This is done --- was on PTO so sorry for the delay!   Joelle

Joelle Goldade RN, BSN, CHPN, COS-C, HCS-D

Director of Clinical Operations (RDCS)

CHI Health at Home – Home Health and Hospice

 

4816 Amber Valley Parkway
Fargo ND  58104

Work/Mobile Number: 701.640.6209 

joelle.goldade@commonspirit.org

http://CHIHealthatHome.info

 

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On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 8:52 AM Kathy Messerli <kmesserli@mnhomecare.org> wrote:
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Thank you to those who have sent this message – and to those who have not……today isn’t too late!

 

Different Ways to Say Thank-You — Emily Post

 

Be Well,

 

Kathy Messerli

Executive Director

Minnesota Home Care Association

 

2550 University Ave. W.,  Ste. 350 S | St. Paul, MN 55114-1900

Direct: 651.635.0038 | Main: 651.635.0607

Toll-free: 866.607.0607 | Fax: 651.635.0043

www.mnhomecare.org | kmesserli@mnhomecare.org

 

 

From: mhcabod@list.mnhomecare.org <mhcabod@list.mnhomecare.org> On Behalf Of Toni Diede
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 8:49 AM
To: mhcabod@list.mnhomecare.org
Subject: Re: Message to Governor

 

I just submitted it this morning. 

 

Toni Diede, RN, BSN

Director of Homecare

 

NextStep Homecare, Inc.

507 North Nokomis Street Suite F

Alexandria, MN 56308

Phone: (320) 219-6425

Fax: (320) 219-6428

 

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From: mhcabod@list.mnhomecare.org <mhcabod@list.mnhomecare.org> on behalf of Kathy Messerli <kmesserli@mnhomecare.org>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2021 9:09 AM
To: MHCABOD@list.mnhomecare.org <MHCABOD@list.mnhomecare.org>
Subject: Message to Governor

 

Greetings,

 

I’m following up on the advocacy we need to do with the Governor’s office. Will you please send a message (today or Monday), using the Governor’s contact form on his website, located at the bottom of this webpage? I will also email his policy advisor directly.

 

We’d like the message be a CUSTOMIMZED version of the following speaking points:

·       Introduce yourself and your relationship to home care

·       I am reaching out to ask you to support the proposed investments in home care nursing and home health services for older Minnesotans and those with complex health needs.

·       Specifically, the Senate Health and Human Services Omnibus bill contains a provision that would implement an annual rate adjustment to the Medical Assistance reimbursement rates for home care nursing and home health services, and I am asking you to support this critical investment.

·       Without this long overdue and much needed adjustment to the Medical Assistance rates for home care nursing and home health services, access to these critical services will continue to be a significant challenge for the Minnesotans who rely on these services to remain living as independently as possible for as long as possible. INSERT BRIEF PERSONALIZED INFORMATION HERE ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH LOW WAGES AFFORDED UNDER CURRNET REIMBURSMENT RATE AND RESULTING INABILITY TO FIND AND KEEP STAFF.

·       Home care nursing and home health services are separate and distinct from the Personal Care Assistant program, and have a different rate reimbursement system. The Gov has misunderstood this in the past so it’s an important point to make

·       We have appreciated the Governor’s interest in how to best support older Minnesotans and those with complex health needs to remain living in their homes/with their families for as long as possible, and home care nursing and home health services are two of the most critical supports that help achieve this goal. Please advocate for these proposed critical investments.  

 

Thank you!!

 

Be Well,

 

Kathy Messerli

Executive Director

Minnesota Home Care Association

 

2550 University Ave. W.,  Ste. 350 S | St. Paul, MN 55114-1900

Direct: 651.635.0038 | Main: 651.635.0607

Toll-free: 866.607.0607 | Fax: 651.635.0043

www.mnhomecare.org | kmesserli@mnhomecare.org

 

 

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