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Bringing Healthcare Home Where it Belongs
Providing care with compassion, PHA members deliver care and support directly in the homes of a million elderly and disabled Pennsylvanians a year. Our services allow people to receive care where they want it... in their homes, surrounded by their family and friends. As the Pennsylvania homecare industry's association, PHA works with members, which include visiting nurse associations, home health agencies, hospices and private duty agencies to promote quality and affordable homecare.
Join PHA now through July 31 and receive 1/2 off the regular membership rate.
Learn more and join today!
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Nine out of 10 people prefer home care over institutional care. Home care combines efficiency and compassion with the latest in health-care technology. It encourages independence for seniors and those living with chronic health conditions, while keeping families together.
Join the HelpUsChooseHome campaign and support home delivered health care. Visit us at HelpUsChooseHome.com. Download the HelpUsChooseHome brochure and learn more about the homecare services that help people stay at home and help families stay together. |
Homecare Licensure Regulations Still on Hold
As of June 1, 2009, the Governor's office still has under review the most recent draft of the regulations (Preamble and Regulations) to license homecare agencies and registries. The final draft of the regulations must be submitted for review to the House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee, the House Health and Human Services Committee, the Senate Aging & Youth Committee, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and the Independent Regulatory Review Council for review by Sept. 11. If those entities do not receive the final draft regulations by Sept. 11, the regulations must be published the Pennsylvania Bulletin for an additional round of public comment. This would extend the process by at least an additional six months.
For the most recent draft of the regulations and access to other legislation that will impact homecare agencies and homecare registries, visit our comprehensive homecare licensure webpage.
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Homecare Operations
Manual Available
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The Pennsylvania Homecare Operations Manual is now available for purchase. This comprehensive manual, which was developed through a partnership between PHA and The Corridor Group, contains policies, procedures and a special section on the new licensure requirements for homecare agencies and registries in Pennsylvania.
The manual, available to PHA members at a discounted rate of $630, comes with a CD that will enable providers to further customize the policies to their respective agency. To place your order online, go to http://www.corridorgroup.com/store/catalog.aspx?id=5.
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State Needs to Remove
Barriers to Homecare
According to University of Pittsburgh Study
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According to a University of Pittsburgh report, The State of the Homecare Industry in Pennsylvania: Bringing Care Home, Pennsylvania’s homecare industry cares for more than 190,000 clients each week – more than the total number of licensed beds in all the hospitals and nursing homes in the state. “But until personal care in the home is paid for by Medicaid for all eligible Pennsylvanians as it is for nursing home care, Pennsylvania will continue to struggle to gain a balanced long-term care system,” the report’s authors said.
Vicki Hoak, Executive Director of the The Pennsylvania Homecare Association (PHA) which commissioned the report noted that, “This report acknowledges this industry’s efforts to accommodate consumers’ preference to have care and support brought to them – in their homes.” Click here for a copy of the report. Click here for a copy of the press release.
Download Annual Conference Presentations
In response to many member requests, PHA is making annual conference presentations available for download from its website. Powerpoint presentations from nearly all speakers are now available online.
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