Communication letter Category: Letters

Lutheran Services in America joined with other nonprofit groups to ask OMB to insert language in the final rule they are drafting governing nonprofit federal grants to ensure award amounts keep pace with increased staffing costs related to a DOL proposed rule which would broaden the group of employees eligible for overtime pay.

Lutheran Services in America joined with other organizations working in skilled nursing and longterm care to ask the State Department to end the freeze on EB-3 visas and bring the dates current for application review.

Lutheran Services in America responded to the Committee’s request for Information on the drivers of health care workforce shortages and ideas for potential solutions.

Lutheran Services in America joined other national organizations to urge Congress to support robust funding to meet the affordable housing needs of older adults in Fiscal Year 2024.

Lutheran Services in America joined other partners to send USCIS a letter urging them to consider operational methods to save costs rather than increasing costs for the same level of service and more alternatives to reduce the need for applicants to contact USCIS.

Letters to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator on the Agency’s New SNF Initiative
Lutheran Services in America CEO Charlotte Haberaecker sent a letter to Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure.  In it, she expressed our concerns that the proposals regarding minimum staffing requirements and punitive enforcement for SNFs will exacerbate the current crisis our members face and lead to additional nursing home closures and fewer older Americans being able to access the care they need, and asking that as CMS embarks on this work that the views and experiences of our network be included in the research study being planned in the coming year that will inform the proposed rules around minimum staffing.

Lutheran Services in America joined with other national nonprofits to urge the White House to help address direct care temporary staffing agencies charging supercompetitive prices during the public health emergency.

Lutheran Services in America joined with other national nonprofits to ask State Department to amend the Immigrant Visa Prioritization update and prioritize the entry of foreign-trained nurses and health care workers into the United States, rather than leaving them in the lowest priority tier for the visa authorization process for entry.