The Partnership for High quality House Healthcare (PQHH) will shut efficient March 1. The PQHH Board of Administrators will be part of efforts with the Nationwide Alliance for Care at House (the Alliance) to create a stronger and unified voice for the sector.

By partnering with the Alliance, PQHH's board goals to extend advocacy on public coverage and regulatory points impacting the house well being care neighborhood. Their aim is to advertise a well being care system that acknowledges the important function of house well being care in offering compassionate, value-driven care.

“The choice to affix efforts with the Alliance displays the necessity for a extra unified, robust voice to advocate for the house care business. By becoming a member of forces, each organizations can higher handle essential public coverage points and guarantee continued entry to high-quality, compassionate care within the house. This partnership strengthens the business's capacity to advance its collective mission and safe a well being care system that absolutely acknowledges the crucial function of house well being care,” David Baiada, president of PQHH, advised House Well being Care Information.

Since its founding in 2010, PQHH has represented neighborhood and hospital-based house well being companies, working with authorities officers to make sure entry to high quality house care. This mission was on the forefront of their resolution to shut.

“Due to the Partnership and Alliance's efforts, the Medicare house well being neighborhood has constructed robust relationships in Congress and with the Facilities for Medicare & Medicaid Providers (CMS), positioning the business for future success. We’re excited to construct on this basis,” mentioned Alliance CEO Dr. Steven Landers mentioned in a press release. “With a unified business voice, we are able to proceed to coach policymakers concerning the significance of house look after American households.”

The PQHH Board of Administrators determined to affix efforts with the Alliance after cautious consideration of the present state of home healthcare coverage, the political panorama following the current elections and key business developments.

“The Nationwide Alliance for Care at House Board of Administrators unanimously helps PQHH's resolution to align efforts and sources with the Alliance to additional unify our business,” Ken Albert, Alliance Board Chairman, mentioned in a press release. a press release. “The core of our imaginative and prescient underlying the merger with the Nationwide Hospice and Palliative Care Group (NHPCO) has at all times been to create a neighborhood the place all house care stakeholders can make investments the time, vitality and sources crucial to provide the outcomes essential to safe our place in America's well being care continuum. We’re extraordinarily happy that PQHH leaders share this imaginative and prescient. It isn’t trivial to say that we are going to be stronger collectively.”

The Alliance brings collectively two organizations with practically 90 years of mixed expertise: the Nationwide Affiliation for House Care & Hospice (NAHC) and NHPCO. Collectively they type a nationwide group representing suppliers of house well being care, house care, hospice, palliative care and different well being care companies offered primarily within the house.

“This resolution comes at a time when the house care business is experiencing vital shifts in coverage and a altering political panorama,” Baiada mentioned. “Given these developments, becoming a member of efforts with the Alliance gives a extra cohesive and resourceful strategy to future advocacy, leaving the business well-positioned to satisfy these challenges and proceed to advance the pursuits of sufferers and households.”