Research Initiatives FAQs

NAHC is the premier clearinghouse for home care and hospice information. NAHC receives requests from members, other health care providers, government officials, journalists, scholars, and industry analysts for the latest facts and figures on home care and hospice. NAHC compiles and reports the data of greatest interest to its members for use in policy analysis and educational campaigns to policymakers and the general public.

NAHC's dedicated team of researchers tracks trends and developments affecting home care and hospice. NAHC members are given ready access to this vital information, giving you a competitive advantage over nonmembers.

Here are some examples of how NAHC's Research Department regularly assists members:

• On behalf of its members, NAHC Research staff identified problems with CMS calculations of Medicare home health reimbursement rates, which led to increases in cost limits for home health agencies.
• After receiving a call from a reporter with a local newspaper, a member called to find out the number of persons employed in home care. NAHC referred to information in Basic Statistics About Home Care for up-to-date information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the home care labor force.
• Every year the NAHC Research staff updates Basic Statistics about Home Care and Hospice Facts and Statistics, annual benchmark surveys on the state of the industry.
• Data is updated annually for the compensation report for home care and hospice organizations through a study performed in cooperation with the Hospital and Healthcare Compensation Services.
• NAHC research staff provides data and graphics for lobbying efforts
• NAHC research staff has worked with Hospital and Healthcare Compensation Service to make productivity and caseload data a part of their annual cooperative survey.