Study used 3 years of data published by CMS to examine the characteristics of Medicare Advantage contracts with high disenrollment rates from 2015 to 2017 and the relationship between disenrollment rates in MA contracts and 6 patient experiences of care performance measures.

Report provides state-level data on Medicare enrollment for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives.

This policy brief continues the RUPRI Center series that updates enrollment of rural beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage plans.

Starting in 2020, seniors with Medicare Advantage plans from private insurance companies will have expanded access to telehealth services as a basic benefit.

The results of an environmental scan of dually-eligible and high-cost, high-need beneficiaries beneficiaries to develop a typology of services that Medicare Advantage plans implement.

This report examines ways in which Medicare Advantage plans are working to meet the needs of dual-eligible beneficiaries.

This overview discusses an article in Health Affairs which looked at Medicare Part D claims data from 2011 to 2015 to examine how Medicare Advantage primary care physician networks have changed over time.

This policy brief is part of a California study of six counties of public mental health services for older adults funded by the Mental Health Services Act

A final rule that updates the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) programs by promoting innovative plan designs, improved quality, and choices for patients has been issued.

This issue brief presents the latest data (2017) from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s 17th annual survey of Medicaid HCBS program policies in all 50 states and DC.

Furry friends help older adults cope with health issues, get active and connect with others.

Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Illinois are testing a surprisingly simple strategy to stop the dangerous, antibiotic-resistant superbugs that kill thousands of people each year: washing patients with a special soap.

This report starts by presenting the complex health care and social services landscape for older Americans and some of the challenges older adults face in accessing these services. It then outlines some of the unique legal issues and barriers that are more pronounced for low-income and socially vulnerable older adults. Finally, it discusses the benefits of MLP services for this population and highlights three MLP models, each supporting the health, well-being, and empowerment of older adults through a different approach.

The report includes MedPAC’s analyses of payment adequacy in fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare and reviews the status of Medicare Advantage (MA) and the prescription drug benefit, Part D. Also, MedPAC recommends that the Congress replace the four current hospital quality payment programs with a single streamlined program—the hospital value incentive program (HVIP). Lastly, it reports on incentives for prescribing opioid and non-opioid pain treatment under Medicare’s hospital inpatient and outpatient payment systems.

This issue brief describes the pressing legal needs facing older adults, and ways that coordinating health care, legal, and social services can improve their care and well-being. The report details three medical-legal partnership programs serving older adults and their impact on preventing homelessness, improving financial stability, and more.

This brief reviews the state of oral health for people on Medicare. It describes the consequences of foregoing dental care, current sources of dental coverage, use of dental services, and related out-of-pocket spending.

Yesterday CMS announced updates coming next month to Nursing Home Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System to strengthen this tool for consumers to compare quality between nursing homes. The April 2019 updates to Nursing Home Compare are part of a broad range of updates that have been under development for the last several years.

This paper focuses on state-funded programs designed to support low-income older adults and adults with physical disabilities at home.

Report describes the many functions caregivers — defined as family and friends who provide care to the seriously ill — serve, as well as the financial, physical, and emotional challenges they face. It offers policy solutions, such as financial protections, employment flexibility, and training to prepare an “invisible workforce” for this deeply meaningful but sometimes overwhelming role.

This report describes, among other things, (1) the challenges individuals and providers face completing and accessing advance planning documents, and (2) selected states' strategies for improving individuals' and providers' understanding of and access to advance care planning documents.

CMS has released a new voluntary, five year payment model aimed at providing more flexibility to ambulance services responding to Medicare beneficiaries.

Concentration in Medicare Advantage markets between 2009 and 2017 may have been driven by consolidation in the health insurance industry generally, concentration in provider markets, and Medicare policy changes

Brief reviews recent literature evaluating the effectiveness of interventions that target social isolation and loneliness to improve health and/or health care utilization.

An interactive map that displays poverty among seniors.

Study aims to identify how community-based social innovations (CBSIs) are functioning across a number of rapidly ageing countries and the policies, programmes and health system factors underpinning their success, as well as to examine the evidence base for the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of CBSIs.

Report identifies existing resources that both work to prevent injury and abuse in elders, and that help those who have experienced these tragedies deal with their ramifications. The review serves to both highlight existing programs that individuals can utilize, as well as identify potential gaps and areas of growth as our population continues to age.

Brief analyzes medical and LTSS spending among older Medicare beneficiaries, particularly the costs of assistive devices and personal care and the ways those costs are met.

Study examines the use of LTSS among Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older living in the community and explore differences by age, income, and other variables.

