MARCH ON WASHINGTON TALKING POINTS AND CHARTS

TALKING POINTS:

• Ensure Adequate and Appropriate Payment for Medicare Home Health Services
• Establish Chronic Care Management Benefit under Medicare
• Recognize Home Telehealth Interactions as Bona Fide Medicare Services
• Ensure Adequate and Appropriate Payment for Medicare Hospice Services

NAHC PROPOSAL:

• Key Home Health Payment and Regulatory Provisions in Health Care Reform
• Key Hospice Payment and Regulatory Provisions in Health Care Reform
• Braley Amendment
• Summary of Braley Amendment

CHARTS:

• Percentage of HHA with Negative Margins based on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148)
• Medicare Home Health Projected Losses based on Senate and House Proposals
• Percentage of HHA with Negative Margins based on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) by Congressional District Served
• BNAF Hospice gains losses by State 2009 – 2014

STUDY:

• New Report: Home Health Care Saves Billions for Medicare
• View the Duke Study on Cost Effectiveness of Hospice