December 22, 2022
A. “Mandated Analysis of Home Health Service Utilization From January 2016 Through March 2022,” (A-05-20-00031, December 2022, .pdf format, 20p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region5/52000031.asp
B. “Medicare Part B Spending on Lab Tests Increased in 2021, Driven By Higher Volume of COVID-19 Tests, Genetic Tests, and Chemistry Tests,” (OEI-09-22-00400, December 2022, .pdf format, 13p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/OEI-09-22-00400.asp
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October 25, 2022
“Vulnerable Older Americans Aren’t Getting Adequate Care—Even With Paid Caregivers or Grown Children,” Paola Scommegna and Morgan Sherburne (October 2022, HTML format).
www.prb.org/resources/vulnerable-older-americans-arent-getting-adequate-care-even-with-paid-caregivers-or-grown-children/
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October 10, 2022
“LTSS Choices: Coordinating Housing, Health and LTSS Through Home-Based Care Management,” by Andrew Benedict-Nelson, Ana Hervada, Patricia Polansky, and Carrie Blakeway Amero (September 2022, .pdf format, 12p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2022/ltss-choices-housing-health-ltss-home-based-care-management.html
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September 14, 2022
“Towards defining quality in home care for persons living with dementia,” by Marianne Saragosa, Lianne Jeffs, Karen Okrainec, and Kerry Kuluski (PLoS ONE 17(9): e0274269. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274269, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 17p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0274269
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September 1, 2022
“In-home aged care service list – Survey results,” (September 2022, .pdf and Word format, 27p.).
www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/in-home-aged-care-service-list-survey-results
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August 31, 2022
“Family Caregiver Considerations for the Future of Hospital at Home Programs,” (August 2022, .pdf format, 13p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2022/family-caregiver-considerations-for-the-future.html
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August 8, 2022
“Economies of Density, Team Synergies and Unobserved Heterogeneity: A Study of Home Care Services,” by Bernard Bensaid, Solen Croiset, and Robert J. Gary-Bobo (CESifo Working Paper No. 9864, July 2022, .pdf format, 57p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
www.cesifo.org/en/publikationen/2022/working-paper/economies-density-team-synergies-and-unobserved-heterogeneity
Comments Off on CAAR – Center for Economic Studies/Ifo Institute for Economic Research (CESifo) [Munich, Bavaria, Germany] Working Paper – August 8, 2022
June 28, 2022
“Changes in Medicare Home Health Use During COVID-19 and the Implications for Health Equity and Caregiver Availability,” by Melissa Morley, Matt Kazan, Shruthi Donthi, Kiran Sunkari, and Mallory Yung (June 2022, .pdf, Powerpoint, and HTML format, 12p.).
www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2022/jun/changes-medicare-home-health-use-during-covid-19
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March 23, 2022
“An Economy That Cares: The Importance of Home-Based Services,” a hearing held March 23, 2022 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 1 hour 26 minutes). Note: The hearing begins at the 22:01 mark.
www.aging.senate.gov/hearings/an-economy-that-cares-the-importance-of-home-based-services
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September 10, 2021
“Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services: Evaluating COVID-19 Response Could Help CMS Prepare for Future Emergencies,” (GAO-21-104401, September 2021, .pdf format, 39p.).
www.gao.gov/products/gao-21-104401
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July 21, 2021
“How Could $400 Billion New Federal Dollars Change Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services?” by MaryBeth Musumeci (July 2021, HTML and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/how-could-400-billion-new-federal-dollars-change-medicaid-home-and-community-based-services/
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June 10, 2021
“COVID-19 Intensifies Home Care Workforce Challenges,” by Denise Tyler, Melissa Hunter, Natalie Mulmule, and Kristie Porter (June 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 66p.).
aspe.hhs.gov/covid-home-care-workforce-challenges
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October 22, 2020
“Medicare and Home Health: Taking Stock in the COVID-19 Era,” by Courtney Harold Van Houtven and Walter D. Dawson (October 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 10p.).
www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/oct/medicare-home-health-taking-stock-covid-19-era
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July 27, 2020
“CMS Could Have Saved $192 Million by Targeting Home Health Claims for Review With Visits Slightly Above the Threshold That Triggers a Higher Medicare Payment,” (A-09-18-03031, July 2020, .pdf format, 22p.).