This checklist identifies four issues that states may want to explore as they develop and adopt VBP models for home- and community-based services (HCBS) within managed long-term services and supports programs, including: (1) assessing available support from the state policy environment; (2) selecting the right performance measures to reward HCBS providers; (3) selecting payment models that create the right financial incentives for improved value; and (4) addressing operational issues faced by plans and providers.

Issue brief describes per-beneficiary spending trends between 2007 and 2015 for post-acute care services among traditional Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older.

Find 2011, 2013 and 2015 data on the percentage, number and demographic characteristics of seniors with incomes below the Elder Index in all 58 California counties using the new, free Elder Index Demographic Data online dashboard.

This analysis provides current data on poverty rates among the 51.1 million older adults in the U.S., by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and health status and by state, as context for understanding the implications of potential changes to federal and state programs that help to bolster financial security among older adults.

This report describes quality of health care received in 2017 by Medicare beneficiaries nationwide. Specifically, the report highlights rural-urban differences in health care experiences and clinical care and looks at how these differences vary by race and ethnicity.

his collection provides updated information about Medicare Advantage enrollment trends, premiums, and out-of-pocket limits. It also includes new analyses of Medicare Advantage plans’ extra benefits, use of prior authorization, and bonus payments paid by Medicare.

Residential care communities include those that were state-regulated; had four or more beds; and provided room and board with at least two meals a day, around-the-clock on-site supervision, and help with personal care, such as bathing and dressing or health-related services such as medication management. Residential care communities licensed to exclusively serve the mentally ill or the intellectually or developmentally disabled populations were excluded.

This issue brief discusses the current requirements for Medicare’s Part B and Part D income-related premiums and changes to these premiums that will take effect in 2019, based on a provision in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.

A new data note examines how how prior authorization may affect beneficiaries’ access to covered services in Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans.

An October 26,2018 fireside chat with HHS Secretary Azar.

HHS has announced they will test a new payment model that aims to substantially lower the cost of prescription drugs and biologics covered under the Medicare Part B program.

This issue brief discusses ways to cap out-of-pocket costs for Medicare subscribers, who are not in Medicare Advantage.

Article focuses on elder abuse, with information on prevalence, screening, costs, and legal issues. Also features work being done in indigenous populations to address elder abuse.

This data note examines Medicare Advantage plans for the coming year.

Report sought to identify the types of services that MA plans implement to meet the needs of dually enrolled and other high-cost, high-need beneficiaries, as well as the types of resources needed to implement these services.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the Medicare Part D program, plan availability, enrollment, and spending and financing, based on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), CBO, and other sources.

Since 2010, enrollment in Medicare Advantage has doubled to more than 20 million enrollees, growing from a quarter of Medicare beneficiaries to more than a third.

This brief aims to identify the major design challenges involved in changing Medicare eligibility and outline alternative strategies and considerations involved in navigating each.

Report describes (1) decisions that influenced the structure of Medicaid HCBS programs, and (2) challenges providing HCBS to Medicaid beneficiaries and efforts to respond to these challenges.

Brief highlights promising practices for assessment, care planning, and care coordination for older adults with serious mental illness (SMI) drawn from Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, and Medicaid plans.

2016 statistical data demonstrates that hree-quarters of low-income older Californians whose head of household is age 65 or over are "rent burdened," and more than half are "severely rent burdened," creating impacts on health care.

A new analysis looks at a proposed change to Medicare's hospital outpatient prospective payment system.

A new study in Health Affairs compares rates of Medicare spending growth between duals and Medicare-only beneficiaries.

Results from a national sample of adults age 50-80 which asked about their use of opioids for pain management, the education they received, how they disposed of unused medications, and perceptions of current and proposed policies related to opioid disposal and prescribing.

This white paper discusses the need and support for adding comprehensive oral health coverage to Medicare and proposes how a comprehensive oral health benefit could be integrated into Medicare Part B.

State rankings on physical inactivity, food insecurity, SNAP reach, and hospice care for adults 65 and older.

An annual summary of the latest statistics on the older population compiled primarily from U.S. Census data, including population, income and poverty, living arrangements, education, health, and caregiving.

On-line query system based on AoA-related data files and surveys, and includes population characteristics from the Census Bureau for comparison purposes. The system allows users to produce customized tables in a step-by-step process and output the results in print or spreadsheet form.

Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

An updated, accessible compendium of indicators, drawn from the most reliable official statistics about the well-being of Americans primarily age 65 and older. The indicators are categorized into five broad areas-population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care. The 155-page report contains data on 37 key indicators.

This website provides easy-to-understand information about dementia and links to resources in various communities.

A centralized location for evidence-based, health promotion toolkits and resources on leadership & management, strategic partnerships, centralized & coordinated logistical services, delivery infrastructure and capacity, quality assurance, and business planning and sustainability for aging populations. Resources were collected from ACL, Administration on Aging (ACL/AoA) Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Program (CDSME) grantees/former grantees, and other organizations implementing CDSME programs.

