-profit system offers more than 550 sites of care, including its eight hospitals: Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ, Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center in Newton, NJ, Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, NJ, Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center in Hackettstown, NJ, Atlantic Health Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute in Madison, NJ and Atlantic Health CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, NJ.

The system includes Atlantic Medical Group, part of a physician enterprise that makes up one of the largest multispecialty practices in New Jersey with almost 2,000 physicians and advance practice providers. Joined with Atlantic Accountable Care Organization and Optimus Healthcare Partners they form part of Atlantic Alliance, a Clinically Integrated Network of more than 4,000 health care providers throughout northern and central NJ.

Atlantic Health provides care for the full continuum of health care needs through 26 urgent care centers, Atlantic Visiting Nurse and Atlantic Health Virtual Visits. Facilitating the connection between these services on both land and air is the transportation fleet of Atlantic Mobile Health.

Founded by Atlantic Health, the Healthcare Transformation Consortium is a partnership of seven regional hospitals and health systems dedicated to improving access and affordability. Atlantic Health has a medical school affiliation with Thomas Jefferson University, is home to the regional campus of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Centers and is the official health care partner of the New York Jets.

Published: March 24, 2026

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