To All EPHC Supporters:
As many of you know, our Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) are once again under the threat of massive MediCal cuts–and, 91% of our SNF patients are on MediCal. These cuts would mean a loss of $2.4 million this year and $1.3 million ongoing. In addition, the state of CA (through Assembly Bill 97) is making these cuts retroactive to June 1, 2011, meaning they plan to take back money they’ve already paid to us. These cuts are so extreme, they force EPHC to consider closing the Loyalton SNF, taking no more MediCal patients in our Portola SNF, and struggling to see that we don’t have to close the entire hospital. If EPHC were to close, causing 250 employees to lose their jobs, this entire community (both Eastern Plumas and Sierra Counties) would be in jeopardy. Please join with us in signing our petition. Let our elected officials, along with Toby Douglas (Dir. of Health Care Services for CA), and Diana Dooley (Sec. of CA Health and Human Services), who are charged with implementing these cuts, know that our residents, their families, our hospital, and our community, will be in grave danger should these cuts be implemented.
A link to the petition has been provided for you on our Home Page. If you have any trouble accessing the petition, please email Linda Satchwell: lsatchwell@ephc.org, or call 832.6597.

Thank you for your continued support of Eastern Plumas Health Care!