CMS Drug Spending Dashboards are interactive tools that provide spending information in Medicaid, Medicare Part B, and Medicare Part D.

Interactive tool provides spending information for prescription drugs in the Medicare and Medicaid programs for 2014 and 2015.

This site provides access to CMS computer data and systems; research studies and reports; statistics, series, and trends; and files for order.

The CMS Statistics Booklet is a quick reference summary for health expenditures and Medicare/Medicaid. It is revised and published in annually in June since 2003.

Links to statistical data about the aging population in the U.S.

This database provides researchers with Medicare and Medicaid beneficiary, claims, and assessment data linked by beneficiary across the continuum of care.

OASDI and SSI fact sheets for each state and Congressional district.

Starting from February 2016, Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Program payment and registration data in report form are available.

Facts, figures, and statistics related to aging populations and individuals with disabilities.

Statistics, data, resources for monitoring the health of older adults.

This tool derives its data from the Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File, describing care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries in the fee-for-service program.

This toolkit from the Eldercare Workforce Alliance is designed to assist advocates serving older adults who are dual eligibles achieve high quality, coordinated, person and family-centered health care.

The Elder Index provides a measure of how much it costs seniors to live in California.

The service links those who need assistance with state and local area agencies on aging and community-based organizations that serve older adults and their caregivers.

The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.

Search interface designed to assist in the location of clinical trials. Search by keyword, and limit to geographic location and type of treatment.

State and County dashboards provide information on variations in standardized per-capita costs for the Medicare fee-for-service population.

HSRR is a searchable database of information about research datasets, instruments/indices and software employed in Health Services Research, the Behavioral and Social Sciences and Public Health. The database includes brief descriptions of research resources and links to PubMed.

A data book from the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee that provides information on national health care and Medicare spending, demographics, quality of care and liability. The data book uses the MCBS data from CMS.

Publication provides data on Medicare spending, demographics of the Medicare population, beneficiaries' access to care, and quality of care in the program, among other information.

A portal that provides access to CDC data on key indicators of health, screenings, vaccinations, and mental health among aging adults at the state and national level.

This website provides access to statistics and research related to hospice and palliative care from the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization.

This map is a free, open resource for those interested in sharing IHI's mission of improving health care. This includes access to various "How To Guides," for example, prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia; prevent surgical site infection; prevent adverse drug events, etc.

This is a health policy resource featuring "Kaiser Slides"- a tool providing direct access to facts, data and slides about the nation's health care system and programs.

This interactive website compiles state data and analysis to showcase measures of state performance for creating a high-quality system of care in order to drive progress toward improvement in services for older adults and people with physical disabilities.

This resource center was developed to give states the necessary tools to assist in developing or refining Medicaid managed long-term services and supports rate-setting methods.

This interactive tool was designed to identify areas of disparities between subgroups of Medicare beneficiaries in outcomes, utilizations and spending. Search limits include year, county or state, age, condition, and gender.

Tool contains health outcome measures for disease prevalence, costs, hospitalization for 55 specific chronic conditions, emergency department utilization, readmissions rates, mortality, preventable hospitalizations, and preventive services.

Search for current information on the numbers of Medicare beneficiaries with medical and/or prescription drug coverage, nationally, by state and by county.

Data are released that summarize the utilization and payments for procedures, services, and prescription drugs provided to Medicare beneficiaries by specific inpatient and outpatient hospitals, physicians, and other suppliers.

This look-up tool is a searchable database that allows you to look up a Medicare Part D prescriber by National Provider Identifier (NPI), or by name and location. The full dataset is also available for download.

This public data set contains information about services and procedures provided to Medicare beneficiaries by physicians and other healthcare professionals, with information about utilization, payment, and submitted charges organized by National Provider Identifier (NPI), Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code, and place of service.

Use the NIA Research Resources Database to find NIA-supported scientific resources, datasets, informatics resources, and more.

The National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center provides support, technical assistance and training to the 53 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs and their statewide networks of almost 600 regional (local) programs. The Center's objectives are to enhance the skills, knowledge, and management capacity of the State programs to enable them to handle residents' complaints and represent resident interests (individual and systemic advocacy).

The National Poll on Healthy Aging addresses some of the key issues we face as we age by tapping into the perspectives of adults, older adults, and caregivers from throughout the United States.

This tool has detailed information about every Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the country.

Provides consumer and provider information regarding the quality of care in nursing homes.

Statistical data of Medicare recipients, based on race and ethnicity, for life expectancy, demographic characteristics, income and savings, health status and chronic conditions, supplemental coverage, selected measures of access to care, and service utilization.

