[Nfbkabs] FW: NCIL Action Alert

[Shannon Caldwell]

FYI 

Please read and act as you see appropriate. 

Shannon Caldwell 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Richardson, Sarah F (OVR-FK) [mailto:SarahF.Richardson at ky.gov] 
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:06 AM
To: Day, Jan; Goodwyn, Sandra; Heeg, Kitt; Roark-Glisson, Pamela; Rogers,
Sharli; Bernard, Elizabeth; Caldwell, Shannon; Cowan, Lonnie; Darrell
Mattingly; Dawson, Tom; Ford, Shane; Gallimore, Jeanne; Gay Pannell;
Holstein, Ann; King, Scarlet; Netherton, Martina; Seitz, Trish
Subject: FW: NCIL Action Alert

 

FYI - Sarah

 

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From: NCIL [mailto:ncil at ncil.org] 
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:04 AM
To: NCIL
Subject: NCIL Action Alert

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING (NCIL)

 

 

ACTION ALERT

 

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) believes the best place to
receive rehabilitation services are in a nursing home.  If you agree with
AHCA, no need to read on, but if you think rehabilitation is best provided
by qualified rehabilitation specialists, action is needed! 

 

 The "Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of
2007" S. 543 was introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senators Nelson, Bunning,
Stabenow and Snowe and H.R. 1459 was introduced in the U.S. House by
Representatives Tanner, Hulshof, Lowey and Lobiondo. This legislation will
help ensure that individuals in need of intensive inpatient rehabilitation
services will have access to these types of services rather than being
shuffled off into a nursing home.

 

The determination of one's rehabilitative needs is an extremely personal
process involving the individual, their family, and their team of
rehabilitation doctors and other clinicians.  It is not a decision that
should be dictated by a government policy based on an individual's diagnosis
alone. By basing admission solely on an individual's diagnoses, rather than
his/her specific medical and rehabilitation needs, the 75% Rule threatens
access to care for those requiring intensive rehabilitation, including
transplant patients, cardiac patients, and others, whose condition may not
satisfy the rule. The 75% Rule is currently being debated. It is basically a
quota system that arbitrarily determines who can and cannot receive
inpatient rehabilitation care based simply on one's medical diagnosis and
the time of admission. Attached is a letter AHCA is circulating in Congress
that should cause great concern for advocates across the nation.  

 


Call your U.S Senators and Representatives via the Capitol switchboard at 


1-202-224-3121 and ask them to co-sponsor S. 543/H.R. 1459 to keep people
out of nursing homes and ensure quality of care is given in the most
appropriate setting. Please contact Elizabeth Leef at Elizabeth at ncil.org for
further information.

 

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FYI
Please read and act as you see appropriate.
Shannon Caldwell
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From:
Richardson, Sarah F (OVR-FK) [mailto:SarahF.Richardson at ky.gov]
Sent:
Thursday, March 22, 2007
9:06 AM
To:
Day, Jan; Goodwyn, Sandra; Heeg, Kitt; Roark-Glisson, Pamela; Rogers, Sharli; Bernard, Elizabeth; Caldwell, Shannon; Cowan, Lonnie; Darrell Mattingly; Dawson, Tom; Ford, Shane; Gallimore, Jeanne; Gay Pannell; Holstein, Ann; King, Scarlet; Netherton, Martina; Seitz, Trish
Subject:
FW: NCIL Action Alert
 
FYI - Sarah
 
From:
NCIL [mailto:ncil at ncil.org]
Sent:
Thursday, March 22, 2007
9:04 AM
To:
NCIL
Subject:
NCIL Action Alert
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING (NCIL)
 
 
ACTION ALERT
 
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) believes the best place to receive rehabilitation services are in a nursing home.  If you agree with AHCA, no need to read on, but if you think rehabilitation is best provided by qualified rehabilitation specialists, action is needed!
 
 The
&#8220;Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007&#8221; S. 543
was introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senators Nelson, Bunning, Stabenow and Snowe and
H.R. 1459
was introduced in the U.S. House by Representatives Tanner, Hulshof, Lowey and Lobiondo. This legislation will help ensure that individuals in need of intensive inpatient rehabilitation services will have access to these types of services rather than being shuffled off into a nursing home.
 
The determination of one&#8217;s rehabilitative needs is an extremely personal process involving the individual, their family, and their team of rehabilitation doctors and other clinicians.  It is not a decision that should be dictated by a government policy based on an individual&#8217;s diagnosis alone. By basing admission solely on an individual&#8217;s diagnoses, rather than his/her specific medical and rehabilitation needs, the 75% Rule threatens access to care for those requiring
intensive rehabilitation, including transplant patients, cardiac patients, and others, whose condition may not satisfy the rule.
The 75% Rule is currently being debated. It is basically a quota system that arbitrarily determines who can and cannot receive inpatient rehabilitation care based simply on one&#8217;s medical diagnosis and the time of admission. Attached is a letter AHCA is circulating in Congress that should cause great concern for advocates across the nation.
 
 
Call your U.S Senators and Representatives via the Capitol switchboard at
1-202-224-3121 and ask them to co-sponsor S. 543/H.R. 1459
to keep people out of nursing homes and ensure quality of care is given in the most appropriate setting. Please contact Elizabeth Leef at mailto:Elizabeth at ncil.org Elizabeth at ncil.org
for further information.
 
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