[Maine-NPs] Big News - Senator Collins introducing bill

[Hannah Pressler]

Dear Maine NPs,

Kathy, Liz  and Miki have worked very hard to have Senator Collins introduce
this bill. There were problems with wording that could limit your practice.
Kathy Forti-Gallant and Liz Duke were at a conference in Washington at a
critical time and met with Senator's Collin's staff on this issue. Whenever
one of the board members went to Washington DC, she/he met with the
senator's staff. Miki MacDonald and Kathy Forti-Gallant met with Senator
Collin's staff in Bangor. Now the hard work for the rest of us begins! As
nurse practitioners, it is our responsibility to contact Senator Collins and
thank her first for her efforts to improve patient care and for making it
more cost effective. Send those personal stories about how this will affect
your patients. Use examples. Contact your NP friends in other states and
have them contact their Congress people. The work has just begun. This is a
quality and access issue for us. It also takes money out of the pocket of
medicine. Get active and write those letters.

 

Have a great summer!

Hannah Pressler, PNP

Past President MNPA

 

-----Original Message-----
From: maine-nps-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:maine-nps-bounces at nurse.net] On
Behalf Of Ray and Kathy
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 10:00 PM
To: miki.macdonald at maine.edu; listserve
Subject: Re: [Maine-NPs] Big News - Senator Collins introducing bill

 

Dear Maine NPs,

This is great news and a big step toward addressing the issue of NPs being 

able to order home health care.  We still need to send letters of support 

with examples of how it affects patient care to help get this passed, as 

well as letters or emails thanking Senator Collins and Priscilla for their 

work on this issue. Calls, letters, emails to Senator Collins and any other 

Congress people including those in other states will be very helpful. Thanks


in advance for your help in supporting this bill.

Kathy Forti-Gallant

 

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: <miki.macdonald at maine.edu>

To: "listserve" <maine-nps at nurse.net>

Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 1:18 PM

Subject: [Maine-NPs] Big News - Senator Collins introducing bill

 

 

Dear Maine NPs ~

 

BIG NEWS!!! Senator Collins is introducing the Medicare Home HEalth

Bill next week.  Please see email below from Priscilla HAnley from

Senator Collins' office.  Attached is the bill and her remarks.

 

Kathy Forti-Gallant and I will be meeting w/ Senator Collins on monday

and will thank her for her for doing this for us.  Please keep letters

going to her about this issue.  But now you can write and thank her

and give examples that help her illustrate to others why this is

important.

 

If you have NP friends in other states, please encourage them to

contact their representatives to support this bill.

 

I already called Senator Mikulski's office since I use to live in Baltimore!

 

Thank you all for support... We're getting closer!

 

Miki Macdonald, FNP

MNPA President

----- Forwarded message from Priscilla_Hanley at collins.senate.gov -----

     Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:12:50 -0400

     From: "Hanley, Priscilla (Collins)" 

<Priscilla_Hanley at collins.senate.gov>

Reply-To: "Hanley, Priscilla (Collins)" 

<Priscilla_Hanley at collins.senate.gov>

  Subject: FW: NP/CNS/CNM/PA bill

       To: miki.macdonald at maine.edu

       Cc: mnpa at flashmail.com

 

Miki...

 

    I wanted to make sure that you had a copy of the draft legislation

that Senator Collins is planning to drop early next week to allow

advanced practice nurses (nurse practitioners, clinical nurse

specialists and certified nurse midwives) to order home health care.

Also attached is a copy of the Floor statement that Senator Collins is

planning to give when she introduces the bill.  Right now we are just

waiting for sign-off from a lead Democrat cosponsor -- we have targeted

Sen. Kent Conrad from North Dakota and Barbara Mikulski from Maryland as

potential lead Ds.  Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon has also signed on as

an original cosponsor.  We also have letters of endorsement for the bill

from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American College

of Nurse Practitioners, the American Academy of Physician Assistants,

the American College of Nurse Midwives, the American Nurses Association,

and the National Association for Home Care and Hospice.

 

     I will keep you posted...

 

Priscilla Hanley

 

 

 

 

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