Distribution of Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Expenditures as a Share of Total Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Spending, FY 2011 October 17, 2013 Slide
Distribution of Medicaid Beneficiaries Who Use Long-Term Services and Supports, by Dual Eligibility Status, FY 2010 October 17, 2013 Slide
Key Issues in State Implementation of the New and Expanded Home and Community-Based Services Options Available Under the Affordable Care Act September 25, 2013 Issue Brief This brief summarizes the key issues identified and discussed by participants in Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured’s July 16, 2013 roundtable meeting on state adoption of the new and expanded Affordable Care Act home and community-based services (HCBS) options. While states have made overall progress in rebalancing their long-term care systems in favor of community-based care, state adoption of ACA HCBS options has been relatively slow to date, despite the growing demand for HCBS among beneficiaries and the enhanced federal funding associated with several of these options.
Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports: An Overview of Funding Authorities September 25, 2013 Fact Sheet This fact sheet summarizes the various Medicaid long-term services and supports provisions by funding authority.
Visualizing Health Policy: A Short Look At Long-Term Care for Seniors August 27, 2013 Infographic This infographic from the Visualizing Health Policy series, produced in partnership with JAMA, looks at long-term care for seniors.
Testimony: What would strengthen Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports? August 1, 2013 Issue Brief On August 1, 2013, Diane Rowland, Executive Vice President of the Kaiser Family Foundation and Executive Director of the Foundation’s Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, testified before the Federal Commission on Long-Term Care about ways in which the Medicaid program could be strengthened to better support low-income individuals with long-term services and supports needs.
Medicare Beneficiaries’ Utilization of Selected Medical and Long-Term Care Services, 2009 July 15, 2013 Slide
Faces of Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Profiles of People with Medicare and Medicaid Coverage July 3, 2013 Issue Brief This brief examines the role of Medicare and Medicaid in the lives of dually eligible beneficiaries – low-income seniors and younger adults with disabilities who are eligible for both programs – through personal profiles. It includes a glossary of eligibility and service delivery system terms and state-level enrollment and expenditure data for dual eligibles.
Improving the Financial Accountability of Nursing Facilities June 28, 2013 Report This report examines nursing facility expenditures to assess relative spending increases in areas such as nursing services, administrative costs, and profits. Using California as a case study, it explores reimbursement by cost category and a standard medical loss ratio (MLR) as potential policy options to improve nursing facility financial accountability and care quality.
