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| HCAC
members pose in front of the Nation’s Capitol following the
luncheon with Congressional aides.
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| Colorado
Congressman John Salazar poses with Sue Brown, HCAC secretary
and active member of Legislative Advocacy Council, and Ellen
Caruso, HCAC executive director, following discussion of rural
Colorado home care issues.
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| HCAC
President Sue Birch, NW Colorado VNA, discusses home care
issues with Karen Howard, legislative counsel for Colorado’s
newest Senator Ken Salazar.
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| Sue
Brown discusses Colorado Medicaid
issues with Laura Marquez, legislative director for
Congressman John Salazar.
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| Louisa
Walthers, Mt. Evans Home Care & Hospice, discusses how the
workforce shortage affects home care clients with Val Nosler.
Her boss, Congressman Udall, later
signed onto HR 11 which would extend the five percent rural
payment improvement through March 31, 2007.
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| Jeff
Kincheloe, National Association for Home Care & Hospice,
tells luncheon attendees that NAHC’s cost report studies
show that profit margins for rural agencies in Colorado
average minus nine percent. The average profit margin for
non-rural agencies in Colorado is seven percent.
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