[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 59 (Monday, April 4, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S1934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE AND HOSPICE

  Ms. STABENOW. Madam President, I rise today to celebrate the 40th 
anniversary of one of the leading voices in healthcare, the National 
Association for Home Care and Hospice. Established on April 2, 1982, 
from three separate organizations, for four decades, it has been a 
voice for the essential and dedicated organizations that provide 
healthcare services to over 12 million patients annually in their own 
homes.
  NAHC has provided valuable and trusted information that has helped 
guide Congress, the administration, Federal agencies, and many other 
health policy planners as we support the ability of patients to receive 
high quality healthcare at home.
  From the beginning, NAHC has recognized that complex health policy 
issues require a unified voice. NAHC has brought together providers 
representing a wide range of home services including home health, 
hospice care, home and community-based services, home infusion therapy, 
private duty nursing for pediatric and adult patients, personal care 
services, home-based palliative care, and more. These providers are big 
and small, freestanding and part of larger institutions, nonprofit and 
commercial, rural and urban.
  Healthcare continues to shift to care provided in the home--and with 
good reason. Providing expanded, holistic care in one's own home when 
clinically appropriate can improve the lives of patients while 
increasing quality and efficiency.
  I pay tribute today to NAHC's decades of work to expand access to 
healthcare at home, and I look forward to partnering with NAHC members 
and staff for many more years to come.

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