Long-Term Care: Publications
Integrating and Improving Care for Dual Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees: New York’s Proposed Fully Integrated Duals Advantage (FIDA) Program
This report from the Medicaid Institute at United Hospital Fund focuses on a proposed New York State program to better manage care of beneficiaries who are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, commonly referred to as “duals.”
Explain. Improve. Connect.
Explain, improve, connect: three imperatives for our time that also describe both the goals and substance of the Fund's work.
Financing Long-Term Care: New York's Limited Options and Medicaid's Vast Challenge
An examination of how long-term care is financed nationally and in New York, with an analysis of the state’s private long-term care insurance market, opportunities presented by alternative financial products, and the pivotal role of default payer played by Medicaid.
Implementing Long-Term Care Reform in New York's Medicaid Program
One of two jointly released Medicaid Institute reports examining implementation of Medicaid policy changes in New York, this report explains and considers potential strategies and options for improving the management of long-term care services for elderly and disabled Medicaid beneficiaries, and addresses the issues of balancing residential and community-based long-term care, refining reimbursement for long-term care services, and providing effective care management.
Medicaid Long-Term Care in New York: Variation by Region and County
Medicaid Long-Term Care in New York: Variation by Region and County analyzes rates of service use and levels of spending per recipient across New York State, documenting variation by region and by county. It also examines four interrelated factors—demographics, reimbursement policies, availability of service, and local administration—to begin to explain regional variation.
Medicaid Personal Care in New York City: Service Use and Spending Patterns
Medicaid Personal Care in New York City: Service Use and Spending Patterns examines elderly dual Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries in New York City, and a particular type of Medicaid long-term care service they receive—personal care, which includes assistance with eating, bathing, and dressing, as well as activities associated with independent living such as shopping and meal preparation. The report takes two distinct looks at one group of personal care recipients, elderly dual Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries in New York City.
Presentations from "Medicaid and National Health Reform"
This conference examined critical issues facing the Medicaid program, and the challenges and prospects for national health reform.
An Overview of Medicaid Long-Term Care Programs in New York
This Medicaid Institute™ report is the first and only data compilation of its kind, aiming to inform current policy discussions about how to address challenges associated with New York's Medicaid long-term care programs.
Managing Care for High-Cost Elderly Duals
This analysis considers a cohort of about 259,000 elderly individuals enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, focusing on the high-cost 20 percent who account for some $3.5 billion in Medicaid spending annually.
Blueprint, Winter 2008
The latest issue of the Fund's newsletter spotlights the Fund/GNYHA's groundbreaking, multi-year, multi-hospital quality and safety initiative, an innovative program helping teens and young adults get fit, a report on the diverse challenges facing New York's nursing homes, and more.
Changes in Nursing Home Care, 1996-2005
This report documents a ten-year trend among New York's nursing homes, marking their growing role as providers of short-term care for people continuing recuperation after a hospital stay.
The Top Ten Things Caregivers Don't Want to Hear….
Carol Levine, Director of the Fund's Families and Health Care Project, presents a collection of the kinds of unsolicited advice, unwelcome criticism, and undeserved praise that she and other caregivers receive all too often.
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