This interactive tool displays the relationship between health care quality and spending for Medicare patients within a state or local area.

A selection of assessment tools, concept guides, webinars and briefs related to integrated care for the Medicare-Medicaid community. The focus of the resources are on intellectual and developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, and serious mental illness.

The Senior Report offers a comprehensive analysis of senior population health on a national and state-by-state basis across 34 measures of senior health.

A searchable database of more than 2,900 facts and figures on the burden of chronic disease compiled and maintained by the Alliance for Aging Research.

The results of 1,650 telephone interviews, the survey looks at seniors attitudes and concerns regarding their health and their community's ability to assist them.

This toolkit contains materials for community-based organizations interested in evidence-based health interventions.

This report provides statistical data on the income and assets of Medicare beneficiaries.

Each year, Congress appropriates funds for use by AoA and the other Federal Agencies in carrying out their mission. AoA provides grant funding to States and territories, recognized Native American Tribes and Hawaiian Americans, as well as nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and academic institutions. Individuals are not eligible to apply for AoA funding.

Funding for research grant applications focused on palliative care in geriatric populations.

Funding for research focused on palliative care in geriatric populations. This FOA covers studies in a variety of settings including hospitals (and specific sites within hospitals including specialty medical or surgical wards, intensive care units, and emergency departments), post-acute care settings, outpatient clinics and doctors' offices, patients' homes and other residential settings, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospices, and other healthcare or community settings.

Funding for exploratory or developmental research grant applications to develop new tools, methods, and models focused on palliative care in geriatric populations.

Funding for exploratory or developmental research to develop new tools, methods, and models focused on palliative care in geriatric populations.

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide dissertation awards in all areas of research within NIAs strategic priorities to increase diversity of the scientific research workforce engaged in research on aging and aging-related health conditions.

Since 1981, AFAR has provided approximately $132 million to more than 2,800 talented investigators and students.

The Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program supports developing a better healthcare workforce for older adults by integrating geriatrics with primary care, maximizing older adult and family engagement in health and care, and transforming the healthcare system.

This FOA invites Research and Development Center (P30) grant applications in the areas of demography and economics of aging, including relevant interdisciplinary areas rooted in population-based social science research. Areas of focus that are especially encouraged are: a) socioeconomic status (SES) disparities at older ages, including geographic disparities; b) the reasons for poor U.S. performance in health and mortality in international comparisons; c) trends and dynamics in old-age disability; d) cohort trends in obesity and its sequelae; e) family demography including the demography of care and caregiving for chronic disease, disability and Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer's-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD); and f) long-term supports and services for the disabled elderly population.

This FOA invites Research and Development Center (P30) grant applications in demography, economics and health services research relevant to Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Related Dementias (AD/ADRD).

This FOA allows for applications that propose large-scale, complex research projects with multiple highly integrated components focused on a common research question relevant to aging. Such projects will likely involve an integrated multidisciplinary team of investigators within a single institution or a consortium of institutions.

This FOA invites applications for a Demography and Economics of Aging and AD/ADRD Coordinating Center (CC) whose purpose is to act as a hub, serving the needs of both traditional Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging (D&E Centers) and Centers on the Demography and Economics of Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Related Dementias (D&E Centers on AD/ADRD), as well as the needs of NIA program staff.

Funding for research focused on identification of the key barriers to effective end-of-life and palliative care (EOLPC) health literacy in diverse settings and populations, and to create novel strategies, interventions, and models of care to improve EOLPC health literacy, with the goal of improving outcomes for individuals with serious, advanced illness and their families and caregivers.

Funding for research focused on identification of the key barriers to effective end-of-life and palliative care (EOLPC) health literacy in diverse settings and populations, and to create novel strategies, interventions, and models of care to improve EOLPC health literacy, with the goal of improving outcomes for individuals with serious, advanced illness and their families and caregivers.

This funding opportunity announcement encourages collaborative teams to target gaps in methods and outcomes regarding research participant recruitment and retention. The primary outcome will be the development of a population of diverse community members ready to engage in NIA funded clinical research studies.

Program offers two different tracks for individual placement: (1) a residential track that includes a nine-to-12-month placement in Washington, D.C. or at a state agency; (2) a non-residential track that includes a health policy project and brief placement(s) throughout the year at relevant sites. The project may be focused at a global, federal, state or community level.

Funding for research that focuses on reducing negative individual and family outcomes related to unwanted transitions at the end of life and optimizing the individual and family outcomes related to high quality coordination of care of care of individuals who are enrolled in hospice.

This FOA invites applications that address clinical and translational research gaps in the study of end-of-life care needs in order to improve quality of life at the end of life of people with Alzheimers disease and related dementias (ADRD) and their families.

