The Biden Administration and other policymakers are actively discussing nursing facility reform, motivated in part by the death and isolation residents suffered during the COVID “New Issue Brief: Improving Care Compare Website to Empower Consumers”
Category: ISSUE BRIEF
Issue Brief: Racial Disparities in Nursing Facilities—and How to Address Them
Recent years have seen an increased—and overdue—focus on structural racism within the United States. The focus on “structural” racism—as compared to legal or explicit racism, “Issue Brief: Racial Disparities in Nursing Facilities—and How to Address Them”
Issue Brief Series: SSI Access
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program is vital for extremely low-income people who cannot work due to age or disability. The maximum federal benefit is “Issue Brief Series: SSI Access”
Issue Brief: Beyond Spending—Measuring California’s Progress Towards Equitable HCBS
Many aging adults and people with disabilities will need support and assistance throughout their lifetimes. Medicaid (or Medi-Cal in California) is an important payer for “Issue Brief: Beyond Spending—Measuring California’s Progress Towards Equitable HCBS”
Issue Brief: Understanding CMS’s New Nursing Facility Guidance
On June 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released revised Surveyor’s Guidelines for nursing facilities. The Guidelines are used by government inspectors “Issue Brief: Understanding CMS’s New Nursing Facility Guidance”
Issue Brief: Building an Equitable Medicaid HCBS Infrastructure in New Jersey for Older Adults
As older adults in New Jersey age and begin to need more help, most say they would rather remain at home and receive the supports “Issue Brief: Building an Equitable Medicaid HCBS Infrastructure in New Jersey for Older Adults”
Issue Brief: Reducing Barriers to Reentry for Older Adults Leaving Incarceration
As a result of decades of state and federal “tough on crime” and mass incarceration policies, about 2.3 million people are locked up in more “Issue Brief: Reducing Barriers to Reentry for Older Adults Leaving Incarceration”
Issue Brief: Expanding Health Care Affordability for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
Medicaid provides health care coverage for 74 million people, including over 7.8 million older adults and people with disabilities who rely on the program for “Issue Brief: Expanding Health Care Affordability for Older Adults and People with Disabilities”
Issue Brief: States Are Weakening Training Standards for Nursing Facility Aides
Justice in Aging and the Center for Medicare Advocacy have jointly authored an issue brief, States are Weakening Training Standards for Nursing Facility Aides, With “Issue Brief: States Are Weakening Training Standards for Nursing Facility Aides”
Issue Brief: D-SNPs: What Advocates Need to Know
Almost three million individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (dual eligibles) are enrolled in Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) and that enrollment is “Issue Brief: D-SNPs: What Advocates Need to Know”
