National Home Health and Hospice Industry Research Study: Agencies Encouraged to Complete Input Study 

The home care and hospice industry is changing at an unprecedented rate. Last year we faced two of our biggest challenges—COVID-19 and PDGM. These challenges combined with staffing shortages are forcing us to redefine ourselves. To do this, we need national industry research that will guide our efforts and help us define what it means to provide healthcare in the home.

For this reason, the Home Care and Hospice Association of Colorado is excited to be partnering on national study designed to help the home care and hospice industry both manage and provide quality outcome-driven care in the new reform environment. Known as the 2021 National Healthcare at Home Best Practices and Future Insights Study, the research project will help identify best practices that agencies can implement to position themselves for future success. The results promise to be the largest and most comprehensive ever released on the delivery of home health and hospice in the United States.

Methodology for the study will include three phases. Phase I, which is now open, includes a web-based input survey allowing anyone in the field to suggest issues and questions they would like to see addressed in the study. HHAC encourages all agencies to complete the input survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BDstudy. Deadline to complete the input survey is Friday, March 12th.

Phase II will involve an in-depth online survey with input from nearly 1,000 agency leaders. The final phase will include distribution of free national data and reports as well as presentations at national and state conferences.

Agencies interested in participating in the national survey can provide their contact details as part of the input survey or contact the research team at BerryDunn who are designing and facilitating the study at [email protected]. More information about the survey can also be found on the BerryDunn Study Website.All results of the study will be released for free to the industry. States that get a good representative sample will also have state specific benchmarks available.