[Peace] Fwd: Tonight at 6 p.m. – How you can help the Champaign County Nursing Home!

Wed Jun 21 15:12:13 UTC 2017

Meeting at CCHCC tonight in advance of tomorrow's County Board vote on
the nursing home ...

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Subject: 	Tonight at 6 p.m. – How you can help the Champaign County
Nursing Home!
Date: 	Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:10:38 +0000
From: 	Champaign County Health Care Consumers
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Reply-To: 	Champaign County Health Care Consumers
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To: 	stuartnlevy at gmail.com

Tonight at 6 p.m. – How you can help the Champaign County Nursing Home!
Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC)

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  Tonight at 6 p.m.
  How you can help the
  Champaign County Nursing Home!

Dear Stuart,

The Champaign County Nursing Home (CCNH) is an important community
health asset, but it is in financial distress largely as a result of the
State of Illinois’ failures to make Medicaid payments. /Please read
below to learn more about what’s happening now, and how _you can help by
signing our petition_, and getting involved – we have a new _CCNH
Community Action Task Force, meeting for the first time *this* evening,
Wednesday, June 21 at 6 p.m. at CCHCC._/ Also, please feel free to share
and forward this message to others, and help get more people to sign the
petition!

*_What’s happening with the CCNH_*
The County Board is moving quickly on a path toward selling the CCNH
(most likely to a for-profit corporation), following the outcome of the
two Nursing Home referenda this past April. One referendum on the ballot
asked about raising property taxes to help fund the Nursing Home. It
failed. The other referendum asked about the sale or “disposal” of the
Nursing Home. It passed.

The County Board is set to vote at its meeting *tomorrow* - Thursday,
June 22 at 6:30 p.m. at Brookens – on a contract to hire a brokerage
firm. Hiring a brokerage firm will mean that the County Board is moving
swiftly toward securing a buyer for the CCNH. /But there is also good
news: /the County Board will also be voting to hire a new management
company to manage the CCNH. By all accounts, this company – SAK – has
tremendous experience in helping to turnaround distressing nursing homes.

https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/champaign-county-board-chooses-firm-to-run-broker-potential-sale-of-nursing
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*Did you know that the referenda are _not_ binding?* That’s right. The
County Board does _not _have to sell or dispose of the CCNH, based on
the referendum outcome.  However, the financial difficulties remain.

*The question is: might it be possible that the CCNH /could/ be turned
around financially, and not have to be sold?* With a new management
company that specializes in helping distressed nursing homes, and with
community involvement to help the CCNH, we believe it could be possible!

*_You can help! There /is/ hope for the Champaign County Nursing Home._*
One of the biggest reasons that the CCNH is facing financial challenges
in paying for its operations is because of the State of Illinois and its
failure to a) process Medicaid applications in a timely way; and b) make
timely Medicaid payments. This problem has been going on for
approximately two years, since the State of Illinois has not had a
budget. And this not only affects the County Nursing Home, but creates
uncertainty for the residents of the nursing home.

*Did you know:* The Medicaid applications for CCNH are processed through
a state office in Decatur, and there have been over 40 applications
languishing, awaiting processing. No payments can begin until an
application is processed and approved. In addition to the delays in
processing applications, there are also delays in making Medicaid
payments. /If Medicaid applications were processed and claims were paid
on a more timely basis, the CCNH could break even financially on the
cost of its operations./

*Add your name to our petition calling on the State of Illinois to
improve its Medicaid application and payment process.* With your help,
we can build enough public pressure to make the State of Illinois more
responsive to the CCNH.

*Add your name to our petition:*

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*Did you know:* Many health care providers and social service agencies
are getting commercial loans from banks to help them out through these
tough times while the State is not paying. But the /CCNH is not allowed
to take a commercial loan because it is a government entity./ And that
is why getting Medicaid to work better for the CCNH is so crucial to the
financial well-being of the CCNH. Unlike other entities, the CCNH does
not have the option of securing a commercial loan.

*_CCNH Community Action Task Force Meeting_*
If you would like to get involved and be part of the community effort to
help the Champaign County Nursing Home, please consider joining our CCNH
Task Force! We will hold our first meeting next week.

*WHAT:*            CCNH Community Action Task Force Meeting

*WHEN:            *Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 6 p.m.

*WHERE:*         Champaign County Health Care Consumers
                        The Lincoln Building
                        44 E. Main Street, Suite 208 – in downtown Champaign

*PARKING:* There is metered parking on the street and in the small City
lot across from The Lincoln Building. And there is free parking (after 5
p.m.) in the private lots behind Jos. Kuhn, the Pawnshop, and the City
Lot (all across the street from The Lincoln Building).
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*RSVP:* Not required, but helpful. To RSVP, e-mail Claudia Lennhoff at
claudia at shout.net

We hope to see you at the CCNH Task Force Meeting!

*Thank you for your support!*

Sincerely,
Champaign County Health Care Consumers

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