What Are HAAs Goals?
HAA was organized for the following purposes: • To heighten the public visibility of hospice services. • To affect legislative and regulatory processes impinging on hospice services. • To gather and disseminate data pertinent to the hospice industry. • To promote hospice care as a viable component of the health care delivery system. • To foster, develop, and promote high standards of patient care in hospice services. • To provide an organized and unified voice for hospice providers. • To disseminate information and provide for the exchange of information with those interested in hospice services. • To collaborate with state organizations representing hospice interests and other organizations at the national, state, and local levels. • To initiate, sponsor, and promote educational programs for and with providers and consumers of hospice services, government bodies, and other professional individuals and associations interested in hospice care. • To initiate, sponsor, and promote researc
