Monday & Tuesday • December 16 – 17 Georgetown Conference Center • Washington, DC This event provided important framing for LTQA’s 2014 agenda. Attendees from around the U.S. came together to share best practices and broaden their knowledge of innovative approaches in delivering and financing long-term services and supports. Attendees discussed the latest on: Blending medical and long-term services and … Read More
New LTQA Executive Director
The LTQA Board announced the appointment of G. Lawrence Atkins, Ph.D. as the Executive Director for the Alliance. Larry recently served as the Staff Director of the federal Commission on Long-Term Care and comes to the Alliance with over 30 years of experience in aging and health policy. Larry and the LTQA Board are setting a new and exciting agenda … Read More
Proceedings from 3rd Innovative Communities Summit
LTQA ICPC NCC Summit – Improving Care Transitions: How Quality Improvement Organizations and Innovative Communities can work together to reduce hospitalizations among at-risk populations. Click Here to View the Proceedings.
LTQA Webinars
LTQA recently held two exciting webinars that described LTSS and the impact of transitions on older adults receiving long term services and supports (LTSS); Examined the impact of the Affordable Care Act on improving care transitions for older adults receiving LTSS; Discussed the opportunities and threats presented by three provisions for improving care transitions; and Described short- and long-term policy … Read More
New Study Examines Impact of Three ACA Provisions
Older adults receiving long-term services and supports (LTSS) face huge challenges in navigating the fragmented health care system in the US. Multiple transitions among providers can have serious, negative consequences for this population. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established programs to attempt to address some of these hurdles, and while they show promise, a new study finds that there are … Read More
3rd Innovative Communities Summit
LTQA and the Integrating Care for Populations & Communities National Coordinating Center (ICPC NCC) co-hosted the 3rd Innovative Communities Summit, June 4-5, 2012 at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. The full agenda and slides from the breakout sessions are now available for download. Click here to learn more about the conference.
White Paper: Preventable Hospitalizations
The Long-Term Quality Alliance (LTQA) today released a white paper that reveals that although the decision to go to the hospital is often made in long-term services and supports settings, there are no available validated measures to help long-term care organizations determine what is a preventable hospitalization. The paper makes recommendations for how Medicare, Medicaid, private payers and the long-term … Read More