Commissioned & Supported Work

Low-income older adults who have both Medicare and Medicaid can have difficulty getting needed services, such as essential medical equipment and prescription drugs, because of inconsistent policies between these two programs. According to the second of four National Senior Citizens Law Center issue briefs published with support from The SCAN Foundation, these kinds of problems could be addressed with administrative fixes.

Produced by the National Senior Citizens Law Center with support from The SCAN Foundation, this paper provides recommendations for consumer protections in delivery system models that integrate Medicare and Medicaid.

The SCAN Foundation presents the CLASS Technical Assistance Brief Series, a comprehensive body of work that makes a major contribution to the design and workability of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Plan. CLASS creates a voluntary, federally-administered insurance program to help individuals pay for needed assistance in a place they call home if they become functionally limited. These in-depth analyses from a broad set of industry and academic experts shed light on critical issues that will make CLASS work for real people and are pivotal for successful marketing and uptake of the program.

The introductory brief, "Paving the Way for Successful CLASS Implementation: An Overview of the CLASS Technical Assistance Brief Series," by Lisa Shugarman of The SCAN Foundation, provides a comprehensive overview of CLASS and the series. 

To view each individual brief, please click here.

To view the entire series as one document, please click here.

On December 6, 2010, the National PACE Association (NPA) convened a policy summit in Washington, D.C. supported by The SCAN Foundation. Summit participants included health policy experts,  federal and state policymakers, health services researchers, and consumer and provider representatives.  The summit aimed to address three primary questions: