Kirsten Jacobs, associate director of dementia and wellness at LeadingAge, imagines how our attitudes and actions might change if we looked at dementia as a disability, not an illness.
How will life plan communities need to change so they can compete successfully in the sharing economy that's gaining traction with millennials?
On June 14, the American Society on Aging (ASA) hosted a community roundtable “Ageism in America: Reframing Its Issues and Impacts.” Presenters John Feather of Grantmakers in America and Bob Blancato of ASA discussed new research and potential policy ideas to combat ageism.
“We must make it socially unacceptable to have ageism,” said John Feather, CEO of Grantmakers in Aging.
On May 23, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released its latest report: “Healthy Aging Begins at Home.”
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met on January 14 and 15. Of particular interest to LeadingAge members were votes on recommendations for updating payments, along with discussions of the Medicare Advantage program and developing a unified payment system for post-acute care.
All of the presentations are available and transcripts are expected towards the end of this week.
On July 8, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, which activates 2 advance care planning codes (CPT) that can be billed for by physicians or other qualified health professionals:
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CPT code 99497
As part of our ongoing work to foster dementia research and care, LeadingAge and Integrace are proud to support Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me, a feature film documenting country music superstar Glen Campbell's Goodbye Tour after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 3 years ago.
On June 9, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) final rule, which does little to provide flexibility for regulations that impact post-acute care providers.
Current federal law protects the financial interests of spouses of certain Medicaid beneficiaries by allowing the spouse of a nursing facility resident to keep a minimum share of the couple’s combined income and assets.
Section 2404 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) addresses the institutional bias that applies these spousal protections only to nursing home residents by extending the protections to spouses of Medicaid beneficiaries who receive home and community-based services.
“Population health” is the current focus of government and private payers alike. The basis of population health is accountability for care, outcomes and costs of entire groups of people, or populations, across settings.
It may involve some method of risk sharing and/or shared savings, where portions of the savings in total costs of care are distributed among providers (nursing homes, home health, physicians, etc).
Population health may be:
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