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PAS Center Webcasts > An Analysis Of Medicare And Medicaid In Long-Term Care And Suggestions Of Reform

About the webcast

Medicare and Medicaid, two publicly funded health programs, both cover populations in need of long-term care, but they are poorly coordinated. Gaps often exist in some services while there is overlap in others. This can lead to inefficient delivery of services and confusion among program recipients and providers alike. Spending on postacute services in Medicare and long-term care services in Medicaid has grown more rapidly than enrollment in either program since 1999. Although growing numbers of people receive home and community-based services paid for by the two programs, there are wide variations across states and among target groups. The system of long-term care is in need of structural reform.

In this webinar Terence Ng will explore the patterns in services and spending under long-term care programs and examine the rise in home and community-based services, the existence of waivers from federal and state coverage requirements, and the changing population groups who use long-term care services. He will conclude with a discussion on the need to reduce the fragmentation and lack of coordination in long term care services by removing the divide between Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Mr. Ng’s recently published paper in the journal Health Affairs on this subject is titled “Long-term care: Options in an era of health reform”. This paper can be found at:

About the Presenter

Terence Ng is a Research Analyst at the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF.

Webcast Instructions

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The audio of the conference can also be accessed by phone at 1-800-625-5918, passcode 7023043.