If things were not tough enough on the home health industry
(constant Medicare payment cuts, over reaching regulations face-to-face, HIPAA,
RACs, ZPICs just to name a few) H.R.
3245 bill has been proposed, titled “Medicare Home Health Fraud Reduction
Act”. Certainly the home health industry
wants to eliminate fraud in home health.
But a bill to limit the home health episodes to 2 per beneficiary per
year is ludicrous. A Medicare
Beneficiary’s episodes should be limited based on the need of the patient, not
some arbitrary limit proposed by a group who definitely does not fully
understand the home health industry.
I guess we could go into a tirade detailing all the problems in
the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. They cannot pass a budget, live by budgets
they pass, they exempt themselves from any laws that they enact, or even speak
to each other. It does not matter which
party. They are all an abysmal failure.
America deserves better, but until the next election, I recommend you
contact your US House Representative and explain that this is not the way to
reduce Medicare Fraud. What will happen
to these Medicare beneficiaries when they cannot obtain their needed home
health? They will either be readmitted
to the hospital, forced into a nursing home, or just pass away.
You are not just advocated for your industry, you are an
advocate for the millions of United States citizens who have paid into a system
of Medicare that is supposed to provide their health care. Our seniors are constantly being misled, over
promised, targets of deception, and abused.
When I think of our senior citizens I constantly think of the quote of
the late Andy Rooney “the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an
elderly person”. Our senior citizens
need your help. Let’s all call our Congress
person and stop this insanity.
It is time to get on our Soap Boxes for our Seniors.
To view the actual proposed bill utilize the following link:
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This is the contact in for Representative Jim Matheson who introduced the bill: https://mathesonforms.house.gov/contact-form. The supporter, Brett Guthrie has a contact page as well: http://brettguthrieforms.house.gov/contact/.
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Once again they want to attack our most vulnerable population, Our seniors! All to fund Obama Care!
For those who are serious in taking a stand against this bill, please sign the petition:
STOP H.R. 3245 (IH) - MEDICARE HOME HEALTH FRAUD REDUCTION ACT - Sign the Petition!
http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-h-r-3245-ih-medicare-home-health-fraud-reduction-act
A letter will be sent to Rep. Jim Matheson and Rep. Brett Guthrie every time someone signs the petition.
Please spread the word to your colleagues and use your social media influence to spread the word.
Let our voices be heard!
I'm a little late getting on this discussion, but I've signed this petition and passed it along. I've also contacted my Congressman. You can go onto https://www.govtrack.us/ and follow bills, look up your local representatives, get their phone numbers, email addresses, mailing addresses, etc. It makes it real easy to contact who you need to!
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