Tackling the Long-Term Care Crisis
The health care system in the United States is fragmented, lacking a comprehensive framework for delivering long-term care. This fragmentation leads to subpar health outcomes and elevated government health care spending. The critical impact of this issue becomes evident when examining populations with complex needs, particularly individuals managing multiple chronic conditions.
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Tackling this crisis requires bipartisan efforts that promote high-value, patient-centered, and highly integrated care. BPC has a proven record of cross-party collaboration, focusing on improving care for individuals with complex medical and nonmedical needs, ultimately curbing unnecessary health care spending. Our previous work focused on ensuring a robust health care workforce for an aging population and enhancing access to high-value LTSS for individuals with chronic conditions or disabilities, which includes strengthening Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS). Through our work, we have also identified bipartisan opportunities to better integrate care for dually eligible individuals, promoting care coordination that improves health outcomes and reduces unnecessary, costly services.
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- Addressing the Direct Care Workforce Shortage: A Bipartisan Call to Action (December 2023)
- Improving the Medicaid Buy-in for Workers with Disabilities (December 2022)
- Improving PACE (October 2022)
- An Updated Policy Roadmap: Caring for Those with Complex Needs (March 2022)
- Optimizing the Medicare Home Health Benefit to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Disparities (April 2022)
- Guaranteeing Integrated Care for Dual Eligible Individuals (November 2021)
- Streamlining and Simplifying Medicaid HCBS Authorities (October 2021)
- Bipartisan Solutions to Improve the Availability of Long-term Care (September 2021)
- Improving Opportunities for Working People With Disabilities (January 2021)
- A Pathway to Full Integration of Care for Medicare-Medicaid Beneficiaries (July 2020)
- Advancing Comprehensive Primary Care in Medicaid (July 2020)
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- State Long-Term Care Progress: A Blueprint for Federal Solutions (May 2024)
- Transforming LTSS Systems: State Trends & Bipartisan Reform Opportunities (August 2023)
- White Paper: A Multipronged Approach to Alleviating the Direct Care Workforce Shortage (June 2023)
- Streamlining and Simplifying Medicaid HCBS Part I (September 2021)
- Key Considerations in the Development of a Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services Benefit (June 2021)
- One-Pager: Non-medical Benefits in Medicare (December 2020)
- Medicare Advantage Special Supplemental Benefits for Individuals with Chronic Illness (December 2020)
- Non-Medical Benefits in Medicare Fee-For-Service: Legislative and Regulatory Pathways (December 2020)
- Integrating Care for Beneficiaries Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: An Update and Policy Options (April 2020)
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- Sustainable Solutions for America’s Chronic Care Crisis (March 2024)
- Long-Term Care Post-COVID: Why 2021 is the Year to Expand Home and Community Based Services (October 2021)
- Federal Support for Comprehensive Primary Care in Medicaid is Critical Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (July 2020)
- Boosting the First Line of Defense for America’s Most Vulnerable Population (July 2020)
- Federal Barriers Prevent Low-Income Americans from Receiving Comprehensive Primary Care (July 2020)
- Chronic Care Management Services Improve Health Outcomes and Reduce Costs for America’s Seniors (March 2020)
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- State Long-term Care Progress: A Blueprint for Federal Solutions (May 2024)
- Addressing the Direct Care Workforce Shortage: A Bipartisan Call to Action (December 2023)
- Improving the Medicaid Buy-In for Workers with Disabilities (December 2022)
- Improving Access to and Enrollment in PACE (October 2022)
- Improving Home Health Services for Medicare Beneficiaries (April 2022)
- An Updated Policy Roadmap: Caring for Individuals With Complex Needs (March 2022)
- Integrating Care for Dual Eligible Individuals (November 2021)
- Streamlining and Simplifying Medicaid HCBS Authorities (October 2021)
- Improving the Availability of Long-Term Care (September 2021)
- Improving Medicaid Buy-In Programs for Workers with Disabilities (January 2021)
- Improving Medicaid Buy-In Programs for Working Individuals with Disabilities (September 2020)
- A Pathway to Full Integration of Care for Medicare-Medicaid Beneficiaries (July 2020)
- Advancing Comprehensive Primary Care in Medicaid (July 2020)
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- The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Suggestions for Modernizing Schedule A (May 2024) https://bipartisanpolicy.org/letter/the-bipartisan-policy-centers-suggestions-for-modernizing-schedule-a/
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