Policy
Home Care & Hospice in the White House’s FY2025 Budget Proposal
On Monday, March 11th, President Biden released a $7.26 trillion proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025, which begins October 1st, 2024. While the White House budget is simply a request and Congress has final say on government spending, it does provide a window into the president’s priorities and where his administration wants to direct […]
Read MoreHouse GOPers Express Concern to CMS with Medicaid Access Rule
On Tuesday, August 22, 2023, 21 Republicans in the House of Representatives sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expressing concerns with the 80-20 provision in the Medicaid Access proposed rule. The provision would require that at least 80 percent of all Medicaid payments for homemaker, home health aide, and […]
Read MoreHome Care & Hospice News Review
Read on for NAHC Report’s regular round-up of important home care, home health, and hospice stories from around the country. If there is a story you would like to share with your fellow home care and hospice professionals, please send it tom@nahc.org. Proposed Minimum Wage Hike For Health Care Workers Could Hurt Home-Based Care Providers New […]
Read MoreHome Care & Hospice News Review
Read on for NAHC Report’s regular round-up of important home care, home health, and hospice stories from around the country. If there is a story you would like to share with your fellow home care and hospice professionals, please send it tom@nahc.org. NAHC to feds: See you in court It took a year, but the National […]
Read MoreSave the Date for the NAHC Fall Advocacy Day!
Free registration September 19-20, 2023 Washington, D.C. Each year, our most engaged members and industry friends touch down in our nation’s capital to advocate with lawmakers for support of the care-in-the-home community. The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) tracks critical legislative, regulatory, and policy issues that affect our members to ensure you’re on top […]
Read MorePalliative & Hospice Workforce Legislation Re-Introduced in the Senate
On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, a large bipartisan group of Senators, led by Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore-Capito (R-WV) reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) (S.2243) (Bill text HERE; 1-pager summary HERE). Long a priority for NAHC and the broader end-of-life and serious illness care community, PCHETA would authorize funding for major investments to build, […]
Read MoreMaking Sense of Medicaid: Medicaid Managed Care
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT REGISTER Sponsored by Red Road Healthcare Business Solutions This webinar is the third in the NAHC Medicaid educational series. Building on the previous two webinars, this session will provide an in-depth look at Medicaid Managed Care, including: The statutory and regulatory parameters that govern Medicaid Managed […]
Read MorePodcast: An All-Hands-On-Deck Approach to Medicaid Redeterminations
FREE REGISTRATION Tuesday, July 11th 2023 – 1:00 PM (EDT) UnitedHealthcare Community & State a conversation with Damon Terzaghi, Director of Medicaid HCBS Advocacy for the National Association for Home Care & Hospice. In this discussion, Damon will share how in-home providers can best support their clients throughout the Medicaid redetermination process. Register with the link […]
Read MoreThe National Association for Home Care & Hospice Sues Medicare to Preserve the Home Health Service Benefit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Thomas Threlkeld Director of Communications, NAHC 202-547-7424/tom@nahc.org The National Association for Home Care & Hospice Sues Medicare to Preserve the Home Health Service Benefit Washington, D.C. – The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the […]
Read MoreHome Care & Hospice News Review
Read on for NAHC Report’s regular round-up of important home care, home health, and hospice stories from around the country. If there is a story you would like to share with your fellow home care and hospice professionals, please send it tom@nahc.org. Lawmakers Seeking To Block Home Health Medicare Cuts The Preserving Access to Home Health […]
Read MoreRESPOND TODAY! Make Your Voice Heard on the Medicaid Access Proposed Rule
Please take the survey now! As part of our ongoing work to advocate on the proposed Medicaid Access Rule, our member workgroup recommended that we administer a short survey to gauge your reactions to the CMS proposal. We have intentionally kept this survey as short as possible to reduce the burden of your response. Given this […]
Read MoreHome Health Leaders Applaud Bipartisan Introduction of the Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Thomas Threlkeld Director of Communications, NAHC 202-547-7424/tom@nahc.org Washington, DC – The National Association for Home Care & Hospice and the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (the Partnership) today commended Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) for introducing Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023 to safeguard access to […]
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