Welcome
Join us for the start of an exciting movement at the right time for all of us to make a difference in health care – our care, supports and services. It’s time to join the movement for independence, and the ability to choose our own health solutions so that we and the ones we love can age gracefully, and healthfully. Discover why it makes sense from a health care policy standpoint, too.
Issue Spotlight
The National Advisory Board Issues Groundbreaking White Paper
The National Advisory Board on Improving Health Care Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities unveils its six key principles for independence with the issuing of its new white paper, Declaration for Independence: A Call to Transform Health and Long Term Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities.
View Video From The National Day of Dialogue, May 21, 2009
Our National Day of Dialogue on May 21, 2009 was a successful start to the need for more discussion on long term care and independent living options. To view the full video and submit your own comments and questions,visit:
The NAB Co-Convenes “Long Term Services and Supports in Health Reform Solutions Summit (2009)”
The NAB joined George Mason University Long-Term Care Educational Foundation and Amerigroup Public Policy Institute at the Capitol Hill Visitor Center in Washington D.C. to provide a forum for key Congressional staff, policy analysts and LTSS experts to review the role and relevance of LTSS in health reform, synthesize health reform proposals with LTSS principles, experience and evidence, and discuss how major strategies for broad-based health reform can include LTSS for seniors and people with disabilities.
News & Events
Weekly News Wrap-Up (December 21 - December 25)
Two-Month Freeze for Medicare Physician Pay Included In New Spending Bill (McKnight’s Long-Term Care News & Assisted Living, December 23, 2009)
President Obama on Monday signed into law a fiscal 2010 Defense Department spending bill that contains a temporary freeze for Medicare physician pay, as well as Medicare eligibility guidelines. A 21% pay cut for Medicare physicians had been set to take effect on Jan. 1, but the new law will delay that cut until Feb. 28.
GAO Highlights Obstacles, Benefits of Nursing Home Temporary Management Sanctions (McKnight’s Long-Term Care News & Assisted Living, December 22, 2009)
Temporary management sanctions for troubled nursing homes can be an effective approach to improving quality in the short term, but more should be done to provide guidance for implementing the sanction, and to ensure long-term quality improvements, according to a new government report.
National Family Caregivers Association Sponsors Free Teleclass and Webinar for Family Caregivers (National Family Caregiver Association (NFCA), November 2009)
National Family Caregivers Month is proclaimed every November as a time to thank, support, educate and empower all those providing care to loved ones with chronic ailments, disabilities, or frailties of old age.
The NAB Co-Convenes “Long Term Services and Supports in Health Reform Solutions Summit (2009)”
The NAB joined George Mason University Long-Term Care Educational Foundation and Amerigroup Public Policy Institute at the Capitol Hill Visitor Center in Washington D.C. to provide a forum for key Congressional staff, policy analysts and LTSS experts to review the role and relevance of LTSS in health reform, synthesize health reform proposals with LTSS principles, experience and evidence, and discuss how major strategies for broad-based health reform can include LTSS for seniors and people with disabilities.
