 Despite the efforts of long-term care providers to absorb many of the costs associated with COVID-19 as they put their own lives at risk to care for their clients, long term care costs increased substantially this year, according to Genworth's 17th annual Cost of Care Survey.
Are you looking for an opportunity to become more involved in HCAOA? Now is your chance! Several committees have openings for 2021.
 Over the past few weeks, HCAOA has been advocating with both federal and state agencies to include home care workers as a priority group in states’ COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans. Last week, HCAOA and several other national home care and hospice organizations sent a letter to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices urging them to include all frontline home care personnel under the definition of health care workers in their guidelines to states. Since then, HCAOA asked members to also send letters to their governors to reinforce the message – and as of yesterday more than 50 different organizations added their voices to the effort.
 The House and Senate are once again negotiating a package of pandemic relief efforts to assist businesses, health care facilities, schools, unemployed individuals, and state and local governments. HCAOA Members: We need your help to urge Congress to come to an agreement and pass relief legislation before the end of this lame-duck session of Congress.
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Member Benefit Spotlight Financial stress is one of the leading causes of caregiver turnover. It also accounts for millions of dollars in lost productivity every year. When team members face money challenges at home, the worry and frustration often carry over to the workplace.
Home Care Legislative Package Introduced in Senate for Workforce Training, Advancement Opportunities12/9/2020
 Last week, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) introduced three legislative proposals to improve the quality of home care by providing additional support and advancement opportunities for home care providers. HCAOA is scheduling a meeting to discuss the bills with Senator King, since they will need to be reintroduced in January and we can have some input on any changes.
 Since March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that individuals exposed to someone with COVID-19 self-quarantine for 14 days from the date of exposure. Last week, the CDC issued its much-anticipated updated guidance suggesting that, depending on “local circumstances and resources,” individuals may be able to exit self-quarantine sooner than 14 days.
FREE Webinar for Members Next Week Join HCAOA for a special 90-minute webinar to kick off Agency Momentum – a NEW members-only benefit for 2021 featuring a specially curated series of monthly webinars for agency owners and staff covering the key pillars of agency management.
 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a new voluntary payment model that aims to deliver Medicare beneficiaries value through better care and improved quality, as well as enhanced benefits such as telehealth and easier access to home care.
 Last week, Sami Asaad, Esq., Chair, Home Healthcare Practice Group with FordHarrison, provided an update to the HCAOA Connecticut Chapter about changes to the state’s FMLA program beginning in 2021 and what agencies should be doing now to prepare.
 The newest benefit for 2021 HCAOA members only is AGENCY MOMENTUM, an expertly curated series of hour-long, monthly webinars covering the four key pillars of agency management:
 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has outlined comprehensive steps to provide care to patients outside a traditional hospital setting amid COVID-19 hospitalizations across the country. These flexibilities include allowances for safe hospital care for eligible patients in their homes and updated staffing flexibility designed to allow ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) to provide greater inpatient care when needed. Building on CMS’s previous actions to expand the availability of telehealth across the nation, these actions are aimed at allowing health care services to be provided outside a hospital setting while maintaining capacity to continue critical non-COVID-19 care.
HCAOA joined a coalition of the nation’s leading home care and hospice organizations to send a letter yesterday supporting draft recommendations pending before the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on the prioritization of vaccine access. Home care and hospice staff of all disciplines are included in the first group (Phase 1a) to access to the COVID-19 vaccine since the workforce is properly included in ACIP’s definition of health care workers.
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