PORTLAND, OR“
The National Association for Home Care (NAHC), the nation's largest trade association representing the interests and concerns of home care agencies, hospices, home care aide organizations, and medical equipment suppliers, today announced that they have formed a strategic alliance with the Association of Telehealth Service Providers (ATSP), the industry÷s premier international telehealth association. The ATSP and NAHC partnership benefits both associations and their respective audiences. Providing support to members, as well as timely and relevant health care information to providers, insurers, employers, legislators and others, both NAHC and ATSP have a strong presence as healthcare trade associations. By working together, they will better serve their respective audiences, while expanding their reach. One new initiative born directly out of the new alliance is ATSP÷s presentation of a home telehealth educational block at the NAHC 21st Annual Meeting and Homecare Expo.
Says ATSP Executive Director Josie Henderson, "NAHC is a widely respected and high-quality organization in the home healthcare arena, with a far reaching view of what the future of home care will look like. The partnership furthers our commitment to promote the growth of the home telehealth industry. We are very pleased to partner with NAHC and look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship."
NAHC is the one organization dedicated to making home care and hospice providers lives easier. From professional development to fighting for better regulation, from knowing all angles of federal and state regulations to providing the latest information affecting home care and hospice, NAHC stands ready to serve their members÷ needs, enabling them to better serve their patients. NAHC is based in Washington, DC. For more information, please visit www.nahc.org. Each year, NAHC presents the world's largest and most influential home healthcare event. NAHC will hold its 21st Annual Meeting and Homecare Expo October 27-30, 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Association of Telehealth Service Providers is an international membership-based organization dedicated to improving health care through growth of the telehealth industry. It strengthens its members and the business of telehealth through advocacy, education awareness programs, and business support services. ATSP is located in Portland, Oregon. For more information, please visit http://www.atsp.org.