New publications:
Appropriations and Fund Transfers in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41301.pdf
Budget Control Act: Potential Impact of Sequestration on Health Reform Spending, www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42051.pdf
Caresquad website, www.caresquad.com/
Health Insurance Marketplace, www.healthcare.gov/marketplace
Health, United States, 2012, www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
Helping Americans Age in Place, www.prb.org/Reports/2013/nia-aging-in-place.aspx
Home Health Agencies Received Timely Surveys and Corrected Deficiencies as Required, http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-11-00400.asp
Improvements Are Needed To Ensure Provider Enumeration and Medicare Enrollment Data Are Accurate, Complete, and Consistent (OEI‑07‑09-00440), http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-07-09-00440.asp
LCAO Issue Brief on Medicare Physician Payment Reform Principles, www.lcao.org/files/2013/05/LCAO-SGR-Issue-Brief-May-2013.pdf
Medicare Could Save Millions by Implementing a Hospital Transfer Payment Policy for Early Discharges to Hospice Care, http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region1/11200507.asp
National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report, www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqr12/nhqr12_prov.pdf
Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress October 2012 – March 2013, http://go.usa.gov/bTv5
Part D Plans Generally Include Drugs Commonly Used by Dual Eligible: 2013, http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-05-13-00090.asp
The 2013 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds, www.ssa.gov/oact/tr/2013/index.html
10 Leading Causes of Injury Deaths by Age Group Highlighting Unintentional Injury Deaths, United States – 2010 (Falls were the leading cause of injury deaths for persons 65 and older), http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/pdf/10LCID_Unintentional_Deaths_2010-a.pdf
2013 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures, www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_facts_and_figures.asp
2013 Retirement Confidence Survey: Perceived Savings Needs Outpace Reality for Many, http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_03-13.No384.RCS1.pdf
A Family Caregiver’s Guide to Surgery for Older Adults, http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=arJLJXPHKgJNLYOLH&s=gmJWLjN7JtJ8KgMRJrG&m=gfLRLWOwFiKOI2L
Age-Friendly Communities: The movement to create great places to grow up and grow old in America, www.giaging.org/documents/130402_GIA_AFC_Primer.pdf
Alzheimer’s Caregiver Tips: Wandering, www.nia.nih.gov/sites/default/files/Alzheimers_Caregiving_Tips_Wandering.pdf
An Examination of Resident Abuse in Assisted Living Facilities, www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/241611.pdf
Cost of Care Survey 2013, www.genworth.com/corporate/about-genworth/industry-expertise/cost-of-care.html
Expenditures of the Aged Chartbook, 2010, http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/expenditures_aged/2010/index.html
Falls Among Older Adults: An Overview, http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Falls/adultfalls.html
Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending and Promotion of High-Value Care - Interim Report, http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2013/Geographic-Variation-in-Health-Care-Spending-and-Promotion-of-High-Care-Value-Interim-Report.aspx
Get the Facts about Antipsychotic Drugs and Dementia Care, http://www.ltccc.org/publications/documents/FinalAntipsychotFctsheet.pdf or http://www.nursinghome411.org/?articleid=10042
How is the Affordable Care Act Leading to Changes in Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Today? State Adoption of Six LTSS Options, www.kff.org/healthreform/8079.cfm
Livable Community Indicators for Sustainable Aging in Place, www.metlife.com/mmi/research/livable-communities.html#keyfindings
Mortality From Alzheimer's Disease in the United States: Data for 2000 and 2010, http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db116.htm
New Technical Assistance Center for States on Medicaid Managed Care, http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USCMS/2013/04/12/file_attachments/203808/CIB-04-12-2013.pdf
On the Critical List? A MetLife Report on the Health Status of the 40+ Population, https://www.metlife.com/mmi/media-relations/mmi-health-status-implications.html
Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit, http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/red/toolkit/index.html
Rethinking Elderly Poverty: Time for a Health Inclusive Poverty Measure?, http://papers.nber.org/papers/w18900
Review of Current Long-Term Care Financing Options, http://www.thescanfoundation.org/overview-current-long-term-care-financing-options
Social Insurance: A Critical Base for Financing Long-Term Services and Supports, www.nasi.org/research/2013/social-insurance-critical-base-financing-long-term-services
Social Security Administration (SSA): Budget Issues, http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41716.pdf
State Studies Find Home and Community-Based Services to Be Cost Effective, www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-03-2013/state-studies-find-hcbs-to-be-cost-effective-AARP-ppi-ltc.html
Summary of Florida's Long Term Care Managed Care Program, www.nsclc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MLTSS-FL-Final-031913.pdf
Two-Thirds of States Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Services for Dual Eligibles, www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-04-2013/states-integrating-medicare-and-medicaid-services-AARP-ppi-health.html
Weaving It Together: A Tapestry of Transportation Funding for Older Adults, www.aarp.org/research/ppi/liv-com2/policy/transportation/articles/weaving-it-together-transportation-funding-for-older-adults-AARP-ppi-liv-com/
Creating a Livable Community: Engaging All Generations and Improving Quality of Life, http://institutemetlife.com/pub/sf/FormLink?_ri_=X0Gzc2X%3DWQpglLjHJlTQGtXEeDvmyUlRzbPYgzfXIzeKAlFjaWJmnVXMtX%3DWQpglLjHJlTQGjssdN4J1KcPAIqvzdPMr6JWzab0XdJf&_ei_=EsYs1_vjk0WGYKYNsxIi-k8.
