What does AFHHA stand for?

Last month, the American Federation of Home Health Agencies (AFHHA) announced it was merging with U.

oIt helps everybody to a certain extent, and it didnAEt create a new group of losers,o Ann Howard, executive director of the Silver Spring, MD-based American Federation of Home Health Agencies, says of IPS reform.

By the end of September, about 1,200 home care agencies had closed their doors because of IPS and other changes brought about by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, says Robert Raible, director of communications for the American Federation of Home Health Agencies (AFHHA) in Silver Spring, MD.

The American Federation of Home Health Agencies predicts that hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries will lose all of their home health care as of Feb.

The same five groups, the National Association for Home Care (NAHC; Washington), the American Federation of Home Health Agencies (AFHHA; Silver Spring, MD), Home Care Association of America (HCAA; Jacksonville, FL), Home Health Staffing and Services Association (HHSSA; Washington), and Visiting Nurses Association of America (VNAA; Boston), met in late January and agreed to agree on a unified proposal, according to one group present at the meeting.

Such reactions by government officials indicate "they havenEt read [the report]," suggests Ann Howard, executive director of the American Federation of Home Health Agencies in Silver Spring, MD.

The legislative and regulatory priorities recently announced by the American Federation of Home Health Agencies (AFHHA; Silver Spring, MD) also reflects this view.

Calendar The American Federation of Home Health Agencies (Silver Spring, MD) holds its annual membership meeting Jan.