Helpful Links for the Home Health Care Industry
Accreditation
JCAHO: http://www.jointcommission.org/
CHAP: http://www.chapinc.org/
ACHC: http://www.achc.org/
CMS Regulations
Medicare Home Health Conditions of Participation
Medicare Home Health Benefits Policy Manual
OASIS-C
OASIS-C Information and User Manuals
OASIS Frequently Asked Questions
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel: Position Statements
Coding
PPS and Billing
Home Health Prospective Payment System Regulations and Notices
PPE Kits
Other Helpful Links
Medicare Learning Networks (MLN) General Information and Resources
National Association of Home Care and Hospice
Home Health Face-to-Face Encounter
Home Care Association of Florida, the PREMIERE home care association in Florida. HCAF exists to provide representation, communication, and advocacy for these providers, and to give them the information they need to deliver high-quality, cost-effective services to patients and clients in their homes.
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice is the nation’s largest trade association representing the interests and concerns of home care agencies, hospices, and home care aide organizations.
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is a non-profit federation of affiliated state health organizations, together representing more than 10,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, developmentally-disabled, and subacute care providers that care for more than 1.5 million elderly and disabled individuals nationally.
The Private Duty Homecare Association (PDHCA) was established by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). It is a trade association of home care providers dedicated to helping the ill and disabled remain in their own homes. PDHCA is designed to answer all the questions that private duty home care providers may have regarding their businesses and practices.
To ensure effective, up-to-date health care coverage and to promote quality care for beneficiaries
The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support, and research.
Discounts and benefits for adults members over 50 for healthcare, travel, and drugs.
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the ACS has state divisions and more than 3,400 local offices.
The American Diabetes Association is leading the fight against the deadly consequences of diabetes and is affected diabetes. The Association funds research to prevent, cure and manage diabetes; delivers services to hundreds of communities; provides objective and credible information, and gives voice to those denied their rights because of diabetes.
Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question.
AoA is the Federal focal point and advocate agency for older persons and their concerns. In this role, AoA works to heighten awareness among other Federal agencies, organizations, groups, and the public about the valuable contributions that older Americans make to the Nation and alerts them to the needs of vulnerable older people.
The National Family Caregivers Association educates, supports, empowers, and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for loved ones with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age. NFCA reaches across the boundaries of diagnoses, relationships, and life stages to help transform family caregivers’ lives by removing barriers to health and well-being.
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