LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD ON ISSUES CRITICAL TO NPS AND OUR PATIENTS.
Posted over 5 years ago by Marie McDermott
CARDIAC REHAB SERVICES
S. 2842/H.R. 3911, the Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2019 would authorize NPs to order and provide supervision of cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation services beginning in 2020. Urge your Members of Congress to modernize these outdated barriers that limit NP patients' access to these lifesaving services.
IMPROVE PATIENT ACCESS TO DIABETIC SHOES
Ask your Members of Congress cosponsor S. 237/H.R. 808 which would authorize nurse practitioners (NPs) to certify their patient's need for therapeutic shoes. Passage of this legislation will make it possible for NPs to provide this service, when necessary, for their Medicare patients. It will reduce Medicare spending by eliminating duplicative services while also improving the quality and timeliness of care for diabetic beneficiaries who need therapeutic shoes.
TAKE ACTION ON HOME HEALTH
Ask your Members of Congress to cosponsor the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S. 296/H.R. 2150) to make it possible for NPs to provide necessary services for their Medicare patients by allowing them to certify that patients under their care are eligible for home health care services. Passage of this legislation will reduce Medicare spending by eliminating duplicative services while also improving the quality and timeliness of care for the beneficiaries who require home health services.
SUPPORT BILL AUTHORIZING NP PATIENT INCLUSION IN SHARED SAVINGS ACOs
Encourage Members of Congress to Cosponsor H.R. 900 to Allow NP Patients to be Counted in ACOs -
The Affordable Care Act recognizes nurse practitioners as professionals eligible to participate in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Under the Medicare Shared Savings Program, the statute prevents Medicare beneficiaries who receive their primary care services from NPs from being assigned to ACOs in the program. This restriction makes it impossible for NP practices to independently join or establish their own ACOs. If ACOs are to develop as practice models that improve patient access, quality and cost effectiveness, the exclusion of nurse practitioner's patients must be eliminated.
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