Urge Governor to Update Nursing Home Rates and Improve Access to Quality Care!
LeadingAge NY is calling on Governor Hochul to prioritize the care of older adults and update Medicaid reimbursement for nursing homes in the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26 Executive Budget.
Take action TODAY to urge the Governor to provide a 20 percent increase to nursing homes!
- Send this digital advocacy letter, written from a provider leadership perspective (CEO, COO, CFO, Administrator). Members are strongly encouraged to customize this letter with any details you would like. You can do so by simply editing the content available in the text box.
- Amplify our message by including others in our digital letter-writing campaign! LeadingAge NY has created the below digital letter-writing campaigns, written from the perspective of different stakeholders. Please share these letters with your networks of advocates to amplify our message:
- Join our Member-Driven Video Advocacy Campaign – The campaign aims to highlight the unique stories of nursing home residents and the dedication of the staff across NYS, with a focus on urging the State to better fund and prioritize the care of older adults.
Over the next several business days, LeadingAge NY will be publishing additional nursing home advocacy resources such as formal letter templates for physical mailings to the Governor, additional digital letters, and advocacy flyers that can be printed and shared with residents, families, and staff. Once available, we hope that our members will join us in using all advocacy resources to amplify our message.
In addition, we strongly recommend that all members plan to join us for our 2025 Advocacy Day at the NYS Capitol on Tues., Feb. 4, 2025. Our push for updated nursing home Medicaid reimbursement will be a major initiative of the day. More information and registration for our 2025 Advocacy Day is available here.
Please reach out to Sarah Daly at sdaly@leadingageny.org with any questions.