AHCA/NCAL
@ahcancal
Improving lives by delivering solutions for quality care. Representing 14,000+ skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, and other care centers.
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http://www.ahcancal.org 28-04-2008 13:36:53
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We support Rep. Cammack Press Office's bill to halt the 80/20 provision of the Medicaid Access Rule. 'We ardently support increasing wages for direct care workers,' says NCAL's @LaShuanBethea. But the rule doesn't address the core issue - Medicaid underfunding. brnw.ch/21wJke6
Every day, devoted caregivers in long term care communities enrich the lives of their residents. Let's use our voices to spread the remarkable narrative of long term care! #TellOurStories
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'A blanket, unfunded staffing mandate will threaten the viability of rural nursing homes and further jeopardize access to post-acute care for rural residents.'
Read National Rural Health Association's statement concerning the minimum staffing mandate. brnw.ch/21wJdTR
Thank you, Sherrod Brown, Sen. Susan Collins, and Sheldon Whitehouse for introducing The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. The bill would help protect seniors from out-of-pocket costs for the skilled nursing care they require after a hospital stay. brnw.ch/21wJcS3
'This misguided rule will devastate nursing homes across this country and worsen the staffing shortages we are already facing.'
Thank you, Senator Deb Fischer, for recognizing how the staffing mandate will jeopardize access to care. brnw.ch/21wJbLA
โThe extra increase in staffing hours and the 24/7 RN requirement are not even possible with growing patient numbers and a shrinking talent pool. Itโs a fairy tale. They donโt exist,โ Neil Pruitt, Chairman and CEO at PruittHealth. brnw.ch/21wJaXn
'Nursing homes are not suffering from a lack of mandates. Theyโre facing a lack of nurses. This rule would only make things worse for our seniors and the health care providers who support them,' says Rep. Jason Smith, Ways and Means Committee Chairman.
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