Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
June 2012
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Long-Term Care Financing
Reports
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Advanced SearchA Report on the Actuarial, Marketing, and Legal Analyses of the CLASS Program
The report contains the results of actuarial and policy analyses of the CLASS Act and the legal analysis of various benefit plan options. This report contains important findings that will help advance the cause of charting a path to affordable and sustainable long-term care options. [48 PDF pages]
Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents: Background and Options
Extensive research has demonstrated that many of the hospitalizations of long stay nursing home residents are potentially avoidable. These hospitalizations add to Medicare and Medicaid costs and have an adverse impact on frail individuals. Current economic incentives that are not aligned, primarily between Medicare and Medicaid, contribute to the situation.
Expanding the Use of Generic Drugs
ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Expanding the Use of Generic Drugs By: ASPE Staff December 1, 2010
Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: A Primer on Services, Expenditures and Payment Methods
ASPE awarded a small Professional Services Purchase Order to provide information to be used in the §4104(a). This Primer provides information on federal and state payment methods and sources of payments for Medicaid nursing facilities and Medicare skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, inpatient rehabilitation and long-term care hospitals. [20 PDF pages]
Symposium on Health and Retirement Savings Accounts: Summary and Recommendations
This report summarizes feedback from issue experts to a proposal for financing long-term care services through the use of tax-advantaged Health and Retirement Savings Accounts. [14 PDF pages]
National Long-Term Care Insurance Claims Decision Study: An Empirical Analysis of the Appropriateness of Claims Adjudication Decisions and Payments
Much of the information behind the charges of critics is anecdotal and based on a relatively small number of individuals concentrated in two companies who may indeed have had legitimate grievances based on their personal experience. Yet, this information alone should not allow one to draw broad conclusions about private industry performance in general.
Individuals Living in the Community with Chronic Conditions and Functional Limitations: A Closer Look
This chartbook examines the combination of chronic conditions and functional limitations as a potentially better predictor of high health care utilization. [51 PDF pages]