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Write Your Own Email to Secretary Sebelius
Posted by: | CommentsAdd your voice of support to NAHA Board’s letter to Secretary Sebelius requesting that she, and HHS, “Do the Right Thing: Stop Using the Invalid Hospice Cap Regulation”.
How to send an email to Secretary Sebelius in a few simple steps:
First, adopt the right attitude… remember Secretary Sebelius did not draft the hospice cap regulation BUT she can decide to not use it now that it has been invalidated (twice). So, be firm, direct, open, and very polite. Any lack of civility in your email will, at a minimum, diminish its value and, potentially, damage the overall cause.
Second, compose your own letter in your own words. “Cookie-cutter” or “cut and paste” letters will be much less effective than a sincerely worded, personal letter. The following text template is provided for your reference as to what types of information you should include. Please use the full closing information (name, address, and phone number). You will not be contacted but it is important that your email communicate that you are a “real” person rather than some computer generated mailing campaign. Read More→
Letter to Secretary Sebelius at HHS: Do the Right Thing…
Posted by: | CommentsLetter to Secretary Sebelius at HHS: Do the Right Thing, Stop Using the Invalid Hospice Cap Regulation!
September 15, 2009
Kathleen Sebelius Secretary, Health and Human ServicesDear Ms. Sebelius:
Re: Hospice Cap Regulation
The National Alliance for Hospice Access (NAHA) represents more than 500 independent hospices in 32 states that serve tens of thousands of patients every year, primarily in rural, minority or economically disadvantaged communities. As you know, NAHA is supporting hospice reform legislation (HR 3454) as well as hospice cap compromise efforts that would improve patient choice, reform the hospice cap, reduce HHS’ administrative burden, and reduce Medicare’s costs by $10 billion to $20 billion over the next ten years. We hope you will consider supporting these reforms…
Read the full text of the NAHA_Board_Letter_to_Sebelius_15Sep09
Big News! Federal Court to HHS: Stop Using Invalid Hospice Cap Regulation, Nationally
Posted by: | CommentsNAHA Press Release: August 26, 2009
Judge Tells HHS to Stop Using Invalid Hospice Cap Regulation
On Friday, August 21, 2009, Federal District Court Judge George Wu entered final judgment against the Department of Health and Human Services in favor of Los Angeles Haven Hospice on its challenge to Medicare’s hospice cap regulation. Haven Hospice had challenged the regulation used to calculate the hospice cap on the grounds that it did not meet the clear requirements of the governing hospice cap statute. The decision demonstrates that HHS has been miscalculating the cap, and harming hospices, by failing to give proportional allowances that could decrease the cap liability of any hospice that has experienced periods of long average length of stay.
Read the full text of the NAHA Press Release
Read the Federal Court Judgment in favor of NAHA member Haven Hospice
Federal Judge says “Stop Using Invalid Regulation”
Posted by: | CommentsJudge Tells Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) To Stop Using Invalid Hospice Cap Regulation
On Friday, August 21, 2009, Federal district court judge George Wu entered final judgment against the Department of Health and Human Services (read Final Federal Court Judgment Remand) and in favor of NAHA member hospice Los Angeles Haven Hospice on its challenge to the hospice cap regulation. Read More→
