Provider Agencies include Certified Home Health Agencies (CHHA), Licensed Home Care Services Agencies (LHCSA), Personal Care Programs (PCP), Long Term Home Health Care Programs (LTHHCP), Home Attendant Programs (HA), Hospices and others.

How do you keep current on the many changes constantly challenging the home health care industry? Where can you obtain the many professional and technical services that are needed by home health care professionals?

There are organizations to whom change happens and there are those who initiate change. Membership in the Home Care Association of New York State, Inc. (HCA) will keep you in the forefront of the home care industry, and an initiator of change.

As New York's premier home health care association, HCA represents more than 500 home health care providers, individuals and associate members. HCA is an active voice which continually interfaces with state and federal lawmaking bodies, regulatory agencies, and fiscal intermediaries to interpret, challenge, or support regulations that affect the home health care industry. HCA offers many services to its members including:

• Representation — with elected officials, regulating agents and fiscal intermediaries at both the state and federal level.
• Publications — such as ASAP, a weekly newsletter (also available online) which outlines cutting edge public policy and legislative issues facing home care providers. Also, HCA members receive an array of memorandums and action alerts on both state and federal issues.
• Education — timely, state-of-the-art, quality education programs on pertinent issues such as the Prospect Payment System (PPS), workforce issues and shortages, Federal Conditions of Participation (COPs), clinical pathways and outcome measurements, information systems and technology, and many others.
• Forums — allow members the opportunity to share ideas, network, and raise awareness on issues pertinent to their agencies. HCA gives its members the chance to participate in the following forums: Downstate LHCSA, Upstate LHCSA, Statewide LTHHCP, Statewide CHHA, Statewide Financial Forum, and Statewide Clinical/Quality Forum.
• Home Care Agencies and Services Directory — a comprehensive referral guide for home care services in New York State.
• Discounts — on national publications, videos, group purchasing programs, and much more!

To become a Provider Member with HCA, you must be a provider agency that fits under one of the following categories: Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA), Licensed Home Care Service Agency (LHCSA), Long Term Home Health Care Program (LTHHCP), Hospice, Home Attendant Program, or Managed Long Term Care Program (MLTC).

As an advocate for home care and a catalyst for legislative action, we are prepared for the many challenges that await us. Join us today!

Please review the downloadable membership application.

If further information is needed, please do not hesitate to contact HCA at (518) 426-8764.

Your membership makes a difference.