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Shift long-term care payment responsibility from Medicaid to Medicare, research group suggests

March 08, 2010

In order to better coordinate care for nursing home residents who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, responsibility for long-term nursing facility services should be shifted from Medicaid to Medicare, suggests a recently released policy brief from policy research group Mathematica.
 

Researchers cite four ways to include long-term care more effectively in healthcare reform efforts

July 17, 2009

A new report released Thursday by Georgetown University researchers, in association with The SCAN Foundation, presents four possible options for including long-term care services and supports in reform legislation.
 
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