About Us
The Long Term Care Discussion Group is an informal non-partisan networking group of long term care (LTC) policy, provider, payer, academic and other stakeholders. The group meets monthly via an on-line webinar platform to hear from policymakers, practitioners, researchers, advocates and others regarding long term care and long term service and support policy issues, research, education and advocacy. Participants include stakeholders from the LTC finance industry, including both public sector and private payers such as LTC insurers, the provider community, researchers and academics, federal and state government agencies, Capitol Hill, consumer advocates and others.
Topics covered in recent years include: New Approaches to Financing LTC for the Middle Market, Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy, Caregiver Needs and Supports, Trends in LTC Insurance Litigation, Advancing Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage Plans, Making “Direct Care Work” Pay, State Actions to Sustain Medicaid LTSS During COVID 19, Delivering Home Care During a Pandemic, COVID-19 and Nursing Homes, Solutions for More Affordable and Accessible Housing for Aging in Place, The Role of Technology in Healthy Aging, What Health Plans Can do to Address Social Isolation, and other topics. Participation is open to all, whether currently affiliated with an organization working in the field, a student or retiree.
Some of our regular participants include individuals from the following organizations:
Consumer groups such as AARP, Alzheimer's Association, Long Term Quality Alliance, National Council on the Aging, National Alliance for Caregiving and others
Government agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Administration for Community Living, Congressional Research Service, the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and others
House and Senate staff also attend
Representatives from states include the National Association for State Health Policy (NASHP), National Governor's Association, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, National Council of State Legislators and interested parties from state governments
Research groups and consulting groups include ATI, Avalere Health, Brookings, LTCG, National Academy of Social Insurance, RTI, Urban Institute, and others
Individuals from a variety of academic organizations including Brandeis, Georgetown, George Mason University, Harvard, UMass@Boston and others
Various insurance carriers, industry associations (e.g., AHIP, ACLI, NAIFA, NAHU, AALTCI), the American Benefits Council (ABC), provider groups such as LeadingAge, AHCA, and other entities