Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare

A clear majority of American seniors prefer to receive care in the home. Learn more:

A recent study found that patients treated in a home-based setting were significantly less likely to be admitted or readmitted to the hospital. Learn more: https://ow.ly/KosK50TFhPg

"This is what you get after you see sustained, destabilizing, repeated cuts to a program that is a really important program to America’s seniors and disabled community."

Medicare home health cuts year after year are making it harder for our community to provide care. Urge your lawmakers to protect access to home health: https://ow.ly/woIn50TFhNU

Despite the clear benefits and growing demand for home-based care – with most Americans wanting to age and receive care in their own home – Medicare has proposed yet another cut to home health payment rates for 2025. It is time for Congress to act by putting a stop to these cuts and protecting the Medicare home health benefit.

Vice President Kamala Harris and the Harris for President campaign announced a proposal to expand care in the home for older Americans. With home health access declining throughout the country, PQHH applauds this commitment to cover more home care services and urges the Administration and Congress to protect the existing Medicare home health program by stopping planned cuts. Read more in our press release: https://lnkd.in/eg2DfrRC #PQHH #HomeHealthcare

Approximately 3 million Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S. receive home healthcare services annually.

NY’s Rep. Ritchie Torres recently led a bipartisan delegation letter to Administration officials opposing Medicare’s CY 2025 proposed payment rule that threatens access to home healthcare.? ? The proposed CY2025 home health rule would significantly reduce Medicare reimbursement rates, devastating the future of home health patient access and workforce stability. PQHH commends Rep. Torres’ letter signed by 25 U.S. Senators and Representatives in Congress urging CMS to reconsider how these cuts would disadvantage millions of Americans who prefer home health. ? To read more about the NY delegation letter, click here: https://lnkd.in/ejr5SN6P ? #PQHH #HomeHealthcare

We need your voice to stop home health cuts. Please send an email to your lawmakers today urging them to co-sponsor S. 2137/H.R. 5159: https://ow.ly/tJ4n50TFhN2

In a recent Home Health Care News article, PQHH CEO Joanne Cunningham expressed optimism for a renewed bipartisan interest and efforts to tackle health care workforce shortages, particularly for home healthcare. Read more about the introduction of federal legislation to address health workforce shortages: https://lnkd.in/gGHEAqsU #PQHH #HomeHealthcare