On February 1st, The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released Initial Recommendations to Improve the Financing of Long-Term Care, which reviews challenges in financing long-term care, gives recommendations to address the needs of at-risk populations, and proposes next steps. This report builds on BPC’s 2014 report on America’s Long-Term Care Crisis. In the next year, BPC will release additional recommendations. LTQA … Read More
NASI Conference Highlights Long-Term Care Financing
The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) hosted their 28th Annual Policy Research Conference on January 27-28 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. This year’s theme was “Disparate Income, Wealth and Opportunity: Implications for Social Insurance,” highlighting NASI’s upcoming focus on inequality and social insurance. At the conference, NASI released A Young Person’s Guide to Social Security, Third … Read More
2015 LTQA Summit Materials Available
Thank you for your interest in joining us to explore the future of LTSS innovation. View the afternoon program here, speaker bios here, and the Summit evaluation here. We hope to keep this important conversation going. Follow along and tweet #innovateLTSS both during the Summit and beyond!
Proceedings from LTQA’s 3rd Annual Meeting
Conference Proceedings from LTQA’s 3rd Annual Meeting, “Building Bridges across the Continuum to Achieve Person-Centered Care,” are now available. 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, and to discuss Blending medical and long-term services and supports; Managing and optimizing the costs … Read More
LTQA 3rd Annual Meeting
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 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