ALEXANDRIA, Va. (November 2, 2017)—National Community Pharmacists Association CEO B. Douglas Hoey, Pharmacist, MBA, has issued the following statement in response to the final report of the President’s Commission on Combatting the Opioid Crisis:

WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 1, 2017)—The nation’s leading home health organizations, including the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (Partnership), the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and ElevatingHOME, commend the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for not finalizing the proposed Home Health Groupings Model (HHGM) in the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HHPPS) Proposed Rule for CY 2018.