www.oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region9/91803031.asp
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May 27, 2020
“Functional outcome in home health: Do racial and ethnic minority patients with dementia fare worse?” by Jinjiao Wang, Fang Yu, Xueya Cai, Thomas V. Caprio, and Yue Li (PLoS ONE 15(5): e0233650. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233650, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 17p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0233650
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February 12, 2020
“There’s No Place Like Home: Home Health Care in Rural America,” a hearing held February 12, 2020 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 1 hour 37 minutes). Note: Hearing begins at the 16:20 mark.
www.aging.senate.gov/hearings/theres-no-place-like-home-home-health-care-in-rural-america
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November 20, 2019
“Cost of Care Survey 2019,” (November 2019, .pdf format).
– Home Page:
www.genworth.com/aging-and-you/finances/cost-of-care.html
– National and State Tables (.pdf format, 7p.).
pro.genworth.com/riiproweb/productinfo/pdf/282102.pdf
– Key Findings and Methodology (.pdf format, 5p.).
pro.genworth.com/riiproweb/productinfo/pdf/131168.pdf
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September 11, 2019
“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Could Use Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Data To Identify High-Risk Home Health Agencies,” (A-05-17-00035, September 2019, .pdf format, 16p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region5/51700035.asp
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August 13, 2019
“Care in places – Inequalities in local authority adult social care spending power,” by Dan Holden (July 2019, .pdf format, 27p.).
ilcuk.org.uk/care-in-places-inequalities-in-local-authority-adult-social-care-spending-power/
Comments Off on CAAR – International Longevity Centre [UK] Report – August 13, 2019
April 11, 2019
A. “Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Enrollment and Spending,” by MaryBeth Musumeci, Priya Chidambaram, and Molly O’Malley Watts (April 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 18p.).
www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-home-and-community-based-services-enrollment-and-spending/
B. “Key State Policy Choices About Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services,” by MaryBeth Musumeci and Molly O’Malley Watts (April 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 33p.).
www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/key-state-policy-choices-about-medicaid-home-and-community-based-services/
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February 21, 2019
A. “Home- and Community-Based Services Beyond Medicaid: How State-Funded Programs Help Low-Income Adults with Care Needs Live at Home,” by Ellen O’Brien and Wendy Fox-Grage (February 2019, .pdf format, 27p.).
longtermscorecard.org/promising-practices/home-and-community-based-services-beyond-medicaid
B. “Defraying High Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs: The Medical Expense Tax Deduction,” by Maxim Shvedov (February 2019, .pdf format, 5p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2019/defraying-high-out-of-pocket-health-care-costs.html
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November 26, 2018
“Unmet home care needs in Canada,” by Heather Gilmour (Health Reports, Vol. 29, No. 11, November 2018, .pdf and HTML format, 11p.).
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2018011/article/00002-eng.htm
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October 16, 2018
A. “Actions required to implement integrated care for older people in the community using the World Health Organization’s ICOPE approach: A global Delphi consensus study,” by Andrew M. Briggs and Islene Araujo de Carvalho (PLoS ONE 13(10): e0205533. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205533, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 16p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0205533
B. “Older adult fall prevention practices among primary care providers at accountable care organizations: A pilot study,” by Jonathan Howland, Holly Hackman, Alyssa Taylor, Kathleen O’Hara, James Liu, and John Brusch (PLoS ONE 13(10): e0205279. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205279, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0205279
C. “Consultations on driving in people with cognitive impairment in primary care: A scoping review of the evidence,” by Carol Sinnott, Tony Foley, Justin Forsyth, Kathleen McLoughlin, Linda Horgan, and Colin P. Bradley (PLoS ONE 13(10): e0205580. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205580, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 14p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0205580
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October 1, 2018
“Medicaid Home- And Community-Based Services: Selected States’ Program Structures and Challenges Providing Services,” (GAO-18-628, August 2018, .pdf format, 33p.).
