Bipartisan Support Fuels Optimism in Home-Based Care Industry
The National Alliance for Care at Home's chief government affairs officer, Denis Fleming Jr., sees an unprecedented upswell of bipartisan support among lawmakers for home-based care as a 'greatest opportunity' for providers.
Fleming, who has held leadership roles at LHC Group and UnitedHealth Group, is closely watching rising threats to access to care, including the nationwide moratorium on Medicare home health and hospice enrollment and negative temporary adjustments to the home health payment rate.
The Alliance's priority would be improving patient and family access to care, followed by addressing the moratorium and workforce shortages. Fleming hopes that legislation such as the Choose Home bill and Representative Dingell's bill could become a reality.