Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) will receive the Leading Light of
Long Term Care Award, as well as speak to attendees at the 2018 AHCA/NCAL
Congressional Briefing. The senator is being honored for his history of seeking
positive solutions for the long term care profession, particularly with regard
to therapy policy.
Senator Cardin was a long-time advocate of finding a
permanent solution to the therapy caps exception process. That problem was
fixed earlier this year in the Bipartisan Budget Act, which repealed Medicare
Part B outpatient therapy caps retroactively to January 1, 2018.
Without repeal of the therapy caps, revenue and quality of
care could have suffered significantly. AHCA estimates, without repeal, SNFs’ Part B
therapy revenues would decline more than $811 million per year (37% of total
Part B payments).
Senator Cardin has been a long-time proponent of repealing
the caps permanently. From his days in the House in the early 2000s, he
routinely introduced legislation to permanently end therapy caps and worked
tirelessly to get similar language in larger health and budget legislation.
Held on June 4th and 5th in Washington, D.C., Congressional
Briefing offers attendees the chance to network with their peers, receive
legislative briefings from professionals in the sector, as well as hear from
other top voices in Washington.
The Advanced Registration Deadline is May 7th and
prospective attendees are encouraged to register
as soon as possible. Overflow space has been recently added, as this
Congressional Briefing is on-pace to be the largest to-date.
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