This FOA invites applications that propose analysis of secondary data, to address clinical and translational gaps in the study of end-of-life care needs of people with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD) and their families.

This funding opportunity is for competitive grants to be awarded to support systematic testing and documentation of innovative and promising practices that enhance the quality, effectiveness, and proven outcomes of nutrition programs and services within the aging services network.

Funding to support innovative research that examines aspects of marijuana and prescription opioid and benzodiazepine use in adults aged 50 and older. This FOA encourages research that examines the determinants of these types of drug use and/or characterizes the resulting neurobiological alterations, associated behaviors, and public health consequences.

Funding to support innovative research that examines aspects of marijuana and prescription opioid and benzodiazepine use in adults aged 50 and older. This FOA encourages research that examines the determinants of these types of drug use and/or characterizes the resulting neurobiological alterations, associated behaviors, and public health consequences.

Funding to 1) improve understanding of biological, clinical, and socio-behavioral aspects of aging through the lens of HIV infection and its treatment; and 2) improve approaches for testing, prevention, and treatment of HIV infection, and management of HIV-related comorbidities, co-infections, and complications in different populations and cultural settings by applying our current understanding of aging science.

This FOA encourages exploratory/developmental research applications at the intersection of HIV and aging by addressing two overarching objectives: 1) to improve understanding of biological, clinical, and socio-behavioral aspects of aging through the lens of HIV infection and its treatment; and 2) to improve approaches for testing, prevention, and treatment of HIV infection, and management of HIV-related comorbidities, co-infections, and complications in different populations and cultural settings by applying our current understanding of aging science.

Project grants from the National Institute on Aging in genetic, biological, neuroscientific, clinical, behavioral, social, and economic research related to the aging process, diseases and conditions associated with aging, and other special problems and needs of older Americans. Grants having rolling due dates, with the earliest being Dec 25, 2016.

This site lists funding opportunities from the National Institute on Aging.

Information and links on research, grants, and funding opportunities supported by NIA.

Approved concepts from the National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) meetings that may potentially become funding opportunities. Page is designed to give researchers a head start in writing up their grant proposals.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks to stimulate research on mid-life adults (those 50 to 64 years of age) that can inform efforts to optimize health and wellness as individuals age and prevent illness and disability in later years.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks to stimulate research on mid-life adults (those 50 to 64 years of age) that can inform efforts to optimize health and wellness as individuals age and prevent illness and disability in later years.

The purpose of this initiative is to stimulate research in promoting caregiver health using self-management.

Funding for clinical research on self-management interventions and technologies that improve health and quality of life in persons needing assistance to optimize and maintain existing functional capabilities, prevent/delay disabilities and navigate their environment.

Funding for clinical research on self-management interventions and technologies that improve health and quality of life in persons needing assistance to optimize and maintain existing functional capabilities, prevent/delay disabilities and navigate their environment.

Funding to encourage research that seeks to build the science of self-management for health in chronic conditions. This FOA focuses on self-management as a mainstream science to reduce the burden of chronic illnesses/conditions.

Funding to encourage research that seeks to build the science of self-management for health in chronic conditions. This FOA focuses on self-management as a mainstream science to reduce the burden of chronic illnesses/conditions.

Funding to encourage research that seeks to build the science of self-management for health in chronic conditions. This FOA focuses on self-management as a mainstream science to reduce the burden of chronic illnesses/conditions.

NIA-funding that provides money for small business innovative research on translating scientific advances into health care devices, products, practices, and programs for older adults. Rolling applications.

NIA-funding that provides money for small business innovative research on translating scientific advances into health care devices, products, practices, and programs for older adults. Rolling applications.

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks to stimulate research on and development of (R and D) wearable, mobile-based, or other technology (software applications, etc.) to collect continuous data on variables assessing functions of daily activities in individuals at risk for or with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or AD-related dementias (ADRD).

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks to stimulate research on and development of (R and D) wearable, mobile-based, or other technology (software applications, etc.) to collect continuous data on variables assessing functions of daily activities in individuals at risk for or with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or AD-related dementias (ADRD).

This primer was designed for systematic reviewers, clinicians, and researchers to assist on assessing functional status and health-related quality of life in older adults.

This report is a detailed overview of the history of Medicare, along with examining the future of total health care expenditures, Medicare spending, and beneficiaries' access to quality care and their out-of-pocket costs.

Bimonthly newspaper of the American Society on Aging.

Serves as a strategic plan for the overall research goals of the NIA, as well as supporting background, data, and research.

Using 34 measures of senior health, report highlights successes and challenges this population faces on a national and state-by-state basis. This year's report highlights two supplemental measures - the suicide rate among seniors as well as a new measure to identify locations where seniors are at higher risk of social isolation.

