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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for Health Statistics has launched the third wave of the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP), a biennial national study of the major sectors of paid, regulated providers of long-term care services.
The debate over increasing long-term care insurance rates continues as news reports emerge about consumers and federal workers being faced with surprise increases.
A final rule governing Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs became effective July 1 and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) is preparing to review states’ progress toward implementing the rule.
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) this week issued its initial recommendations addressing the financing of long-term services and supports (LTSS). The new report -- dubbed “Initial Reactions to Improve the Financing of Log-Term care” -- is a follow-up to BPC's 2014 examination of the challenges of the long-term care crisis, and is the first set of recommendations the Center plans to put forth.
The majority of residents living in the nation's residential care communities, or 53 percent, are age 85 and older, according to the latest data from the Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).
The overall national long-term care loss rate is expected to grow by 5 percent annually, with claim frequency driving the increase at an expected 3 percent growth rate.
A new compendium from the Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation offers fresh data on the various states’ residential care-setting regulations.
The American Health Care Association, the trade group representing skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, sub-acute centers and homes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, is offering no apologies for its sharp opposition to a sweeping proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that would reform the rules governing long-term care facilities.
Paul Forte, CEO of LTC Partners LLC, was among a select group of U.S. government and other officials chosen to address a delegation from the People's Republic of China visiting Washington, DC this past week to study how national long term care (LTC) demands are handled and financed in the United States.
As the population ages, the need for long-term services and supports (LTSS) is increasing, and policymakers are grappling with how to finance this huge expense. The Affordable Care Act included a new, voluntary program, but Congress repealed it before it launched. Now, there is a flurry of activity as groups develop new financing approaches.
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