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

Medicare home health payment policy. Oppose home health and hospice payment cuts and co-pays. Home health rural add-on payment adjustment. Home Health Review Choice Demonstration Program. Hospice payment policy. CMMI VBID Medicare Advantage Carve-in proposal. H.R. 2898/S. 1399, Homecare for Seniors Act. Medicaid payment and eligibility policy. Medicaid Money Follows the Person program. Medicaid protections against spousal impoverishments. Administration for Community Living falls prevention program. H.R. 3371/S. 1309, Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act. Hospice Face to Face Telehealth recertification. Patient Choice and Quality Care Act (draft legislation). Federal response to coronavirus pandemic, including: regulatory relief, PPE, testing, telehealth, Medicaid reimbursement, and homebound status. S. 2214, PROTECTS Act. Medicaid HCBS FMAP increase. HCBS Access Act (draft legislation). Additional funding for Provider Relief Fund. COVID-19 vaccine funding, administration, and distribution to the homebound. Increased minimum wage legislative proposals. H.R. 2903/S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021. H.R. 3321/S. 1670, Credit for Caring Act of 2021. H.R. 3689/S. 234, Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2021. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency/testing of hospice patients. H.R. 2565, Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act. H.R. 5514/S. 2562, Choose Home Care Act of 2021. H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. H.R. 4131/S.2210, Better Care Better Jobs Act. Health information technology funding and standards for long-term post-acuter care providers. COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Palliative dialysis payment policy in Medicare hospice. H.R. 6698, Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act of 2022. H.R. 7053/S. 3792, Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act. Medicare Sequestration Moratoria. Hospice concurrent care policy. Community-based palliative care in CMMI alternative payment model demonstrations. H.R. 3173/S. 3018, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act. H.R. 8812, The Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act. H.R. 432, Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2021. S. 4873, Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act. H.R. 8581/S. 4605, Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022. H.R. 4040, Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021. H.R. 5067/S. 2652, Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act

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

Bills named: S. 3792 (117th), S. 234 (117th), H.R. 5514 (117th), H.R. 6698 (117th), H.R. 8581 (117th), H.R. 8812 (117th), H.R. 3173 (117th), H.R. 432 (117th), S. 2214 (117th), H.R. 2898 (117th), S. 1399 (117th), S. 1670 (117th), S. 2562 (117th), S. 1512 (117th), H.R. 3689 (117th), H.R. 5067 (117th), S. 4873 (117th), S. 1309 (117th), H.R. 4131 (117th), H.R. 3371 (117th), H.R. 2903 (117th), H.R. 4040 (117th), H.R. 5376 (117th), S. 4605 (117th), H.R. 3321 (117th), S. 2652 (117th), H.R. 2565 (117th), S. 2210 (117th), S. 3018 (117th), H.R. 7053 (117th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Fair Labor Standard Act. Companionship services exemption. Live-in domestic services exemption. Federal minimum wage increase. COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

Older American Act reauthorization. S. 2890, Provider Training in Palliative Care Act. S. 4260, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. Reestablishment of House Aging Committee. Allowance of distribution of personal retirement account funding for aging in place home modifications.

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

Bills named: S. 4260 (117th), S. 2890 (117th)