This report examines public health dimensions of cognitive aging, at the definitions and terminology, epidemiology and surveillance, prevention and intervention, education of health professionals, and public awareness and education. It also makes recommendations aimed at reducing the risks of cognitive decline with aging.

This Resource Hub is designed to help community-based organizations, public health leaders, health care professionals, and other organizations interested in reducing malnutrition among older adults. It includes practical resources, tools, and ideas to help users develop and implement a malnutrition plan.

Report summarizes an October 2017 convening to discuss how public health could contribute to an age-friendly society and improve the health and well-being of older Americans.

National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform fact sheet.

The USPSTF has published its final recommendations on clinician screening for intimate partner violence, elder abuse, and abuse of vulnerable adults.

The results of a workshop held December 19, 2012, this report examines the use of technology to foster independence and healthy aging among working-age individuals with disabilities and among individuals who are developing disabilities while they age.

Proceedings from an August 2017 workshop that reviewed these recent trends and also discussed future directions for research on a range of topics that are central to current research in the demography of aging.

Guides clinicians on the best approaches for providing integrated care to older adults suffering from substance use disorder and mental illness. Explains the importance of assessing clients for cognitive deficits and adapting behavioral interventions to help clients gain maximum benefit from treatment.

Resource explores a variety of available food assistance programs that can be used in combination to more effectively address the needs of seniors in their communities.

Report highlights the Medicare populations whose care may be improved by use of telehealth services, activities by CMS Innovation that increased access to telehealth services in test scenarios, the types of high-volume services that would be suitable for telehealth use, and barriers that could prevent expansion of telehealth services.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Administration on Aging (AoA) commissioned a series of Issue Briefs to address behavioral health issues that are important to older Americans. The Issue Briefs identify key information and opportunities for action that can improve the lives of older people. The first brief offers an overview of issues, facts, evidence-based programs and practices, partnering opportunities, financing and other resources.

Peer-reviewed, online journal published between 2011 and 2014, which reported on current and future directions of the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance programs. The journal sought to examine and evaluate health care coverage, quality and access to care for beneficiaries, and payment for health services.

Health Information from the National Institute on Aging.

Resources and events on nutrition & aging for consumers, policy makers, researchers, and nutrition professionals.

Information for professionals on depression, suicide, alcohol abuse, dementia, and other issues among older adults.

Inventory provides an overview of resources for health and social service professionals interested in enhancing their outreach and support for older veterans who have or are at risk for behavioral health conditions.

Payment Basics is a series of brief overviews of how Medicare's payment systems function. The Commission produces Payment Basics as a resource for policymakers and others to better understand how Medicare pays for health care services.

This 2016 report provides a framework and the concepts of three payment models that CMS is currently testing and implementing within traditional Medicare - medical homes, ACOs, and bundled payments.

This site provides access to various reports (e.g., Administration on Aging's Annual Report to Congress) related to aging issues.

Produced by the National Senior Citizens Law Center with support from The SCAN Foundation, this series of four papers is designed to highlight pressing issues facing dual eligibles and provide recommendations to the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office, state Medicaid agencies and other interested policymakers and stakeholders on how to address them.

Road map outlines how state and local public health agencies and their partners can continue to promote cognitive health, address cognitive impairment for people living in the community, and help meet the needs of caregivers. Twenty-five specific actions are proposed in four traditional domains of public health: educate and empower, develop policies and mobilize partnerships, assure a competent workforce, and monitor and evaluate.

This toolkit provides a targeted menu of long-term services and supports (LTSS) reform strategies adopted by state innovators that may be replicated by other states.

Five papers examine Medicare in the year 2030 (the year when the youngest baby boomers will be Medicare-eligible) to determine demographics, health care needs, medical technology costs, and the financial resources that will be available to beneficiaries.

The results of telephone and in-person interviews, the report outlines research needs, data gaps, research process improvements, political context and improved dissemination related to Medicare policy.

This publication outlines the disparities faced by older adults in the LGBT community, and the culturally appropriate services needed to assist them.

This document outlines how the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) will reform Medicare payment, through the use of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs).

These briefs provide public health professionals with the most recent data available on health and age-related conditions, including the importance of brain health, the management of chronic conditions, the burdens of caregiving, to help identify needs and mitigate the future effects of a growing older population.

This video outlines the development and implementation of Medicare, and its future.

Guidelines propose evidence-based recommendations for health care professionals to prevent, slow or reverse declines in the physical and mental capacities of older people. These recommendations require countries to place the needs and preferences of older adults at the centre and to coordinate care.

