Bipartisan House Lawmakers Introduce Preserving Access to Home Health Act to Protect Patients from Harmful Home Health Program Cuts
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) today commended Representatives Terri Sewell (AL-7) and Adrian Smith (NE-3) for introducing the Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023 in the U.S. House of Representatives. If enacted, the bill would safeguard access to essential, home-based, clinically advanced healthcare services by preventing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from implementing cuts as high as $20 billion over the next decade.
Key Points:
- "The home health community calls on Congress to ensure the stability that patients and providers urgently need.
- Since Medicare has again proposed deep cuts to home health in 2024, Congress must act to protect the care their constituents prefer and want."
- "Data suggest that Medicare's continued cuts to home health are restricting patient access to the safest and lowest-cost care setting following a hospital stay."
- Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Preserving Access to Home Health Act ( S.2137 ) in the U.S. Senate on June 22.