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DALTCP & Its Divisions | DALTCP Staff List | DALTCP Website Awards
The Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy is responsible for the development of financing and service organization/delivery policy--including planning, policy and budget analysis, review of regulations and formulation of legislation--and for the development and coordination of research and evaluation on issues related to disability, aging, and long-term care policy. In these matters, the Office works closely with other offices within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Administration on Aging (AoA), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), other Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) components, and other federal agencies and private sector partners.
The Division of Disability and Aging Policy is ASPE’s lead office with responsibility for coordination, policy development, research and evaluation of HHS policies and programs focusing on people with disabilities (including the Developmental Disabilities Act) and for older Americans. Aging activities related to the Older Americans Act are carried out in coordination with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aging. This includes measuring and evaluating the impact of all programs authorized by the Older Americans Act. The division is also responsible for supporting the development and coordination of crosscutting disability and aging data and policies within the Department and in other Federal agencies whose actions affect the health, economic and social well-being of people with disabilities and elderly populations. The division is responsible for assessing the interaction between health, disability, and the economic well-being of people of all ages with disabilities including the prevalence of disability and disabling conditions, socio-demographic characteristics, service use, income, employment, and program participation patterns, and for coordinating the development of disability data and policies which are responsible to the characteristics, circumstances and needs of disabled populations. The division’s responsibilities include long-range planning, budget and economic analysis, program analysis, review of regulations and reports on legislation, review and conduct of research and evaluation activities, and information dissemination.
The Division of Long-Term Care Policy is responsible for DALTCP’s development and coordination of a comprehensive research, information, and analytical program to gain basic information to achieve Departmental objectives in the areas of long-term care and disability services and financing. The division is the focal point for policy development and analysis related to the disability, aging, and long-term care services components of Medicare, Medicaid, including nursing facility services, community residential services, personal assistance services, home health and rehabilitation services, and the integration of acute, post-acute and long-term care services. The division’s responsibilities include coordinating and managing long-range planning, budget and economic analysis, program analysis, development of long-term care data and modeling, review of regulations and reports on legislation, review and conduct of research and evaluation activities, and information dissemination. In carrying out these responsibilities, the division coordinates closely with other ASPE and other HHS offices.
Below is a list of staff within the Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy and the issues they work on.
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SCOTT NYSTROM |
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary |
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RUTH KATZ |
Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary |
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WILLIAM MARTON |
Director, Division of Disability and Aging
Policy |
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GAVIN KENNEDY |
Director, Division of Long-Term Care Policy |
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HAKAN AYKAN |
Medicare Home Health Care; Assistive Technology; Long-Term Care Quality; Demography of Aging; Elderly Disability; Demographic Techniques; Quantitative Methods; Policy Analysis; Research Methodology; Program Evaluation; Statistical Programming |
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MARIE BELT |
Administrative Support |
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LINDA BERGOFSKY |
Prescription Drug Use/Spending in Long-Term Care Settings; Home & Community-Based Long-Term Services for Elderly & Disabled (Long-Term Care & Buy-In 1115 Waivers); New Freedom Initiative; Innovations in Nursing Facility Care (Resident-Centered Care, Dementia Care); Employment of Older Adults; Emergency Preparedness for the Elderly and People with Disabilities |
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CASEY CHANDLER |
Administrative Support |
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PAMELA DOTY |
Home & Community-Based Long-Term Services; Informal Caregiving; Assisted Living Facilities; Private Long-Term Care Insurance; Long-Term Care Policy in International Comparative Perspective; Consumer-Directed Services |
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JOHN DRABEK |
Microsimulation Modeling; Statistical Analysis of Survey & Administrative Data |
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JENNIE HARVELL |
Development & Analysis of Policy Related to Health Information Technology (HIT) for Medicare & Medicaid Post-Acute & Long-Term Care (PA/LTC) Providers & Chronically Ill & Disabled Persons Including: Standardizing Federally Required Assessment Forms (e.g., MDS, OASIS, and IRF-PAI); Electronic Information Exchange to & from PA/LTC Providers; Costs & Benefits Related to the Use of HIT by PA/LTC Providers; & Using HIT Standards in Medicare & Medicaid Administrative Activities (e.g., for Eligibility Determinations). |
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CILLE KENNEDY |
Classification & Conceptualization of Disabilities; Development of Research Measures to Assess Disabilities; Mental Health & Functioning/Disabilities; Research Development & Analysis; International Collaboration on Disability-Related Activities; Development of Operational Criteria & Procedures for Eligibility for Disability Programs & Benefits |
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HUNTER McKAY |
Managed Care & Disability; Integration of Acute & Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Partnerships; Long-Term Care Insurance; Long-Term Care Education of Medicare Beneficiaries; Dual Eligibles; Medicaid Estate Recovery |
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JUDITH PERES |
Expert Consultant on Long-Term Care & End-of-Life Palliative Care; Development & Analysis of Medicare & Medicaid Payment, Eligibility, Coverage & Quality Policies for Hospice & Nursing Home Services; Long-Term Care Policy |
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SUSAN POLNIASZEK |
Policy Related to Medicare, Medicaid Payment, Eligibility, Coverage, Quality & Practices for Nursing Homes, Rehabilitation Facilities, Long-Term Care Hospitals, Hospice & Post-Acute Care; Integration of Financing & Services for Long-Term Care & Integration of Long-Term Care with Acute & Chronic Care; Long-Term Care Insurance; Medical Liability & Quality; Consumer Decision-Making for Long-Term Care |
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EMILY ROSENOFF |
Long-Term Care Workforce (recruitment, retention, training, pre-employment screens, etc.); Adult Day Services; Assisted Living & Other Residential Services for the Elderly. |
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SAM SHIPLEY |
Office Legislative Liasion; Financing Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Education & Awareness of Medicare Beneficiaries; National & Regional Health Information Infrastructures |
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MARIE SQUILLACE |
Home & Community-Based Services; Long-Term Care Financing and Organization; Consumer-Directed Services; Formal & Informal Caregiving; Long-Term Care Paraprofessional Workforce Development; Research Methodology and Evaluation |
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BRENDA VEAZEY |
Administrative Support |
DALTCP has received the following awards for its website.
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June 1999 |
Selected as a featured site in StudyWeb as one of the best educational resources on the web by its Researchers. StudyWeb is one of the Internet's sites for educational resources for students and teachers. |
Last revised: March 26, 2007
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