EMPOWER Act
Key Legislation Introduced to Help Elderly and Disabled Remain in their Homes
Two pieces of bipartisan legislation that would make it easier for the elderly and disabled to receive health care in their homes and to protect against financial catastrophe have been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. The EMPOWER (“Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care) Act (S. 548 […]
Read MoreNAHC Urges Congress to Support Legislation to Move People to HCBS
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has joined a coalition of like-minded organizations in calling on Congress to pass the bipartisan EMPOWER Care Act (“Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act”) (S. 2227/H.R. 5306), which would extend and improve the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing demonstration program. […]
Read MoreKey Medicaid Home Health Bill Advances in Congress
Bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a federal demonstration program to help Medicaid patients receive long-term care in their own homes and communities won approval on September 11, 2018 from the Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on Health in the House of Representatives. The EMPOWER (Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunity for Widespread Equity, Resources) Care Act (H.R. 5306) […]
Read MoreNAHC Urges Congress to Support Money Follows the Person Demonstration
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has joined with like-minded organizations in writing a letter to key members of the U.S. Senate, urging them to support legislation to extend the Money Follows the Person Demonstration. The letter, sent to Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Senate Finance Committee chair […]
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