Tackling the Long-Term Care Crisis
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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 (2023)
- Improving the Medicaid Buy-in for Workers with Disabilities (2022)
- Improving Access to and Enrollment in Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (2022)
- An Updated Policy Roadmap: Caring for Those with Complex Needs (2022)
- Optimizing the Medicare Home Health Benefit to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Disparities (2022)
- Guaranteeing Integrated Care for Dual Eligible Individuals (2021)
- Streamlining and Simplifying Medicaid HCBS Authorities (2021)
- Bipartisan Solutions to Improve the Availability of Long-Term Care (2021)
- Improving opportunities for Working People with Disabilities (2021)
- Advancing Comprehensive Primary Care in Medicaid (2020)
- A Pathway to Full Integration of Care for Medicare-Medicaid Beneficiaries (2020)
- Next Steps in Chronic Care: Expanding Innovative Medicare Benefits (2019)
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- Long-Term Care Post-COVID: Why 2021 is the Year to Expand Home and Community Based Services (2021)
- Chronic Care Management Services Improve Health Outcomes and Reduce Cost for America’s Seniors (2020)
- Federal Support for Comprehensive Primary Care in Medicaid is Critical Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
- Federal Barriers Prevent Low-Income Americans from Receiving Comprehensive Primary Care (2020)
- Boosting the First Line of Defense for America’s Most Vulnerable Population (2020)
- Improving Care for the Sickest Medicare Beneficiaries Is Imperative (2019)
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- White Paper: A Multipronged Approach to Alleviating the Direct Care Workforce Shortage (2023)
- White Paper: Streamlining and Simplifying Medicaid HCBS Part 1 (2021)
- Brief: Key Consideration in the Development of a Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Benefit (2021)
- White Paper: Integrating Care for Beneficiaries Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: An Update and Policy Options (2020)
- One-Pager: Non-medical Benefits in Medicare (2020)
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- Transforming LTSS Systems: State Trends & Bipartisan Reform Opportunities (2023)
- Medicare Advantage Special Supplemental Benefits for Individuals with Chronic Illness (2020)
- Non-Medical Benefits in Medicare Fee-For-Service: Legislative and Regulatory Pathways (2020)
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- Addressing the Direct Care Workforce Shortage: A Bipartisan Call to Action (2023)
- Improving the Medicaid Buy-in for Workers with Disabilities (2022)
- Improving Access to and Enrollment in PACE (2022)
- An Updated Policy Roadmap: Caring for Individuals with Complex Needs (2022)
- Improving Home Health Services for Medicare Beneficiaries (2022)
- Integrating Care for Dual Eligible Individuals (2021)
- Streamlining and Simplifying Medicaid HCBS Authorities (2021)
- Improving the Availability of Long-Term Care (2021)
- Improving Medicaid Buy-in Programs for Workers with Disabilities (2021)
- Advancing Comprehensive Primary Care in Medicaid (2020)
- Improving Medicaid Buy-in Programs for Working Individuals with Disabilities (2020)
- A Pathway to Full Integration of Care for Medicare-Medicaid Beneficiaries (2020)
- The Sandwich Generation’s Financial Strain: How Caregivers Balance Family and Finances (2019)
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