Materials are available from the Consumer Voice webinar last week - Changes to the 2016 Federal Nursing Home Regulations: What’s Proposed, What’s Final, and What to Do About It.

Consumer Voice has prepared a side-by-side of the current nursing home regulations and the newly released proposed rules, as well as the final arbitration rules.

The July 18, 2019 issuance by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposing rollbacks to the revised nursing home rules published in 2016 and final rules allowing pre-dispute arbitration are steps in the wrong direction.

On March 6, join with others across the country to urge Congress to continue funding MFP.

The House passed the IMPROVE Act (H.R. 7217) that includes two important provisions related to Medicaid home and community-based services. Contact your Senator and urge them to vote YES on the bill

Thank you to everyone who has already submitted comments to oppose the rollback of the emergency preparedness rules. For those who haven’t, there’s still time!

Two bills have been introduced to extend the Money Follows the Person Program for five years.

On January 24, the Medicaid Extenders Act which contains provisions to continue funding the Money Follows the Person program, was signed into law.

A recent article from CNN provided tips from Consumer Voice resources on protecting your loved ones from abuse or sexual assault in a nursing home.