The SCAN Foundation

This policy brief represents the written testimony presented to California’s Little Hoover Commission at a public hearing on August 26, 2010 in Sacramento, CA. The SCAN Foundation’s Director of Policy Lisa Shugarman, PhD, was invited to present on Federal Health Care Reform and its potential impact on California’s long-term care system.

Her testimony to the Commissioners responds to three specific questions on this topic:

1. What are the long-term care provisions in the reform package?
2. What new opportunities might be available – under health care reform or by way of modeling innovations made in other states – for California to expand its capacity to provide long-term care services?
3. How can we ensure that California takes advantage of these opportunities?

This testimony refers to several provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA, P.L 111-148).

To read the policy brief in its entirety, please click here.

To read the press release, please click here.

On June 11, 2010, The SCAN Foundation hosted a briefing entitled, “Health Care Reform and Long-Term Care: A Policy Forum.” This briefing focused on long-term care provisions included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, P.L. 111-148). The forum provided stakeholders the opportunity to examine the wide-ranging long-term care reforms for seniors and adults with disabilities through a California lens so that the state may be prepared for implementation. Panel members included:

• The Honorable Mariko Yamada, Assemblymember & Chair of the Assembly Committee on Aging & Long Term Care;
• Mr. Herb K. Schultz, Regional Director of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Region IX;
• Dr. Bruce Chernof, President and CEO of The SCAN Foundation;
• Dr. Susan C. Reinhard, Senior Vice President of the AARP Public Policy Institute;
• Mr. Howard Bedlin, Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy at the National Council on Aging;
• Ms. Diane Justice, Senior Program Director at the National Academy for State Health Policy; and
• Ms. June Simmons, President and CEO of Partners in Care Foundation.

To read the invitation from the Policy Forum, click here.

To read Dr. Reinhard’s Presentation, click here.

To read Ms. Justice’s Presentation, click here.

There were five handouts available at the Policy Forum that are also available:

• The SCAN Foundation Policy Brief No. 2, March 2010
• NASHP State Health Policy Brief on Long Term Services and Supports and Chronic Care Coordination
• AARP Fact Sheet: Understanding the New Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Program
• AARP Fact Sheet: Health Care Reform Improves Access to Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services
• AARP Fact Sheet: Health Reform Initiatives to Improve Care Coordination and Transitional Care for Chronic Conditions

To watch the event in its entirety, please click on the following three videos in chronological order.

Video #1

Video #2

Video #3