Monday, June 27, 2011

Always There needs Employees' Signature Assistance & Support the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act.

Please help Always There and other Home Health Care Agencies by clicking on this link and support the  Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act Re-Introduced in the House of Representatives. Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and others are currently prohibited from ordering home care services.  The following legislative bills would allow them to do so.  Please contact your legislators and asked them to support them. 
 
House. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Greg Walden (R-OR) have re-introduced the Home Health Care Planning. Improvement Act (H.R. 2267) in the U.S. House of Representatives.  H.R. 2267 (S. 227) would allow advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), nurse practitioners (NPs), clinical nurse specialists (CNSs), certified nurse midwives (CNMs) and physician assistants (PAs) to order home health services under Medicare in accordance with state law.

Medicare has recognized the independent practice of APRNs for nearly two decades, and these health care professionals now provide the majority of skilled care to home  law has kept APRNs from signing home health plans of care and from certifying Medicare patients for the home health care benefit.
In areas where access to physicians is limited, this prohibition has led to delays in health care delivery, which can lead to increased cost to the Medicare system when patients are unnecessarily left in more expensive institutional settings.

Rep. Schwartz has introduced this bill in the last two Congresses. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Kent Conrad (D-ND) introduced the Senate companion bill (S.227) earlier this year.

Always There is asking that you as individuals and companies can make a dfference, click the link or copy and paste the following in your browser and hit enter:

http://tinyurl.com/5vh672t

When the browser window opens, enter your contact information and click review message.  At the bottom of that page click send message.

Thank you for your support!
Deborah Glassey
Always There's Executive Director

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

GET YOUR ENGINES REVVING it is time to start voting on Always There's Car & Motorcycle T-Shirt Contest!

Always There Car & Motorcycle Show TEES are made by your votes!

Score, comment on, and share these designs...This year Always There has had the honor for a very talented and hard working Youth Build Project Individual from Kingston~ Jason. He has joined the Always There's Development Team to create
a successful car & motorcycle show. Part of Jason's project was to come up with a great T-shirt design for the 2011 Event and as you can see with a little assistance and guidance ~ Jason developed ~
the following three great designs for the front of this year's t-shirts.

NOW we need your help ~
please take a moment in the comment section and vote for T-shirt Design #1, #2 or #3!

NOTE: The Always There Car & Motorcycle Show
will be held on August 6th from 11 to 3 pm
at 918 Ulster Avenue, Kingston, NY 12401

For more information on the 2nd Annual Always There Car & Motorcycle Showplease CLICK HERE.


The 2011 winning, collectible t-shirt this year will be on a white background.
The back of the shirts are for our great sponsors.
VOTING ENDS JUNE 10th at MIDNIGHT. So spread the word and vote!