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Preserve Medicaid Provider Assessment
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Preserve Medicaid Provider Assessment
Critical Medicaid funding for nursing facility care is in jeopardy! As Congress looks for ways to pay for various legislative proposals at the end of this year, cuts to provider assessments are being considered. This is not a manageable cut for many providers and for your state in particular.
Currently, 43 states and the District of Columbia use the provider assessment program. Your state’s funding is particularly at risk because your provider assessment rate is already at the maximum allowable level. The provider assessment program is essential to funding quality long term care services for seniors and individuals with disabilities.
Contact your members of Congress today and tell them to oppose any legislative proposal that would reduce the maximum allowable Medicaid provider assessment rate or quality assessment fee!
For questions or additional guidance, please contact:
Matthew Smyth, Grassroots Director * 202.898.2817 * msmyth@ahca.org
American Health Care Association * 1201 L Street, NW * Washington, DC 20005 * www.ahca.org
The nation’s leading long term care organization, the American Health Care Association (AHCA) represents nearly 11,000 non-profit and proprietary facilities that offer skilled nursing, assisted living, sub-acute care, and homes for people with developmental disabilities. Our membership ranges from the small, independent-owner to regional and multi-facility chain corporations—each providing the kind of professional, compassionate long term care that millions of Americans will require at some point in their lives due to disability, illness, trauma, or social needs.