Direct Care Workforce: An Integral Part of Long-Term Services and Supports, http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2013/dcwIB.shtml
Making Sense of the Change in How Medicare Advantage Plans Are Paid, www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Issue-Briefs/2013/May/Making-Sense-of-Changes-in-Medicare-Advantage-Plans.aspx
Medicare's Payments to Physicians: The Budgetary Impact of Alternative Policies Relative to CBO's May 2013 Baseline, www.cbo.gov/publication/44184?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=812526&utm_campaign=0
Medicare Primer, https://opencrs.com/document/R40425/2013-01-31/
Self-Reported Increased Confusion or Memory Loss and Associated Functional Difficulties Among Adults Aged ≥60 Years — 21 States, 2011, www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6218a1.htm?s_cid=mm6218a1_w
Sicker, More Complex Patients are Driving up Intensity of ED Care, www.aha.org/content/13/13issuebrief-ed.pdf
Strengthening Social Security: Views Among African Americans: Hispanics, and White Americans, https://www.nasi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=5053&qid=1040672
Two-Thirds of States Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Services for Dual Eligibles, www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-04-2013/states-integrating-medicare-and-medicaid-services-AARP-ppi-health.html
Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Fractures in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement, http://tinyurl.com/cn38au9
American Community Survey Brief: Poverty Levels by Race and Ethnicity: 2007-2011 —www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb13-29.html
Budget Control Act: Potential Impact of Sequestration on Health Reform Spending, www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42051.pdf
Food Insecurity Among Households With Working-Age Adults With Disabilities, www.ers.usda.gov/media/980690/err_144.pdf
Funding for the Older Americans Act and Other Aging Services Programs, www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33880.pdf
Implementation of Affordable Care Act Provisions to Improve Nursing Home Transparency, Care Quality, and Abuse Prevention, www.canhr.org/newsroom/newdev_archive/2013/ACA%20Nursing%20Home%20Report.pdf
Income Composition, Income Trends, and Income Shortfalls of Older Households, www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=5161
Sleep and Aging with a Disability, http://agerrtc.washington.edu/sites/agerrtc/files/files/Aging_Sleep.pdf
Social Security: Calculation and History of Taxing Benefits, www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32552.pdf
A Right Way and Wrong Way to Confront Elder Abuse, www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2013/01/30/a-right-way-and-wrong-way-to-confront-elder-abuse/
Annual Statistical Supplement, 2012, www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2012/index.html
Disaster Response Template Toolkit, www.samhsa.gov/dtac/dbhis/dbhis_templates_intro.asp
Food Stamps, Food Sufficiency, and Diet-Related Disease among the Elderly, www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/dps/pdfs/dp140713.pdf
Older Americans Behavioral Health Issue Brief 6: Depression and Anxiety: Screening and Intervention, www.ncoa.org/improve-health/center-for-healthy-aging/content-library/IssueBrief_6_DepressionAnxiety_Color.pdf
Caring in the Community: Immunization and the Older Adult, video, www.amda.com/tools/clinical/immunization.cfm#Tools
Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Program: 2012 Report to Congress, https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-04-11-00451.asp
Family Caregiving and Transitional Care: A Critical Review, http://caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content/pdfs/FamCGing_TransCare_CritRvw_FINAL10.31.2012.pdf
Growth In Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary Continues To Hit Historic Lows, http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/2013/medicarespendinggrowth/ib.cfm
How Dual Eligibles Can Benefit From Medicaid PCP Payment Increases, http://dualsdemoadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Medicaid-Physician-Fee-Increase-2-22.pdf
Labor Force Statistics on Older Americans, www.urban.org/retirement_policy/url.cfm?ID=412724
My Social Security, www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount/
Quick Health Facts 2012: Selected State Data on Older Americans, www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-12-2012/quick-health-facts-2012-state-data-on-older-americans-AARP-ppi-health.html
Report to Congress: Fraud Prevention System First Implementation Year 2012, www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/fraud-rtc12142012.pdf
Senior Safety; Information to Keep Elderly Safe, http://www.housingforseniors.com/Retirement-Communities/Senior-Safety--Information-to-Keep-Elderly-Safe-347.html
Social Security: The Government Pension Offset (GPO), www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32453.pdf
Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/98-35.pdf
Status, Financial Outlook, and Alternative Approaches to Fund Retiree Health Benefits, www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-112
Ten Things You Can Do to Support Aging with Dignity and Independence,
The Middle Class Security Project, www.aarp.org/research/ppi/security/
Three Social Security Fixes to Solve the Real Fiscal Crisis, www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/12/3-social-security-fixes-to-solve-the-real-fiscal-crisis
www.thescanfoundation.org/10-things-you-can-do-support-aging-dignity-and-independence