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The National Alliance for Care at Home is the largest organization representing, advocating for home-based care representing more than 10,000 agencies nationwide. Here are the key issues impacting care, why it matters, and what you can do about it.

Protecting Home Health Care

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a 9% cut to the home health payment rate. These cuts mean fewer home health agencies, longer wait times for people during critical illness and recovery, and loss of vital care for seniors. Contact your representative to pause home health cuts for two years to allow for a better solution.

Expand Access to Telehealth

Telehealth flexibility is essential for people with disabilities who struggle to get transportation to a medical appointment. Allowing providers to supplement care with telehealth has yet to be permanently cemented into law. After 2020, we all learned how helpful telehealth is – and it works!. This could disrupt care for those in rural areas, or high-traffic urban areas. Ask your representative to make telehealth flexibilities permanent, like CONNECT Act (HR 4206 and S 1261).

Support Medicaid HCBS

Chronic underfunding means many people go without needed care each year. Home care workers are paid low wages because compensation funding is so low. It is proven that Medicaid HCBA is cost-effective and can help people stay in their own home. But these low reimbursement rates hurts worker recruitment and retention. Call your representative to support policies and funding to build a more robust Medicaid HCBA program.

By working together, our voices CAN be heard! Your vote matters! Let’s work together to make some positive change. Contact your local CIL to see what else you can do.