Aging & Disability

Forum Session — May 11, 2012
Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MMLTSS): Increasing State Interest and Implications for Consumers, Quality of Care, Providers, and Costs
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Site Visit — April 13, 2012
Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS): Arlington County's Integrated Approach
Authors: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy & Lisa Sprague

Forum Session — March 9, 2012
Targeting High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries to Improve Care and Reduce Spending: Finding the Bull’s-Eye
Author: Sally Coberly, PhD

The Basics — February 23, 2012
Older Americans Act of 1965: Programs and Funding
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

The Basics — February 23, 2012
National Spending for Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — January 27, 2012
Improving Care for Dual Eligible Medicare-Medicaid Beneficiaries: One Size Does Not Fit All
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Background Paper No. 83 — December 13, 2011
The Aging Services Network: Serving a Vulnerable and Growing Elderly Population in Tough Economic Times
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — October 28, 2011
Preventing Hospital Readmissions: How Can Care Transitions for Medicare Beneficiaries Be Improved?
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Special Briefing — October 21, 2011
Revisiting Financing and Delivery of Care to Duals: One Size May Not Fit All
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Background Paper No. 82 — September 14, 2011
Aligning Graduate Medical Education with Public Policy
Author: Rob Cunningham, Consultant

Forum Session — July 22, 2011
Medical Care for the Elderly Living at Home: Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) and Hospital-at-Home Programs
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — May 13, 2011
Boomers and the Budget: Implications of an Aging Society
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — May 6, 2011
Managed Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Disabilities: How Does It Work?
Author: Judith D. Moore

Forum Session — April 15, 2011
Private Long-Term Care Insurance: Where Is the Market Heading?
Author: Sally Coberly, PhD

Forum Session — March 18, 2011
Caring for Patients with Advanced and Serious Illnesses: Changing Medical Practice and Patient Expectations
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Briefing Book — February 11, 2011
Health Policy Essentials

The Basics — November 30, 2010
The Elder Justice Act: Addressing Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Background Paper No. 81 — November 19, 2010
Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs): Federal and State Efforts to Guide Consumers Through the Long-Term Services and Supports Maze
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — October 29, 2010
Focus on Reform: Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Provisions in PPACA
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — July 23, 2010
Medicare and Medicaid Dual Eligibles: Meeting Diverse, Complex, and Costly Needs
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Forum Session — June 18, 2010
Focus on Reform: Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) and the CLASS Act
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

The Basics — June 9, 2010
The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act: Major Legislative Provisions
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — April 16, 2010
Transforming Health Care Delivery: Insights from the New Orleans Safety Net
Authors: Jessamy Taylor & Michele J. Orza, ScD

Forum Session — March 25, 2010
Ensuring Nursing Home Quality: Continuing Challenges to Oversight and Enforcement of Nursing Home Reform
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — October 23, 2009
Linking Housing and Supportive Services for the Frail Elderly: Challenges and Opportunities
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Site Visit — April 17 & August 7, 2009
Coordinating Care for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions: The Guided Care Model and Other Innovative Approaches
Authors: Judith D. Moore & Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — March 27, 2009
Coordinating Care for Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Searching for the Holy Grail
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — November 7, 2008
Long-Term Services and Supports: Consumers in Charge—Consumer Direction and Money Follows the Person
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Site Visit — August 11–13, 2008
Community-Based Long-Term Care in Milwaukee: Wisconsin Still Ahead
Authors: Judith D. Moore, Carol V. O'Shaughnessy & Lisa Sprague

Forum Session — August 1, 2008
Medicare's Hospice Benefit: In the Spotlight
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

The Basics — July 30, 2008
Medicare Demonstrations
Author: Amanda Cassidy, Consultant

Background Paper No. 63 — July 22, 2008
The Fundamentals of Medicare Demonstrations
Author: Amanda Cassidy, Consultant

Forum Session — May 9, 2008
Policies for an Aging America: Looking Beyond the Averages
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — April 25, 2008
State Long-Term Care Strategies: Approaches to Managing Care and Controlling Costs
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Background Paper — April 11, 2008
The Aging Services Network: Accomplishments and Challenges in Serving a Growing Elderly Population
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — January 17, 2008
Running Up the Health Care Tab: Will We Have Buyer's Remorse?
Authors: Mary Ellen Stahlman & Christie Provost Peters

