Issue Briefs, Fact Sheets, Tables
The following fact sheets provide an overview of the issue, recommendation, and rationale.
Fact Sheets provide background materials or “talking points” that are helpful to you and your staff as you prepare to communicate with your Members of Congress either in person or virtually.
You can choose the Fact Sheets that are most helpful.
Data and Statistics
The President has proposed extensive budget cuts to Medicare Home Health and Hospice programs. His budget would cut Medicare home health spending by $9.8 billion by freezing home health payments over five years (FY08-12) and instituting a permanent cut in the home health inflation update of 0.65 percent thereafter. The proposed budget would also cut hospice payments by $1.140 billion through a permanent reduction of 0.65 percent to the hospice update.
NAHC has calculated the potential reimbursement losses for each State and Congressional District. To find out the potential impact on your agency open the files listed below.
State and District Specific Data on the Impact of the President’s Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2008
State and Congressional District Data on Medicare Home Health Utilization and Payments
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