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WHO WE ARE

We are an association of more than 1,200 licensed Home and Community Support Services Agencies across the state of Texas. The Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice (TAHC&H) is committed to protecting the right of individuals, particularly those with chronic illness or disability, to receive reliable, quality health care in the comfort of their own home.

Visit the TAHC&H website to find a licensed homecare provider. Texas only. 

Home Care & Hospice Are at a Crossroads

Texas families want high-quality care at home—but chronic underfunding, a shrinking workforce, and policy and payment barriers are pushing access out of reach. We’re focused on practical fixes: fair rates that reflect real costs, relief from duplicative red tape, and payment policies that get clinicians to the bedside faster. That means reversing harmful Medicare cuts, enforcing prompt and fair pay from Medicare Advantage plans, strengthening Medicaid and pediatric access, restoring reasonable VA rates for rural veterans, keeping hospice out of Medicare Advantage, and making telehealth flexibility permanent.

The goal is simple: protect patients’ choice to receive safe, timely care at home—and sustain the providers who deliver it.

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HOME CARE IN THE NEWS

We visited “ground zero” for hospice fraud: Los Angeles, California

We visited “ground zero” for hospice fraud: Los Angeles, California

A CBS News analysis of records for every hospice operating in Los Angeles County finds indications of fraud are growing.

VA cuts reimbursement rates to cover in-home care for New Mexico veterans

VA cuts reimbursement rates to cover in-home care for New Mexico veterans

ALBUQUERQUE — Amanda Salas, a caregiver with Heritage Healthcare Services, has been looking after people in their homes for nearly two decades.

Heinrich Leads N.M. & Texas Colleagues to Urge Trump Administration to Reverse Rate Cuts for Veteran

Heinrich Leads N.M. & Texas Colleagues to Urge Trump Administration to Reverse Rate Cuts for Veteran

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich led U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), and Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) to urge U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to reverse the Trump administration’s cuts to reimbursement rates for essential home health care services for veterans across New Mexico and parts of Texas.

A Houston home health worker saved Michel's life. Washington wants to cut her funding.

A Houston home health worker saved Michel's life. Washington wants to cut her funding.

Californian fraud and bad data shouldn't mean cuts for Texas seniors.

TAHC&H Board Member Highlights Impact of VA Cuts on Texas Veterans in Local News

TAHC&H Board Member Highlights Impact of VA Cuts on Texas Veterans in Local News

LUBBOCK – Thousands of veterans across West Texas could soon face fewer options for staying in their own homes after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reduced reimbursement rates for home health care providers in rural areas.

Proposed CMS Cuts, BBB Set Stage for Access Crisis

Proposed CMS Cuts, BBB Set Stage for Access Crisis

Everyone in the home-based care industry is trying to catch their breath after what appears to be a significant blow to the American health care system, including the release of the CY 2026 home health proposed payment rule by CMS on June 30 and the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill."

Why Amy Taylor Chose Home Care and Never Looked Back

Why Amy Taylor Chose Home Care and Never Looked Back

Welcome to The Home Care Experience with T&A! In this episode, Amy Taylor shares her journey into home care—from waitressing at Outback to becoming a trusted CPA and advocate for providers.

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