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Senator Kerry Introduces Care Coordination for Older Americans Act (CCOAA)
On August 1, 2012, Senator John F. Kerry introduced Senate bill, 3465, the “Care Coordination for Older Americans Act of 2012.” In his opening remarks, Senator Kerry acknowledged the “pivotal … assistance” provided by N3C in developing the definition for care coordination used in the new bill. Acknowledgements were also given to N3C member organizations for their support and respective contributions to developing this significant progress toward OAA Reauthorization. For more details, you may click on the following: a) Final Floor Statement; b) Final Dear Colleague; c) Final List of Endorsing Organizations; d) Final Section by Section Summary; and e) Final Full Text of S. 3465.
Aging in America – 2012 Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging
Collaborative Program: Team-based Models That Put Individuals and Family at the Center of Care
• Vermont Blueprint for Health Community Systems of Health
Craig Jones, MD, Blueprint Executive Director, Dept. of VT Health Access
• A Person-Centered Approach to Improving Care and Managing Costs
Lois Simon, MPH, President, Commonwealth Care Alliance
• Improving Transitional Care by Involving Family Caregivers
Carol Levine, Director, Families and Health Care Project, United Hospital Fund
Moderated by Lynn Friss Feinberg, MSW, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute
N3C Deliver Statement at OAA Stakeholder Meeting
Brian Lindberg speaks to the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on August 25th, 2011
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Aging in America – 2011 Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging
All Day Symposium: Linking the Social and Medical Models through Care Coordination in Aging Network
- Keynote by Stephen Counsell
- Evidence Based Models:
- Best Practices
- Linking the Social and Medical Models through Care Coordination in the Aging Network
- Application of Technology to Enhance Coordination and Care
- State Systems
- How Does A Fee For Service State Respond to the Need for Care Integration?
- Federal Initiatives to Support State/Community-Based Approaches to Coordinated Care
- Managing Care in Wisconsin
- Federal Policy & Practice Implications
