Society leaders assist workforce insurance policies on Capitol Hill

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society – the nation’s largest supplier of senior care and providers – will share forward-looking options to deal with the long-term care business’s workforce challenges with elected officers on the 2023 American Well being Care Affiliation/Nationwide Heart for Assisted Residing (AHCA/NCAL) Congressional Briefing June 5-6 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

The invite-only congressional briefing gives AHCA/NCAL members the chance to personally join with elected officers, achieve perception on the most recent legislative and coverage developments and collaborate with different business leaders.

Good Samaritan Society govt management collaborating within the briefing embody:

• Nate Schema, president and CEO
• Aimee Middleton, vice chairman of operations
• Wanda Harris, govt director of human assets
• Tom Syverson, director of governmental affairs

As an built-in well being system with Sanford Well being, the most important rural well being system within the nation, the Good Samaritan Society has launched inventive workforce options and made historic investments in its folks for the reason that pandemic, which embody beginning pay; bonuses; coaching and training; versatile scheduling choices; advantages and well-being assist. Regardless of these efforts, staffing challenges persist.

The Facilities for Medicaid and Medicare Providers (CMS) is anticipated to launch a proposed minimal staffing mandate for expert nursing amenities this month. Good Samaritan Society leaders will focus on what’s at stake with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and discover options to deal with ongoing workforce challenges.

“We foresee an entry disaster unfolding if an unfunded, one-size-fits-all minimal staffing requirement is enforced in expert nursing amenities, and sadly, our nation’s seniors pays the value,” stated Schema. “Seniors residing in rural areas will probably be disproportionately impacted by any unfunded mandate. Roughly 70% of the Good Samaritan Society’s long-term care residents reside in rural communities,” Schema added. “We’d like ongoing, complete investments to make sure our most weak residents have entry to the care they want and deserve irrespective of the place they reside. I’m extraordinarily grateful for the chance to advocate for our residents and staff members and to debate these key points with legislators on Capitol Hill.”

Schema, together with AHCA/NCAL CEO Mark Parkinson and different business representatives, will take part in a press convention on June 6 at 10:30 a.m. ET on the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. There they’ll share their perspective on the present state of the long-term care business and the way Congress can ship significant options to deal with the long-term care workforce disaster and shield entry to look after seniors residing in rural America.

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