Improving Care for High-Need, High-Cost Medicare Patients On April 25, 2017, the Bipartisan Policy Center released the second in a series of reports designed to improve care for high-need, high-cost Medicare beneficiaries. “Clinical evidence suggests that frail and chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries who are not dually eligible for full Medicaid benefits could often greatly benefit from the integration of non-Medicare-covered … Read More
Resource: Avalere Analysis Models Impact of Per Capita Caps on Funding for Dual Eligibles
Medicaid Per Capita Caps Could Cut Funding for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries A new analysis from Avalere models the impact of per capita caps on funding for dual eligible individuals. It finds that finds that “proposals to limit per capita federal Medicaid funding growth based on medical inflation could lead to a $44 billion spending cut for dual eligible beneficiaries…over the … Read More
Executive Director Delivers Keynote, National Forum: A Message to the President on Aging Policy
National Forum: A Message to the President on Aging Policy On Tuesday, March 21, 2017, LTQA Executive Director, Larry Atkins, presented the keynote address at the National Forum: A Message to the President on Aging Policy at the American Society on Aging’s Aging in America Conference in Chicago. The forum consisted of presentations and panel discussions by authors about policy recommendations … Read More
Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with LTSS Integration at ASA
On Tuesday, March 24, 2017, Jennifer Windh and Anne Tumlinson presented at the American Society on Aging’s Aging in America Conference in Chicago alongside Francine Pechnik, Vice President of Long Term Care at UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, and Amy Scribner, Division Director of Community Living Services at the Institute on Aging, around LTQA case studies of successful programs that integrate LTSS … Read More
ASA Panel Slides – Anne Tumlinson
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ASA Panel Slides – Jennifer Windh
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Recording Available: LTQA Co-sponsored Caregiving Webinar with AcademyHealth’s LTSS Interest Group
On Tuesday, March 7, AcademyHealth’s Long-Term Services and Supports Interest Group with support from the Long-Term Quality Alliance hosted a free webinar on caregiving policy in the U.S. The recently released National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report “Families Caring for an Aging America” highlights important policy recommendations for caregiving in the U.S. This webinar, “Putting Family Caregiving Policy … Read More
Future of LTSS (Part 1): Advancing Integrated Care in a Changing Landscape of Medicaid and Medicare
Part I: Dual Eligibles On March 8, 2017, LTQA invited 40 member and other stakeholder organizations to a day-long Retreat to find common ground and align around opportunities for advancing high-quality, person-centered, integrated services and supports in the new political environment. The Retreat produced a framework for further efforts to develop shared strategies across stakeholders to achieve more widespread LTSS … Read More
Slides available: “How Managed Care Can Support Family Caregivers”
LTQA arranged for Cindy Adams from Centene to present to the Long-Term Care Discussion Group on Monday, January 30 on “How Managed Care Can Support Family Caregivers.” Her slides are available here.
How Managed Care Can Support Family Caregivers – Slides
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