Check out the New NAHC.org

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has a new look, full of new features and customized solutions to enhance your member experience. It’s another step in our plan to fully support your goals as a home health and hospice movers and shakers. We’ve reviewed, analyzed, and implemented your feedback into revamping our website (NAHC.ORG). […]

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NAHC to CMS: Medicare Home Health Benefit is at a Crossroads

In comments filed in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s (CMS) 2024 proposed home health rule, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice told CMS that the proposed payment rate cut of 5.653 percent will significantly reduce access to essential home health services throughout the country and set the stage for further […]

NAHC and Partners Publish Compilation of State Govt Medicaid Access Rule Comments

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and our partners with the Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care (PMHC) and the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) published a fact sheet outlining concerns included in comment letters submitted by state Medicaid agencies regarding the Medicaid access rule’s 80-20 provision. Several states expressed serious concern […]

Combating the Workforce Crisis: Studies and Insights

Overview: In recent years, the health care industry had been preparing for a shift towards greater reliance on home-based care. However, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this transition, resulting in an immediate demand for home-based care. Unfortunately, the number of families seeking assistance in the home now far surpasses the available workforce capable of providing such […]

NAHC & NHPCO Boards Agree to Pursue Creation of a New, Combined Organization

The Boards of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) agreed to a joint process to explore the formation of a new organization to combine the strengths of both NAHC and NHPCO and better serve members with a unified voice on behalf of the […]

Combating the Workforce Crisis: Studies and Insights

Overview: In recent years, the health care industry had been preparing for a shift towards greater reliance on home-based care. However, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this transition, resulting in an immediate demand for home-based care. Unfortunately, the number of families seeking assistance in the home now far surpasses the available workforce capable of providing such […]

We Need YOUR Help to Improve Workforce Safety

Workforce safety is important to all employers.  As anyone reading or listening to the news knows, violence against health care workers is a continuing and worsening problem. As an industry – as a community – we must come together to solve this problem. NAHC recognizes that the potential dangers of working in the home has […]

Special Task Force Creates Guide to Care at Home Workforce Safety

Read the Call to Action: Protecting Home Care Employees from Workplace Violence Resource guide to be revealed at 2023 Home Care and Hospice Conference and Expo Related toolkit to be published soon! Over the past year, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and Johns Hopkins Care at Home (JHCH) have  led a […]

Please Take this DEI Survey

Take the survey Respond by June 28, 2023 In 2021, the NAHC Board of Directors adopted a statement on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Their promise is for NAHC to help foster the principles of equality and justice and provide our members with the appropriate tools and support to work towards that end. Since then, we […]