Health Care Reform, Transition & Transformation in LTC

St. Louis University’s Journal of Health Law and Policy has recently released a theme issue, focused on “Health Care Reform, Transition and Transformation in Long-Term Care.”  A great line-up of articles and authors, including:

• Home  & Community-Based Long-Term Services and Supports: Health Reform’s Most Enduring Legacy? by Marshall B. Kapp
• Care Coordination for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries, by Katie M. Dean and David C. Grabowski
• The Challenge of Financing Long-Term Care,  by Judy Feder
• Rationalizing Home and Community-Based Services Under Medicaid, by Laura D. Hermer
• The Broken Promise of OBRA ’87: The Failure to Validate Survey Protocol, by Malcolm J. Harkins III

In addition, there are two relevant Notes written by SLU students:

• Short-Stay, Under Observation. or Inpatient Admission? How CMS’ Two Midnight Rule Creates More Confusion and Concern, by Rachel A. Polzin
• Disclosure for Closure? Why the Self-Referral Disclosure Protecol Process Paired with the 60-Day Overpayment Rule Creates More Headaches than Solutions, by Peter J. Eggers