We had an excellent response to our request for messages to Senators Klobuchar and Smith but have not had a good response to last week’s request for contacting US Representatives. Will you please share this with all of your staff and ask them to take just a few minutes to notify their US Representative about the importance of this legislation to pause and fix the Proposed Rule recommendations?

 

Thanks in advance for your advocacy on this critical issue!

 

Kind Regards,

 

Kathy Messerli

Executive Director

Minnesota Home Care Association

 

1265 Grey Fox Road, Suite 2 | Arden Hills, MN 55112-6929

Direct: 651.635.0038 | Main: 651.635.0607

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From: MHCA Membership <membership@mnhomecare.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 9:04 AM
To: Kathy Messerli <kmesserli@mnhomecare.org>
Subject: MORE Action Needed - Stop Home Health Payment Cuts

 

Contact your Reps about The Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022

 

We Need Your Voice!

Last week we called for your help to get messages out to Senators about The Preserving Access to Home Health Act, and thanks to your efforts 530 emails were sent! Now, we need to get the message out to the House of Representatives, as a companion to the Senate’s bill last week was just introduced in partnership with NAHC that would prevent a 7.69% permanent cut to home health payments.

As you know, payment cuts of this level would devastate access to home health services across the state, especially in rural areas and for medically underserved patients. MHCA has seen three Medicare Certified agencies close their doors in recent months due to the inability to find and retain staff, and the proposed payment cuts are sure to exacerbate this issue.

Please take just a few minutes to send a note to your Representatives through the MHCA Advocacy Center as soon as you’re able. By taking swift and unified action, we hope members of Congress will see the urgency of the request and support the bill.

In case you missed the Senate bill last week, click here to send a message to your Senators!

Please share with colleagues and anyone who understand the value of home health– we need all the voices we can get!

 

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