We are an industry of 12,000 plus providers who touch the lives of almost 6 million patients, resulting in 77.8 Billion dollars of expenditures.
Referrals to Home Health Care services nationwide under the Medicare benefit will soon be rejected as a viable alternative by Physician referral sources, due to the draconian nature of the new proposed referral process.
We urge you as lawmakers and representatives to search out, or respond to the Home Health Care providers in your districts who will be reaching out to you during the next several weeks, and spend 3-4 hours on the road with a home health nurse and therapist one day this summer.
Your presence in the businesses and homes of your constituents to better understand the needs and challenges we face every day cannot wait any longer.