Long-Term Care

New resources look at nursing home reform 20 years after OBRA

Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, December 13, 2007

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released resources that examine the results of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA '87), intended to improve the quality of nursing home care.

The resources include new opinion poll results on the public's views about the quality of long-term care services in the U.S.; a short film that explores the history of the landmark law; a new report that explains the key provisions of OBRA '87 and examines the progress in quality assurance in nursing homes over the past two decades; and an updated fact sheet, "Medicaid and Long-Term Care Services," by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. 

There was also a moderated panel discussion with 10 experts led by Ed Howard of the Alliance for Health Reform and Diane Rowland of the Foundation.

For more information, go to http://www.kff.org/obra87reforms.cfm.

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