Advocacy Toolkit
NCAMES would like your help in educating the public, business community, and political leaders in our state about H.R. 3790 and the need for patient access to home medical equipment. To help in this process, we are providing this Advocacy Toolkit to make it easy for you to spread the word. Here you will find:
HR3790 Flyer -- As we continue to fight the fatally flawed "suicide" bidding program for DME, NCAMES has been working in collaboration with VGM to provide important information to Medicare beneficiaries about how it may affect their lives.
Members, use this flyer to ensure that their patients are aware of how this bidding program will negatively impact the quality service that they currently receive. It is CRUCIAL for our legislators (Both in the House and in the Senate) to hear from some of our most valued citizens - our seniors and YOUR PATIENTS. Get involved, and get your patients involved. Print front and back with minimal cost and forward to your patients. You may also include your company's logo and/or contact information. Please note that you may also wish to modify the flyer below by adding your own logo and printing copies in your own office.
Click here for HR3790 Patient Flyer
Online button ads -- Have your company's webmaster place one of these ads on your public-facing website for visitors to click on and learn more about the important issue of restrictive Federal Medicare bidding regulations. Have your webmaster create a live link to the following URL: http://ncames.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=9
Click here for button #1
Click here for button #2
Print ads -- Local community newspapers are great places to reach stakeholders in the fight for access to home medical equipment. If you are in a position to purchase a 1/4-page ad in your local publication, use one of these camera-ready ads, which can be resized based on your local paper's specifications.
Click here for 1/4 page print ad
Letter to the editor -- Use this template to submit a letter to the editor of your local newspaper electronically or via U.S.P.S. Simply go to the newspaper's print masthead or editorial section and look for instructions on submitting letters. Be sure to add your name and company information to the signature line, and personalize the template with the name of your city or town within the text as appropriate.
Click here for Editor letter template
Letter to Congress -- Similar to the letter to the editor, use this template to let your elected officials know how you feel about restrictive bidding and the need to pass H.R. 3790 as soon as possible. If you need help finding which member of the U.S. House of Representatives represents your district, please click this link: http://capwiz.com/vgm/home/
Click here for Congress letter template
NCAMES logo -- NCAMES is busy shining the spotlight on this important issue directly to decision-makers and via press throughout North Carolina. As more people see the NCAMES name, they will associate it with this important issue and H.R. 3790. Use this NCAMES logo on your website, correspondence, and marketing material as appropriate to help draw attention to our industry and the need for continuing access to quality home medical equipment and services.
Click here for NCAMES Logo
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