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The Alliance Wants Your Feedback on Burdensome, Outdated Regulations
HIGHLIGHTS
- We have a chance to help discard needless regulations
- We want to hear from you!
- Comments are due TODAY, May 2
On April 11, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Deregulation Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on federal regulations that may be overly burdensome or outdated. This is a key opportunity for the care at home industry to speak up and influence future policy.
As your national voice for home care, we are preparing comments—and we want to hear from you, our members.
What Regulations Should We Highlight?
A New Website for Your Alliance
The National Alliance for Care at Home is excited to announce the launch of our new website, which is coming soon! After months of hard work, member feedback, and testing, we’ve created a beautiful, user-friendly web experience that will make it easier for you to take advantage of all the benefits of your Alliance membership.
While the site isn’t live just yet, you will access it through the same URL that you are already using: allianceforcareathome.org.
Here’s a sneak peek at what’s new:
REGULATION & OPERATIONS
CMS recently discovered an error in the Discharge Function quality measure scores that were included in the 4/2/25 release of Home Health July 2025 Preview Reports. The inaccurate scoring affected approximately 16% of HH providers and was caused by a technical error, which has now been resolved.
HOPE Final Data Specifications
CMS posted the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) updated final materials. Materials include the HOPE Guidance Manual v1.01, the Items sets (HOPE Admission v1.01, HOPE Update Visit (HUV) v1.01, HOPE Discharge v1.01 and HOPE ALL Item v1.01), the HIS to HOPE v1.01 Change Table, and the HOPE Guidance Manual v1.00 to v1.01.
LEGISLATIVE
Advocate on the Issues that Matter to You
Click on the links below to quickly & easily message your members of Congress on these key issues:
1. Protect Medicare Home Health
Advocate for Care in the Home
Sign up today to get the latest grassroots advocacy updates from the Alliance! Together, we can ensure that quality care is accessible to those who need it, wherever they call home. By signing up, you will stay informed and receive timely alerts when we need YOU to take action on important care-at-home issues.
EDUCATION & EVENTS
Benchmarking for Success: Using the Measures of Excellence to Track Clinical and Operational Metrics
Thursday, May 1, 2025; 2:00-3:00 pm Eastern Time
The Measures of Excellence (MOE) is a quarterly data collection tool and dashboard which tracks operational and clinical data to inform high quality care. The MOE Dashboard and report allows organizations to compare themselves to other organizations for benchmarking. Participants will be able to identify performance improvement opportunities and track their performance improvement efforts through the quarterly dashboard.
2025 National Alliance for Care at Home Financial Summit
July 27-29, 2025 | Chicago, IL
2025 National Alliance for Care at Home Annual Meeting & Exposition
November 2 – 4, 2025 | New Orleans, LA
MEMBER UPDATES
Chat Recordings
- April 23 Psychosocial, Spiritual, and Bereavement Community Chat Recording: Mergers in Hospice: Navigating the Challenge of Change
- April 23 Clinical Leadership Community Chat Recording: The Puzzle of After Hours Staffing in Hospice
The member voice is at the heart of the Alliance. With a strong history of volunteer leadership across legacy organizations, the Alliance’s member engagement model was formed through an intentional process driven by member input.
Take Advantage of Your Membership Benefits
We’re excited to welcome Founding Members to the Alliance! Explore our new webpage to learn how to get involved and maximize your membership benefits. Learn more
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