Site Visit — September 30–October 1, 2007
Children's Behavioral Health Services in Baltimore: Walking the Continuum
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Forum Session — September 21, 2007
Informal Care of the Frail Elderly: Policy and Practices to Support Family Caregivers
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Site Visit — August 8–10, 2007
Community-Based Long-Term Care: Wisconsin Stays Ahead
Authors: Judith D. Moore, Carol V. O'Shaughnessy & Lisa Sprague

Site Visit — March 2, 2007
Fairfax County's Commitment: A Housing and Health Continuum for Seniors
Authors: Judith D. Moore & Lisa Sprague

Background Paper — March 3, 2006
Rebalancing Long-Term Care: The Role of the Medicaid HCBS Waiver Program
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Forum Session — February 24, 2006
Financing Health Care in Retirement: A Day Late and a Dollar Short?
Author: Sally Coberly, PhD

Background Paper — February 8, 2006
Health Benefits in Retirement: Set for Extinction?
Author: Mark Merlis, Consultant

Forum Session — October 22, 2004
Financing Long-Term Care: Will Insurance Make the Difference?
Author: Randy A. Desonia

Background Paper — July 31, 2004
The Promise and the Reality of Long-Term Care Insurance
Author: Randy A. Desonia

The Basics — April 26, 2004
State Pharmacy Assistance Programs
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Issue Brief No. 796 — April 1, 2004
Veterans' Health Care: Balancing Resources and Responsibilities
Author: Lisa Sprague

Forum Session — November 25, 2003
Expanding Community-Based Care: Is the Olmstead Decision Making a Difference?
Author: Randy A. Desonia

Forum Session — October 22, 2003
Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Two for One or Double Jeopardy?
Authors: Nora Super & Jennifer Ryan

Issue Brief No. 794 — September 30, 2003
Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Two for One or Double Jeopardy?
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Nora Super

Background Paper — March 12, 2003
Is Community Care a Civil Right? The Unfolding Saga of the Olmstead Decision
Author: Randy A. Desonia

Site Visit — November 12–14, 2002
The Medicare and Medicaid Intersection: Caring for Arizona's Seniors
Authors: Nora Super, Lisa Sprague & Judith D. Moore

Issue Brief No. 784 — November 12, 2002
Prescription Drugs in Nursing Homes: Managing Costs and Quality in a Complex Environment
Authors: Dan Mendelson, Rajeev Ramchand, Richard Abramson, MD & Anne Tumlinson, Consultants

Forum Session — April 12, 2002
Consumer Direction in Long-Term Care: Implications for Caregivers
Author: Nora Super

Site Visit — March 4–5, 2002
Transitions along the Continuum of Care: Elderly and Disabled Persons in New York
Authors: Lisa Sprague & Nora Super

Background Paper — January 23, 2002
Who Will Be There to Care? The Growing Gap between Caregiver Supply and Demand
Author: Nora Super

Issue Brief No. 762 — April 25, 2001
State-Based Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs: Temporary Fix or Lessons for Medicare?
Author: Robin J. Strongin, Consultant

Forum Session — April 25, 2001
State-Based Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs: Temporary Fix or Lessons for Medicare?
Author: Robin J. Strongin, Consultant

Site Visit — November 13–15, 2000
Caring for the Elderly: Oregon's Pioneers (Portland, Oregon)
Authors: Nora Super & Lisa Sprague

Issue Brief No. 743 — July 7, 1999
Implementing the BBA: The Challenge of Moving Medicare Post-Acute Services to PPS
Author: Karen Matherlee

Forum Session — July 7, 1999
Implementing the BBA: The Challenge of Moving Medicare Post-Acute Services to PPS
Author: Karen Matherlee

Issue Brief No. 716 — March 25, 1998
Restructuring the VA Health Care System: Safety Net, Training, and Other Considerations
Author: Barbara Skydell

Forum Session — March 25, 1998
Restructuring the VA Health Care System: Safety Net, Training, and Other Considerations
Author: