Medicare Pays For Some Long Term Care: Report

Health care reform efforts that address the full range of acute and LTC needs could produce pioneering financing and delivery systems that result in more efficient and better care, the report states. It was based on a study focusing on business strategy and public policy conducted by Avalere Health L.L.C., Washington, D.C., and

“We may have sufficient funding in the system now, but we are not using it efficiently,” said Bruce Chernof, president and chief executive of The SCAN Foundation. “Families, nonprofits, and state agencies are taking the lead in developing new ways to provide and pay for services, but they are hobbled by Medicare models designed to pay for acute and post-acute care and lack of integration between Medicare and Medicaid. We need flexibility based on the recognition that America’s seniors want to stay independent as long as possible.”