ProPublica has published new data on deficiencies cited by regulators and the penalties imposed in the past three years on nursing homes.

Executive Director Lori Smetanka and Governing Board Member Dr. Jonathan Evans participated in a panel on the misuse of antipsychotic drugs in nursing facility residents who have dementia.

Quality care, quality of life, protection of rights, empowerment of all individuals receiving care and services, NOW!  Support our advocacy!

Urge your member of Congress to request increased funding for the long-term care ombudsman program.

Your actions in early February to ask the Senate to fund the Money Follows the Person (MFP) program (#FundMFP) made a big impact.  Now it is time to go all out and make a big push to pass the EMPOWER Care Act!

The future of the Money Follows the Person program is at risk. Urge your Senators to co-sponsor the bill to improve and extend the program for five years.

Consumer Voice has sent a letter to CMS opposing Arizona’s proposal to waive retroactive Medicaid coverage.

Consumer Voice sent a letter to the House Committee on Appropriations recommending an increase of $24.98 million in funding for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.

Congress has passed and the President has signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill to fund the federal government through September 2018.