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-18-628
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August 27, 2018
A. “The Effect of Early Life Health on Later Life Home Care Use: The Mediating Role of Household Composition,” by Govert Bijwaard, Rob Alessie, and Viola Angelini (Discussion Paper No. 11729, August 2018, .pdf format, 30p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.iza.org/publications/dp/11729
B. “Healthcare Utilization at Retirement: The Role of the Opportunity Cost of Time,” by Claudio Lucifora and Daria Vigani (Discussion Paper No. 11727, August 2018, .pdf format, 32p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.iza.org/publications/dp/11727
C. “Minimum Wages and Retirement,” by Mark Borgschulte and Heepyung Cho (Discussion Paper No. 11728, August 2018, .pdf format, 45p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.iza.org/publications/dp/11728
Comments Off on CAAR – Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [University of Bonn, Germany] Working Papers – August 27, 2018
May 2, 2018
“Accentuating the positive: Consumer experiences of aged care at home,” by J. McCallum, K. Rees, and J. Maccora (April 2018, .pdf format, 87p.).
nationalseniors.com.au/accentuatingthepositive
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January 29, 2018
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Targeting with In-kind Transfers: Evidence from Medicaid Home Care,” by Ethan M.J. Lieber and Lee M. Lockwood (w24267, January 2018, .pdf format, 74p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w24267
B. “Household Time Use Among Older Couples: Evidence and Implications for Labor Supply Parameters,” by Richard Rogerson and Johanna Wallenius (w24263, January 2018, .pdf format, 55p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w24263
C. “High-Priced Drugs in Medicare Part D: Diagnosis and Potential Prescription,” by Richard G. Frank and Richard J. Zeckhauser (w24240, January 2018, .pdf format, 41p.).
www.nber.org/papers/w24240
Comments Off on CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers – January 29, 2018
July 13, 2017
“Major Threat: How the Better Care Reconciliation Act Jeopardizes Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services,” by Susan Reinhard, Jean Accius, Brendan Flinn, and Ari Houser (July 2017, .pdf format, 6p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2017/how-the-better-care-reconciliation-act-jeopardizes-medicaid-home-and-community-based-services.html
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June 20, 2017
“Targeting with In-kind Transfers: Evidence from Medicaid Home Care,” by Ethan Lieber and Lee Lockwood (WP 2017-359, January 2017, .pdf format, 65p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/Publication/Abstract/1162?ptid=1
Comments Off on CAAR – Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper – June 20, 2017
May 18, 2017
A. “Dementia: Supplementary Findings from LiLACS NZ for Section Five in the report ‘Health, Independence and Caregiving in Advanced Age’,” by Ngaire Kerse, Hilary Lapsley, Simon Moyes, Kristina Zawaly, and Karen Hayman (May 2017, .pdf format, 61p.).
www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/assets/fmhs/faculty/lilacs/research/docs/Dementia-Supplement-Research-Report.pdf
B. “Intervals of care need: Need for care and support in advanced age: LiLACS NZ,” by Ngaire Kerse, Hilary Lapsley, Simon Moyes, and Rangimarie Mules (April 2017, .pdf format, 29p.).
www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/assets/fmhs/faculty/lilacs/docs/Intervals-of-Care-Need.pdf
Comments Off on CAAR – Life and Living in Advanced Age: a Cohort Study in New Zealand – Te Puawaitanga O Nga Tapuwae Kia Ora Tonu (LiLACS NZ) [University of Auckland, New Zealand] Reports – May 18, 2017
May 17, 2017
Comments Off on CAAR – Care Inspectorate [Scotland] Report – May 17, 2017
May 16, 2017
“The Adequacy of Income Allowances for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services,” by Richard W. Johnson and Stephan Lindner (May 2017, .pdf format, 31p.).
www.urban.org/research/publication/adequacy-income-allowances-medicaid-home-and-community-based-services
Comments Off on CAAR – Urban Institute Brief – May 16, 2017
December 22, 2016
“Medicaid Personal Care Services: CMS Could Do More to Harmonize Requirements across Programs,” (GAO-17-28, November 2016, .pdf format, 57p.).
