Medicare Beneficiaries’ Utilization of Selected Medical and Long-Term Care Services, 2009 July 15, 2013 Slide
Examing the Role of Private Long-Term Care Insurance in the Financing of Long-Term Care May 30, 2009 Issue Brief As the long-standing gap between Americans’ need for long-term care services and the public and private funding available to pay for them grows ever wider, this policy brief from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured examines the fundamentals of private long-term care insurance. The brief describes the results…
New Reports Explain Medicaid’s Role in Long-Term Care and Track Trends October 31, 2005 Issue Brief With short and long-term policy changes to the Medicaid program being discussed, its role in providing long-term care is receiving closer examination. Medicaid is the single largest source of financing for long-term care, accounting for nearly half of all the nation’s spending for long-term care services, and demographic trends are…
Long-Term Care: Understanding Medicaid’s Role for the Elderly and Disabled October 31, 2005 Issue Brief Long-Term Care: Understanding Medicaid’s Role for the Elderly and DisabledThis updated report provides a review of how Medicaid works for people with long-term care needs and describes the fiscal challenges that states currently face and that Medicaid may face in the future as the population ages.Report (.pdf)Executive Summary (.pdf)
Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Service Programs: Data Update July 30, 2005 Issue Brief Over the last four years, the Commission has been tracking the national development of the three main Medicaid HCBS programs that states can operate. The Commission also began to survey the policies, such as eligibility criteria and waiting lists that states can use to control the growth of spending on…
New Resources and Briefing Explore Nursing Home Reform Twenty Years After Passage of Landmark Law November 29, 2007 Event To mark the 20th anniversary of the passage of landmark federal legislation to improve the quality of nursing home care, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (known as OBRA 87), the Kaiser Family Foundation released new resources and cosponsored a Washington, D.C. briefing. Among the resources released were new…
Recent Growth in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service Waivers April 30, 2004 Report Medicaid spending on home and community-based service (HCBS) waivers dominates spending on community-based long-term care services offered through the Medicaid program. This paper examines trends in HCBS waiver enrollment and spending in recent years. Report (.pdf)
Dual Eligibles: Medicaid’s Role in Filling Medicare’s Gaps March 2, 2004 Issue Brief Dual Eligibles: Medicaid's Role in Filling Medicare's Gaps – Issue BriefThis paper presents a profile of dual eligible beneficiaries (those qualifying for both Medicare and Medicaid), describes their health care expenditures, and analyzes the distribution of spending on the population.Issue Paper (.pdf)