NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE) for NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATL ASSN FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S. 433/H.R. 2573, Home Health Payment Innovation Act. S. 296/H.R. 2150, Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act. Oppose home health and hospice payment cuts and co-pays. Recognition and payment for telehealth services under Medicare and Medicaid. Home health rural add-on payment adjustment. Home Health Review Choice Demonstration Program. Hospice payment policy. CMMI VBID Medicare Advantage Carve-in proposal. S. 2080/H.R. 647, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. S. 1190/H.R. 2594, Rural Access to Hospice Act. S. 995, Lifespan Respite Reauthorization Act. Medicare outreach and enrollment efforts to low-income beneficiaries. H.R. 2878/S. 3261 , Homecare for Seniors Act. Hospice quality of care and survey reforms. Medicaid payment and eligibility policy. Medicaid Money Follows the Person. Medicaid protections against spousal impoverishments. Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Benefit. S. 2741/ H.R. 4932, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. S. 2807, Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019. H.R. 5821, HOSPICE Act. Administration for Community Living falls prevention program. H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136. Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, Pub. L. No. 116-123. Federal response to coronavirus pandemic, including: regulatory relief, PPE, testing, telehealth, Medicaid reimbursement, homebound status, Medicare Sequestration, and Physician Assistants conducting hospice face-to-face. Medicare Home Health Payment Policy.

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 5821 (116th), H.R. 4932 (116th), H.R. 2878 (116th), H.R. 2573 (116th), S. 433 (116th), S. 1190 (116th), S. 2807 (116th), S. 3261 (116th), H.R. 2594 (116th), S. 995 (116th), H.R. 2150 (116th), S. 296 (116th), H.R. 647 (116th), S. 2741 (116th), H.R. 6201 (116th), S. 2080 (116th)

Health Issues HCR

S. 1921, Provider Training in Palliative Care Act. Older American Act reauthorization. H.R. 7113/S. 3847, COVID-19 Emergency Manufacturing Act of 2020. H.R. 7617, Second FY2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (including Labor-HHS-Education), provisions impacting home care and hospice.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: S. 3847 (116th), H.R. 7113 (116th), H.R. 7617 (116th), S. 1921 (116th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Fair Labor Standard Act. Companionship services exemption. Live-in domestic services exemption. Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation. Hazard pay for front-line essential workers. Family caregiving for front-line essential workers.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)