The Situation Report | October 23, 2023
HCA’s Taylor Perre (Senior Associate for Public Health and Policy), Kaylee White (Associate for Public Health and Policy), and Celisia Street (Vice President of Workforce Development and Innovation) attended the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) Conference and Expo last week.
HCA was honored to be accepted to present highlights of two of our grant-sponsored initiatives at the conference this year. Taylor and Kaylee hosted sessions on Addressing Health Disparities Through Home Care, and Collaborative Models of Community Medicine and Paramedicine, two initiatives generously funded through grants from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. These presentations provided an avenue for connections, information sharing and dialogue with home health and hospice professionals from across the country to discuss related experiences, offer insights and inspire innovation.
HCA staff engaged in many educational sessions on a range of topics, bringing back ideas and new models and initiatives to share with our members. Session topics included but were not limited to, NAHC advocacy efforts, using AI to identify potential workplace violence risk, preventing emergency department visits by understanding PCP relationships and home health opportunities, journey to a new home health delivery model, protecting home care workers from workplace violence, and many others.
NAHC leadership unveiled the first wave of their emerging public image campaign designed to highlight the value of care in the home nationwide. HCA is eager to work with NAHC and our peer organizations across the country to advance this mission critical goal.
Throughout the event, HCA visited with many industry leaders, partners, and new vendors to discuss helpful strategies, emerging technology and stay up to date with what’s happening in the world of home care and beyond.
We are excited to learn from industry leaders and plan to share with you through our upcoming member engagement events all of our takeaways for how to keep advocating, innovating, collaborating, and supporting the home care, hospice, MLTC, PACE, FI & CDPAP, industries.