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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Face Daunting Financial and Social Challenges, Altarum Survey Shows
December 12, 2018 | Press Release
Grandparents who are raising children displaced by the opioid crisis and other behavioral health issues are putting off retirement in order to support their grandchildren, according to new research by Altarum.
Advocacy and the Global Demographic “Age Wave”—What is Being Done to Help Family Caregivers?
November 28, 2018 | Perspective
In America and worldwide, the “age wave” has gathered in force—no more so than in Japan, where 27 percent of the population is already older than age 65, a number that will rise to 40 percent by 2060. Policymakers, spurred by widespread public interest in Gratton and Scott’s influential book, “The 100-Year Life” (London, UK: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016), recently em¬braced this stark demographic fact.
Watch out for the Medicaid Cliff!
November 19, 2018 | Perspective
Many Americans don’t realize that Medicare does not pay for LTSS; forcing them to pay out-of-pocket for these services—or spend down to Medicaid by forfeiting almost all assets and income. Altarum is working to build public momentum to address the disparity in income caps that exist for institutional care vs. home and community-based services.
Altarum's George Miller Joins Health Affairs' Council on Health Care Spending and Value
November 01, 2018 | Announcement
George Miller, PhD, of Altarum’s Center for Value in Health Care, will serve alongside a distinguished group of 20 policy experts on a new Council on Health Care Spending and Value established by the policy journal Health Affairs.
States Move to Chart a Path for More Reliable, Affordable LTSS
September 25, 2018 | Perspective
On May 4, 2018, the Michigan State Legislature voted to assemble a group of experts to craft a blueprint to guide the future of the state's age wave. We take a closer look at similar opportunities to create smart adaptations to existing LTSS programs, and to create new and more efficient initiatives.
Optimizing Health Care Resource Allocation - The Research Consortium For Health Care Value Assessment
September 21, 2018 | Perspective
Traditional approaches to reducing health care spending often involve eroding coverage for care indiscriminately and fail to take a holistic perspective on all sources of costs and value. We believe that affordability in health care delivery is best achieved by efficiently allocating costs across the entire budget and spectrum of care.
Altarum and VBID Health Launch Consortium to Address Waste in Health Care
September 20, 2018 | Press Release
Altarum and VBID Health today announce the launch of the Research Consortium for Health Care Value Assessment, a PhRMA Foundation-funded initiative that brings together researchers working in health care value to collaborate, share findings, and develop research ideas to help address inefficiencies in health care.
Health Care Employment Accelerates as Health Spending Growth Remains Stable
September 14, 2018 | Press Release
At $3.67 trillion (seasonally adjusted annual rate), national health spending in July 2018 was 4.8 percent higher than it was in July 2017, and the health spending share of gross domestic product (GDP) was 17.8 percent.