The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) is set to cease operations in March & combine efforts with The National Alliance for Care at Home

WASHINGTON—The board of directors of the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) announced plans to cease operations of the organization, effective Mar. 1, 2025. As a result, the PQHH board of directors aim to combine efforts with the National Alliance for Care at Home (The Alliance). 

The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare advocates for the preservation of patient access to home health care & urges Medicare to halt additional home health cuts for 2025

WASHINGTON—The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH), a coalition of Medicare home health providers aiming to increase access to quality homecare, released a third-party analysis of Medicare home health fee-for-service claims from 2022 through 2023, which found a decline in access to home health services for patients and families.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 28, 2020)—The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare—a coalition of home health leaders dedicated to developing innovative reforms to improve the program integrity, quality, and efficiency of home healthcare for our nation's seniors—submitted comments this week to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the CY 2021 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Proposed Rule.


WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 12, 2019)—Home health leaders with the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (Partnership) and National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) applaud the introduction of S. 433, legislation to improve home health payment reforms to ensure beneficiary access to quality care services is not compromised for America’s growing senior population.

The leading home health organizations commend CMS for not finalizing the model.

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.

The request is to work with stakeholders and protect patient access.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 4, 2017)—The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (Partnership)—a coalition of home health providers dedicated to improving the integrity, quality and efficiency of home health care for our nation's seniors—thanks seven Georgia Members of Congress for recently sending a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), urging the withdrawal of the proposed Home Health Groupings Model (HHGM).

49 Senators ask CMS to instead work collaboratively with stakeholders, including home health agencies and providers, to develop and implement payment reforms.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 26, 2017)—The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (Partnership)—a coalition of home health providers dedicated to improving the integrity, quality and efficiency of home health care for our nation's seniors—today applauded a group of bipartisan U.S.

An analysis by the Moran Company points to the need for additional safeguards for rural patients.

Washington, D.C. (April 26, 2017)—A new analysis of Medicare home health beneficiaries completed by The Moran Company illustrates the vulnerability of the Medicare home health patient population, particularly seniors residing in rural communities who are in poorer health and who have reduced access to health care services compared to their urban counterparts, and therefore rely heavily on home health.


WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 9, 2016)—The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare—a coalition of home health providers dedicated to improving the integrity, quality and efficiency of home health care for our nation's seniors—today expressed disappointment with the revised home health prior authorization demonstration released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 13, 2016)—The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare—a coalition of home health providers dedicated to improving the integrity, quality, and efficiency of home health care for our nation's seniors—recently expressed deep concern regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposal to require the prior authorization of Medicare home health services.