The organization claims that most Medicare Advantage insurers do not appreciate the value of home-based care.[1] It supports the Homecare for Seniors Act introduced in the House of Representatives in 2018. This would allow seniors to use funds from health savings accounts for qualified homecare services.[2]
Recruiting qualified personnel to work in the homes of patients is very high on the concerns of its members. From 2000 to 2015, home health providers saw a 115% increase in employment.[3] 2015 was the first year that more money was spent on home care in the USA than nursing home care.[4]
It produced a report in 2018 on problems of data sharing and interoperability in the hospice sector. Members work with an average of 396 referral sources, many using different communications systems. 24% of referrals are made by phone and 27% by fax. Hospices were said to face project costs of up to $15,000 per integration project, not including yearly maintenance fees.[5]
