Information to Include in Your Email
Include your personal story, concerns, and suggestions for implementing the mandate. You could focus on:
- your efforts to increase vaccine uptake among staff, challenges you’ve experienced, as well as successes you have had;
- the impact it will have on your facility’s staffing, noting personal stories such as the potential for losing committed and caring team members;
- any impact it will have on your ability to continue to accept residents and provide care in your local community; and/or
- any policies you want to advocate for (e.g., a testing option for the unvaccinated, phase-in of this mandate, extension to other health care settings, etc.).
If you use the Action Center, your message will be populated with a salutation to Administrator Brooks-LaSure and your signature information.
If you email CMS directly, include the following:
- Salutation: Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure
- Conclude your message with a note of thanks for considering your input
- Your name, facility, city, and state
Thank you for all you do and for weighing in on this important issue.
Sincerely,
Keith Hare
President and CEO
Virginia Health Care Association | Virginia Center for Assisted Living