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-28
Comments Off on CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – December 22, 2016
December 15, 2016
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October 26, 2016
Comments Off on CAAR – Australian Parliamentary Library Brief – October 26, 2016
September 22, 2016
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September 16, 2016
“Social care for older people: Home truths,” by Richard Humphries, Patrick Hall, Anna Charles, Ruth Thorlby, and Holly Holder (September 2016, .pdf format, 96p.).
www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/social-care-older-people
Comments Off on CAAR – King’s Fund [UK] Report – September 16, 2016
July 27, 2016
“Social care: paying for care home places and domiciliary care,” by Tim Jarrett (SN01911, July 2016, .pdf format, 21p.).
researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN01911
Comments Off on CAAR – UK House of Commons Library Research Note – July 27, 2016
May 4, 2016
“Free Personal and Nursing Care, Scotland, 2014-15,” (May 2016, HTML, Excel, and .pdf format, 20p.).
www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/04/1769
Comments Off on CAAR – Scottish Government/Riaghaltas na h-Alba Report- May 4, 2016
“Older Adults’ Satisfaction with Medical Care Coordination: A Qualitative Approach,” by Stéphanie Guillaume and Zeynep Or (January 2016, .pdf format, 6p.).
www.irdes.fr/english/issues-in-health-economics/214-older-adults-satisfaction-with-medical-care-coordination.pdf
Comments Off on CAAR – Institutde Recherche Et Documentation En Économie De La Santé [IRDES] Brief – May 4, 2016
April 18, 2016
Journals of Gerontology (B): Psychological Sciences (Vol. 71B, No. 3, May 2016).
psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/71/3.toc
Medical Care (Vol. 54, No. 5, May 2016).
journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/pages/currenttoc.aspx
Comments Off on CAAR – Tables of Contents – April 18, 2016
March 7, 2016
“Personalised commissioning in adult social care,” (March 2016, .pdf format, 50p.).
www.nao.org.uk/report/personalised-commissioning-in-adult-social-care/
Comments Off on CAAR – UK National Audit Office Report – March 7, 2016
March 1, 2016
“Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Seniors and People with Disabilities in 2015,” by Molly O’Malley Watts, Elizabeth Cornachione, and MaryBeth Musumeci (March 2016, .pdf and HTML format, 28p.).
kff.org/medicaid/report/medicaid-financial-eligibility-for-seniors-and-people-with-disabilities-in-2015/
Comments Off on CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Report – March 1, 2016
December 21, 2015
“Home Health Agency Utilization and Payment Public Use File (Home Health Agency PUF) (2013),” (December 2015, Excel format).
www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Provider-Charge-Data/HHA.html
Comments Off on CAAR – US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Data Release – December 21, 2015
December 15, 2015
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December 10, 2015
“PB From care in homes to care at home: European experiences with (de)institutionalisation in long-term care,” by Stefania Ilinca, Kai Leichsenring, and Ricardo Rodrigues (December 2015, .pdf format, 14p.).
www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=2566
Comments Off on CAAR – European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research Brief – December 10, 2015
October 26, 2015
“The costs and benefits of paying all the lowest-paid care home workers in the UK the Living Wage,” by Hilary Ingham, Sally-Marie Bamford and Geraint Johnes (October 2015, .pdf format, 40p.).
www.jrf.org.uk/report/costs-and-benefits-paying-all-lowest-paid-care-home-workers-uk-living-wage
Comments Off on CAAR – Joseph Rowntree Foundation [UK] Report – October 26, 2015
August 14, 2015
“Predictors of Job Satisfaction and Intent to Leave among Home Health Workers: An Analysis of the National Home Health Aide Survey,” by Jess Wilhelm, Natasha Bryant, Janet P. Sutton, and Robyn Stone (January 2015, .pdf and HTML format, 36p.).
aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/Reports/2015/JobSatPre.cfm
Comments Off on CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Report – August 14, 2015
May 20, 2015
“Older Adults: Federal Strategy Needed to Help Ensure Efficient and Effective Delivery of Home and Community-Based Services and Supports,” (GAO-15-190, May 2015, .pdf format, 60p.).
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-15-190
Comments Off on CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – May 20, 2015
May 13, 2015
“Home Health Agencies Conducted Background Checks of Varying Types,” (OEI-07-14-00130, May 2015, .pdf format, 25p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-07-14-00130.asp
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