(Alexandria, VA and Washington, DC) – The National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) is excited to announce two new leadership roles to expand its Advocacy team: VP of Policy & Regulatory Affairs and VP of Research & Analytics. These additions underscore the Alliance’s core commitment to advocating for policies that support care at home providers and protect and expand access to care for America’s growing aging population.

CMS Veteran and Research & Analysis Expert Sharpen the Alliance’s Ability to Deliver for Care at Home

The Alliance welcomes Hillary Loeffler as its VP of Policy & Regulatory Affairs. Hillary comes directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) where she served as a Senior Advisor for the Office of Legislation, shaping and executing Medicare legislative and regulatory policy.

Hillary has served as a positive change agent on behalf of the care at home community throughout her previous tenure, including: Senior Health Policy Advisor for the Committee on Ways and Means for the US House of Representatives; Senior Advisor to the Deputy Administrator for Program Integrity at CMS; Director of the Home Health & Hospice Division of CMS; Senior Health Care Analyst for the US Government Accountability Office.

During her time in the Home Health & Hospice Division of CMS, she led the implementation of several key initiatives, including the home health Patient-Driven Groupings Model, and advised the CMS Innovation Center on a variety of major models including the Medicare Care Choices Model, the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model, and the hospice component of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model.

Hillary has a Master of Public Policy from the University of Denver and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Minnesota.

Alex Hartzman joins the Alliance as its first VP of Research & Analytics. Alex brings a wealth of industry knowledge, having led key analyses on the home health Patient-Driven Groupings Model as well as the Value of Hospice study quantifying hospice’s impact on Medicare.

Other works integral to the care at home sector covered topics in Medicaid HCBS, senior housing, degenerative diseases, and Alternative Payment Models, and his work appears in JAMA, Health Affairs Scholar, and the Journal of Medical Economics, among other notable publications.

Prior to joining the Alliance, Alex served as Director of Analytics for NORC Health Care Strategy at the University of Chicago and held management roles at Dobson DaVanzo & Associates, LLC, a healthcare consulting firm based in DC. Alex holds a Master of Public Affairs from the La Follette School of Public Affairs, a Master of Public Health from the School of Medicine and Public Health, and a Bachelor of Science in Astrophysics and Physics, all from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“We are proud to welcome two of the top talents in the care at home community to the Alliance Advocacy team. With Hillary’s strategic vision and Alex’s data-driven insights, we’re better equipped than ever to lead the care at home industry in advancing public policy that promotes quality and expands access to care. Their expertise builds upon the strengths of a team that has been at the forefront of protecting home-based care benefits, closing workforce gaps, and elevating the quality and accessibility of care delivered in the home,”said Scott Levy, Alliance Chief Government Affairs Officer.

“After two decades moving our American healthcare system forward through direct service at CMS and other legislative and regulatory bodies, I am energized by the opportunity to join a powerful membership association fighting for what I know is high-quality care that delivers value both to patients and families and to our American healthcare system,” said Hillary.

“I am honored to join the Alliance team and support the important work of hospice, home health, home care, and palliative care providers. There is an increasing need for high-quality data that elucidates the value that care at home brings to our healthcare system; I look forward to closing that gap in order to advance high-quality, high-value care on behalf of the Alliance and its members,” said Alex.

Alex joined the Alliance in late April and Hillary started on May 19. Both executives round out a team of talented advocacy professionals, working closely with policymakers, industry stakeholders, and grassroots networks to address reimbursement and regulatory challenges and advance care innovation in care at home.

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The National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) is a new national organization representing providers of home care, home health, hospice, palliative care, and other health care services mainly delivered in the home.

The Alliance brings together two organizations with nearly 90 years of combined experience: NAHC and NHPCO. NAHC and NHPCO have combined operations to better serve members and lead into the future of care offered in the home. Learn more at www.AllianceForCareAtHome.org.

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