Formerly American Association of Retired Persons. A non-profit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50 and over improve the quality of their lives. As noted on its website, since its inception in 1958, AARP has grown and changed dramatically in response to societal changes, while remaining true to its founding principles: to promote independence, dignity and purpose for older persons; to enhance the quality of life for older persons; to encourage older people; and, to serve, not to be served.

Created by DHHS on April 16, 2012, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) has the goal of increasing access to community supports and full participation, while focusing attention and resources on the unique needs of older Americans and people with disabilities. The ACL will include the efforts and achievements of the Administration on Aging, the Office on Disability and the Administration on Developmental Disabilities in a single agency, with enhanced policy and program support for both cross-cutting initiatives and efforts focused on the unique needs of individual groups such as children with developmental disabilities, adults with physical disabilities, or seniors, including seniors with Alzheimer's.

Part of the ACL, AoA's mission is to develop a comprehensive, coordinated and cost-effective system of home and community-based services that helps elderly individuals maintain their health and independence in their homes and communities.

This is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research.

Not-for-profit organization of over 6,700 health professionals devoted to improving the health, independence and quality of life of all older people. The Society provides leadership to healthcare professionals, policy makers and the public by implementing and advocating for programs in patient care, research, professional and public education, and public policy.

The Office on Aging promotes health and well-being of older adults, with a focus on psychological knowledge.

Organization of multidisciplinary professionals in the field of aging; resources, publications, and educational opportunities are geared to enhance the knowledge and skills of people working with older adults and their families.

This is a non-profit health policy resource center dedicated to improving health care quality for low-income children, adults, people with chronic illnesses and disabilities, frail elders and racially and ethnically diverse populations experiencing disparities in care.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS is the federal agency which administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Provides information for health professionals, regional governments, and consumers.

Network of funders and experts in the field focused on strengthening grantmaking for an aging society.

This Foundation is a national non-profit organization established in 1999 by The American Geriatrics Society. According to its website, its aim is to build a bridge between the research and practice of geriatrics and the public, and to advocate on behalf of older adults and their special health care needs.

An independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues, including comparative effectiveness research, facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public.

Policy research institute housed within the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging founded to create a bridge between the practice, policy and research communities to advance the development of high-quality health, housing and supportive services for America's aging population.

Formerly the National Senior Citizens Law Center, this group seeks to ensure that low-income older adults understand and have access to affordable health care benefits and medicine and that more people receive long term care at home. To achieve its objectives, NSCLC uses advocacy and litigation as well as provides education and counseling to local advocates who work with low-income older adults. This website provides information on topics such as dual eligibles, Medicaid/Medicare, health reform law, health disparities, etc.

The LeadingAge community includes U.S. not-for-profit organizations, state partners, businesses, research partners, consumer organizations, foundations and a broad global network of aging services organizations that reach over 30 countries. The work of LeadingAge is focused on advocacy, leadership development, and applied research and promotion of effective services, home health, hospice, community services, senior housing, assisted living residences, continuing care communities, nursing homes, as well as technology solutions, to seniors, children, and others with special needs.

A topic page that provides information for professionals and policymakers, as well as links to research findings, on AHRQ's long-term care initiatives.

The mission of the Long-Term Care Interest Group is to foster the development of the information base needed for policy and practice to meet the growing need for Long-Term Care.

A free Medicare education and information portal from CMS geared towards health care professionals. MLN provides educational resources, web-based training, and an electronic mailing list.

The history and future of Medicare and Medicaid are reviewed in this Kaiser Family Foundation website.

The IOM examines the health care needs of our older population, including the size and strength of the workforce and research that will be necessary as this population grows. Access reports and activities from this website.

The National Alliance for Caregiving is a non-profit coalition of national organizations focusing on issues of family caregiving. Alliance members include grassroots organizations, professional associations, service organizations, disease-specific organizations, a government agency, and corporations. The Alliance was created to conduct research, do policy analysis, develop national programs, increase public awareness of family caregiving issues, work to strengthen state and local caregiving coalitions, and represent the US caregiving community internationally.

National advocacy organization committed to the dignity, well-being and quality of life of Asian Pacific Americans in their senior years; includes helpline numbers for Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese speakers.

Umbrella organization for the 655 area agencies on aging (AAAs) and more than 230 Title VI Native American aging programs in the U.S. Through its presence in Washington, D.C., n4a advocates on behalf of the local aging agencies to ensure that needed resources and support services are available to older Americans.

This organization represents the nation's 56 state and territorial agencies on aging and disabilities and supports visionary state leadership, the advancement of state systems innovation and the articulation of national policies that support home and community based services for older adults and individuals with disabilities.

Resource for policy makers, social service and health care practitioners, the justice system, researchers, advocates, and families.

A national resource center for the legal services and aging and disability networks, focused on the legal rights of older adults. Providing webinars, trainings, written materials, and case consultations, NCLER is a one-stop resource for professionals serving older adults with the greatest economic and social needs.

