NAHC & Advocates Fight for Home Health Care on Capitol Hill

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The NAHC Advocacy event on Capitol Hill last week brought together some of the most dedicated advocates for care in the home from around the country, as well members of Congress, to promote common sense policies to expand access to the kind of health care the vast majority of Americans want — quality care in […]

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Help NAHC Support the Preserving Access to Home Health Act

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Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives to remedy past and prevent future cuts to the Medicare Home Health payment model. Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Adrian Smith (R-NE) introduced the Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023 (HR 5159) last week as a companion bill of the same name (S. 2137) introduced in the Senate by […]

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House Lawmakers Introduce Preserving Access to Home Health Act to Prevent Harmful Program Cuts

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Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives to remedy past and prevent future cuts to the Medicare Home Health payment model. Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Adrian Smith (R-NE) introduced the Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023 on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. This legislation is a companion bill of the same […]

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Legislation to Stop Home Health Rate Cuts Introduced in House of Reps

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GO HERE to tell your members of Congress to support this critical legislation! Big win for NAHC Advocacy & home health providers & patients! Legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives to prevent cuts to the Medicare Home Health payment rate as proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in their […]

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Home Health Allies in Congress Tell CMS to Ensure PDGM Fairness

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Two U.S. Senators and two Representatives have written a bipartisan letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), urging the government agency to craft a CY2023 home health payment proposed rule that ensures “payments under the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) are fair to providers and ensure patient access to high-quality care.” “A […]

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Major Home Health Telehealth Bill Introduced in Congress

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Top NAHC Advocacy Priority GO HERE to fight for reimbursement for telehealth services Home health champions Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Representatives Roger Marshall (R-KS), Terri Sewell (D-AL), who led on the PDGM behavioral assumption proposal in 2019, Jodey Arrington (R-TX), and Mike Thompson (D-CA) introduced on Friday, October 23, the Home Health Emergency Access […]

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House Legislation Takes Aim at CMMI Models

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Bill Presses for Greater Transparency, Strengthened Oversight Key members of two House committees with jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid have introduced legislation to increase oversight and accountability of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). CMMI is the division of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) having broad authority to test innovative […]

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Members of Congress Ask CMS to Stop Home Health Cuts Based on Behavioral Assumptions

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GO HERE to stop home health payment cuts! A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and members of the House of Representatives, including Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and Reps. Terri Sewell (D-AL-7) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16), have written to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma to ask her to […]

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Legislation to Stop Home Health Rate Cuts Introduced in Congress

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STOP THE PROPOSED CMS HOME HEALTH RATE CUT! A bill just introduced in the House of Representatives would eliminate the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) ability to reduce reimbursement rates for home health care. The Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of February 2018 authorized CMS to make rate adjustments on the basis of assumptions […]

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