Rural Access to Hospice Act Reintroduced in Senate, House

GO HERE to protect rural access to hospice! U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and U.S. Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN)  have introduced the Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2019 (S. 1190/H.R.2594), bipartisan/bicameral legislation to improve seniors’ access to hospice care in rural America. Under current law,…

New Legislation to Vastly Improve PDGM Introduced in Senate

Bipartisan legislation (S. 433) has been introduced in the United States Senate to improve home health payment reforms to ensure beneficiary access to quality care services is not compromised for America’s growing senior population. Introduced by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), John Kennedy (R-LA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Rand Paul (R-KY), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Doug Jones (D-AL) and…