{"id":1624,"date":"2021-10-08T17:04:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T17:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thescanfoundation.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=1624"},"modified":"2025-09-18T01:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T08:31:40","slug":"mantener-la-flexibilidad-en-medicare-y-medicaid","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.thescanfoundation.org\/es\/resource\/sustaining-flexibilities-in-medicare-and-medicaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Mantener la flexibilidad en Medicare y Medicaid"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1624","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-national"],"acf":{"details":{"helper_accent_color":"green","helper_taxonomies":{"priority_tax":[50,9,8],"location":[11],"news-insight_type":false,"resource_type":false,"event_type":false,"person_type":false,"year_tax":false,"asset_class":false,"investment_type":false,"investment_category":false},"tsf_resource":false,"helper_authors":null,"abstract":"Federal and state governments enacted significant flexibilities during COVID-19 to ensure that Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries could receive care in community.","featured_image":2562,"":null,"file_download":"","download_link_text":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div class=\"text content-article wow fadeInUpS\" data-wow-delay=\"0.4s\">\r\n\r\nLos gobiernos federales y estatales implementaron importantes medidas de flexibilidad durante la COVID-19 para garantizar que los beneficiarios de Medicare y Medicaid pudieran recibir atenci\u00f3n en la comunidad. Por ejemplo, algunos estados permitieron que Medicaid cubriera la ayuda a domicilio y Medicare ampli\u00f3 significativamente la cobertura de telesalud.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1313 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thescanfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/admin-ajax-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\r\n<h2>La oportunidad<\/h2>\r\nEn los primeros d\u00edas de la pandemia, los gobiernos federal y estatal implementaron r\u00e1pidamente flexibilidades regulatorias a trav\u00e9s de la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/About-CMS\/Agency-Information\/Emergency\/EPRO\/Current-Emergencies\/Current-Emergencies-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emergencia de salud p\u00fablica por COVID-19<\/a> (PHE) para garantizar que los beneficiarios de Medicare y Medicaid pudieran recibir atenci\u00f3n de forma segura y en su propia comunidad. A medida que el pa\u00eds entra en la fase end\u00e9mica de la COVID-19, muchos expertos han concluido que estas flexibilidades cruciales mejoraron el acceso de los adultos mayores a la atenci\u00f3n, se ajustaron a sus necesidades y preferencias, y deber\u00edan hacerse permanentes.","":null,"helper_width":"narrow"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h2>Objetivo y enfoque<\/h2>\r\nColaboramos con diversos socios independientes para ampliar la base de conocimientos mediante informes sobre la implementaci\u00f3n y los resultados de las flexibilidades de Medicare y Medicaid. Esta iniciativa identifica qu\u00e9 flexibilidades de salud p\u00fablica deber\u00edan ser permanentes, temporales o suspendidas.\r\n<h2>Hoja de ruta para los responsables de pol\u00edticas<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-1625 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thescanfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TSF-Public-Health-Emergency-Roadmap_Website-Thumbnail-485x378-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"378\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"cf0\">A lo largo de la pandemia, la investigaci\u00f3n mostr\u00f3 el potencial de las flexibilidades de PHE para minimizar las barreras administrativas, cl\u00ednicas y financieras al tiempo que se avanza significativamente<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Atenci\u00f3n equitativa y centrada en la persona.<\/span>\r\n\r\nLos expertos que representan las perspectivas de las aseguradoras, los consumidores y los proveedores desarrollaron recomendaciones para los responsables de las pol\u00edticas sobre qu\u00e9 flexibilidades de PHE deber\u00edan hacerse permanentes. <span class=\"cf1\">El informe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescanfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-PHE-Flexibilities-Roadmap-for-Policymakers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Aprovechar las flexibilidades de la emergencia de salud p\u00fablica por la COVID-19 para promover la atenci\u00f3n centrada en la persona para adultos mayores y personas con necesidades de atenci\u00f3n complejas: una hoja de ruta para los responsables de las pol\u00edticas<\/em><\/a>, fue desarrollado en asociaci\u00f3n con Alliance for Health Policy, ATI Advisory, Health Management Associates y Manatt Health.<\/span>","":null,"helper_width":"narrow"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image_grid","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_image_grid":{"":null,"force_aspect_ratio":false,"aspect_ratio":false,"max_columns":3,"images":[{"image":1329,"override_caption":true,"caption":"Alliance for Health Policy\r\n\r\nThe Alliance for Health Policy is disseminating research to state and federal policymakers on how Medicare and Medicaid flexibilities introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic may be leveraged to enhance quality and access to person-centered care for older adults with complex care needs. Register for the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/register\/1605853653317701206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 3 webinar<\/a>."},{"image":1324,"override_caption":true,"caption":"Health Management Associates\r\n\r\nHealth Management Associates, with Manatt Health, developed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescanfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-Policymaker-Playbook_Learning-from-the-Flexibilities.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">person-centered framework<\/a> for policymakers to assess new Medicare and Medicaid flexibilities. 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