From: Idaho Health Continuum of Care Alliance
IHCCA is a member of the National Association for Home Care (NAHC), representing the broad spectrum of home-based health care. They have strong advocacy in Washington DC, but we need to do our part here in Idaho.
Below is a letter by the president of NAHC urging advocacy in different areas of home-based health care.
As we continue to move toward value-based health care, it is now more important to become involved, gather information, be informed, and have a voice in the care we provide to our communities. Let me conclude by asking you to reflect on how this AFFECTS you, your patients and your employees. Please share with at least one person with whom to share.
Warmly,
Kimberly Ouwehand
President of IHCCA
***Shared with permission:NAHC- report: Letter from Bill Dombi: We Need Advocates for Home Care and Hospice
Dear friends,
I have an important request to make of you today.
As you know, NAHC is tirelessly advocating for you, your patients, and your employees every day, fighting to expand access to care in the home for our nation’s most vulnerable. However, the most powerful message for elected officials is when they hear from their own voters.
We need you, as members of the NAHC community, to help us advocate for home care and hospice and engage with your members of Congress about the key legislative and regulatory priorities for our community.
NAHC’s Summer Advocacy campaign is under way right now and we need your support to make it successful. Please visit the NAHC Advocacy Center right now and take action on our key issues:
- Choose Home Care Act
- Better Care Better Jobs Act
- And any other issue that matters to you
Then, please share that issue with at least ONE other person and ask them to do the same. The NAHC Advocacy Center has pre-written messages, or you can choose to craft your own. It takes literally only a few seconds of your time to send a message and your elected officials will notice!
We need your Voices, Hearts, and Actions more than ever before and we are stronger together.
Sincerely,
Bill Dombi, President of NAHC