Sustaining Flexibilities in Medicare and Medicaid
Federal and state governments enacted significant flexibilities during COVID-19 to ensure that Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries could receive care in community.
Explore reports, data, and stories from grantees and The SCAN Foundation leadership that inform action and drive change.
Oct 2021
National
Medicare Health and Social Supports, Medicare-Medicaid Integration, Special Projects
Federal and state governments enacted significant flexibilities during COVID-19 to ensure that Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries could receive care in community.
Sep 2021
California
Multisector Plans for Aging
This breakdown from The SCAN Foundation details how California’s enacted 2021-22 budget will affect older adults and people with disabilities in California.
Jun 2021
California
Multisector Plans for Aging
This breakdown from The SCAN Foundation details how revisions to California’s proposed 2021-22 budget will affect older adults and people with disabilities in California.
Feb 2021
National
Medicare Health and Social Supports
Now entering their second year, Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) have grown exponentially.
Jan 2021
California
Multisector Plans for Aging
On January 8, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom released the 2021-22 proposed budget. The proposal includes program changes that impact services for older adults and people with disabilities.
Jan 2021
California
Multisector Plans for Aging
On January 6, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom released a Master Plan for Aging (Master Plan) that establishes a vision for California for All Ages by 2030. This policy brief provides an overview of the Master Plan.
Jul 2020
California
Long-Term Care
On June 29, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed California’s 2020-21 budget. The budget addresses the $54.3 billion deficit while maintaining funding for critical programs serving older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers.
Jun 2020
California
Long-Term Care
This policy brief takes a closer look at how California has implemented federal flexibilities to ensure the state’s long-term services and supports (LTSS) system is responsive to the needs of older adults and people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jun 2020
National
Medicare-Medicaid Integration
Most of us agree: there is value in Medicare-Medicaid integration. But how well do you understand the programs that aim to accomplish integration?
May 2020
California
Long-Term Care
On May 14, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom released the May Revision of the 2020-21 proposed budget. The revision includes cuts to and elimination of critical home- and community-based services that impact the state’s most vulnerable older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers.
Feb 2020
National
Medicare-Medicaid Integration
This brief identifies key factors that drove the successful implementation of these programs and highlights opportunities for other states interested in creating or enhancing integrated care programs.
Feb 2020
California
Long-Term Care
On January 10, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom released the 2020-21 proposed budget. The proposal includes program changes that specifically impact services for older adults and people with disabilities.
Oct 2019
California
Long-Term Care, Medicare-Medicaid Integration
Californians with Medicare and Medi-Cal have many choices to get the health coverage they need, but choices vary by county. This brief outlines available choices across the state and describes the My Care, My Choice web resource.
Oct 2019
National
Long-Term Care
Jul 2019
California
Long-Term Care
On June 27, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed California’s 2019-20 budget. The budget reflects new program investments for older adults and people with disabilities, including staff resources for the state’s Master Plan for Aging.