Nursing Home Resident Advocates, Not Invited to Testify, Submit Statement for the Record

The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing on nursing home resident abuse and neglect on March 6, 2019. The Senate Finance Committee did not invite a single consumer advocate to testify before the Committee, although a nursing home industry representative did participate in the hearing. As a result, the Center for Medicare Advocacy (Center) joined other consumer advocacy organizations to submit a statement for the record. Our statement begins with an overview of recommendations for improving nursing home quality of care, including reversing the roll back of resident rights and protections, as well as implementing higher staffing standards. The statement concludes by responding to false or misleading points made some of the witnesses, including countering the notion that a higher Medicaid reimbursement is necessary for improving resident care.

• To read our statement for the record, please visit: https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/statement-not-forgotten/
• The Center and other advocacy groups also submitted another statement for the record prior to the hearing. This statement provides a brief overview of some of the new and existing issues affecting nursing home quality of care. To learn more, see https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/statement-for-record-us-senate-committee-on-finance-snf-hearing/.