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What Does the Health Reform Legislation Mean for Long-Term Services and Supports?

June 30th, 2010. 2.00pm Eastern; 1:00pm Central; 12:00pm Mountain; 11:00am Pacific; 10:00am Alaska and 8:00am Hawaii.

About the webcast

In March, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, the most far reaching health care legislation since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid. While focusing on providing health insurance for the uninsured, numerous provisions in the legislation will have a major impact on long-term services and supports and people with disabilities. This presentation will analyze the recently enacted legislation, highlighting the CLASS Act, the direct care workforce, Medicare payment for post-acute care, care coordination, and quality of care in nursing homes.

About the Presenter

Joshua M. Wiener, Ph.D. is a Senior Fellow and Program Director for Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care at RTI International. He is the author or editor of eight books and over 100 articles on health care for older people, people with disabilities, long-term services and supports, Medicaid, health reform, health care rationing, and maternal and child health. Dr. Wiener has written extensively on participant-directed home care in the United States and other countries. For the Center for Personal Assistance Services, he is conducting research on work and desire to work among Medicaid beneficiaries receiving home and community-based services and on the use of assistive technologies by older people with disabilities.

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