An organization working to improve the health and economic security of older adults.

National non-profit advocates on behalf of older Hispanic adults.

The largest nonprofit membership organization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the US. The organization is committed to improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of enhancing quality of life.

National nonprofit advocates for improved, comprehensive health and social services to American Indian and Alaska Native Elders.

The NIA has been at the forefront of the Nation's research activities dedicated to understanding the nature of aging, supporting the health and well being of older adults, and extending healthy, active years of life for more people. The website offers consumer-oriented information on a wide range of topics important to older people and their families. Scientists will find detailed information on areas of research interest and funding opportunities.

An organization established by a federal grant from HHS, the Center provides training, technical assistance, and educational resources to and for the aging LGBT commmunity and organizations.

RWJF's mission is to improve the health and health care of all Americans.

The SCAN Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit charitable foundation dedicated to long-term services and supports that keep seniors self-sufficient, at home and in the community. As the only foundation with a mission focused exclusively on long-term care, The SCAN Foundation is taking action to develop and support programmatic and policy-oriented recommendations and solutions that address the needs of seniors and influence public policy to improve the current system.

Collection of research publications, speeches, legal briefs and opinion pieces seeks to provide deeper insight and fresh perspectives to opinion leaders, scholars and other professional audiences.

This legislation prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance.

APA government relations efforts utilize the science and practice of psychology to inform federal policy efforts related to older adults and their caregivers. Policy initiatives have focused on a range of issues impacting the aging population, including mental and behavioral health, integrated care, suicide, caregiving, elder abuse and trauma, emergency and disaster preparedness and response, long-term care, aging veterans and the health care workforce.

Provides legislative alerts and information regarding current aging issues as well as links to bills and their summaries.

The video from the hearing held March 5, 2014, along with statements and testimony from expert witnesses discusses the challenges of seniors living in poverty.

Formerly the National Senior Citizens Law Center, this group seeks to ensure that low-income older adults understand and have access to affordable health care benefits and medicine and that more people receive long term care at home. To achieve its objectives, NSCLC uses advocacy and litigation as well as provides education and counseling to local advocates who work with low-income older adults. This website provides information on topics such as dual eligibles, Medicaid/Medicare, health reform law, health disparities, etc.

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) has released their first (of two) reviews of the Medicare system for 2016.

The Final Rule on changes to the Shared Savings Program, including an updated benchmarking methodology.

The final rule to implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

The text of the act that was signed into law on April 19, 2016.

Report makes payment policy recommendations for nine provider sectors in fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare and reviews the status of Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare's prescription drug benefit (Part D), recommends changing the way Medicare pays for clinician services in FFS by moving beyond the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), recommends changes to MA and Part D to improve the equity and efficiency of those programs, and responds to a Congressional mandate on telehealth in Medicare.

Produced by the National Senior Citizens Law Center with support from The SCAN Foundation, this series of four papers is designed to highlight pressing issues facing dual eligibles and provide recommendations to the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office, state Medicaid agencies and other interested policymakers and stakeholders on how to address them.

A monthly-updated tool that provides state-level actions on Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS), integrated care for dual-eligible individuals and other Medicare-Medicaid coordination initiatives, and other LTSS reform activities.

This Committee explores and investigates issues that concern all aging Americans.

April 25 & May 9, 2019 2:00-3:30pm ET.

May 9, 2019 1:00-2:00pm ET.

May 13, 2019 3:00-4:00pm ET.

May 15, 2019 2:00-3:00pm ET.

May 16, 2019 1:30-3:00pm ET.

May 16, 2019 3:00-4:00pm ET.

May 20, 2019 1:00-3:30pm ET.

May 22, 2019 12:00-1:00pm ET.

July 27-31, 2019; New Orleans, LA.

July 30, 2019 12:00-1:00pm ET.

August 26-29, 2019; Baltimore, MD.

September 22-23, 2019; Tucson, AZ.

October 16-18, 2019; New York, NY.

February 25, 2020 12:00-1:00pm ET.

May 30-31, 2020; Grand Rapids, MI.

This conference, held September 17-18, 2015, examined the future of HIT systems as user-driven and responsive; focusing on the needs of older adults and their caregivers. Slides from the presentations are available.

Upcoming webinars, conferences, meetings & workshops from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Also available are links to older events that may be replayed.

This series of recordings, both recent and archived, reflect on issues covered in the journal

Various training programs designed and facilitated by leaders in LGBT aging advocacy and cultural competency.

Program materials, presentations and handouts from the past years of the annual summit are available.

Held on June 5, 2015, this forum looked ahead to Medicare in the year 2030.

Online education on aging issues.