Issue Briefs & Reports from the Center

• Advance Care Planning for All - a Roger and Flo Lipitz Center to Advance Policy in Aging and Disability Issue Brief 2/18/2025
• Opportunities for Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce- a Roger and Flo Lipitz Center to Advance Policy in Aging and Disability Issue Brief 1/25/2024
• Identifying and Caring for “Invisible” Homebound Older Adults - a Roger and Flo Lipitz Center to Advance Policy in Aging and Disability Issue Brief 1/25/2023
• Coalition for Care Partners: Connecting Through Health Information Technology - a Roger and Flo Lipitz Center to Advance Policy in Aging and Disability and OpenNotes Issue Brief 7/26/2022
• Engaging and Supporting Family Caregivers in Care Delivery - a Roger and Flo Lipitz Center to Advance Policy in Aging and Disability Issue Brief 2/1/2022
• Stemming the High and Rising Costs of Prescription Drugs - a Roger and Flo Lipitz Center to Advance Policy in Aging and Disability Issue Brief 7/27/2021
• The National Health and Aging Trends Study - a Roger and Flo Lipitz Center to Advance Policy in Aging and Disability Research Brief 6/1/2021
• Engaging Family Caregivers through Shared Access to the Patient Portal Challenges, Opportunities, and an Action Agenda for Transformational Change - a Roger and Flo Lipitz Center to Advance Policy in Aging and Disability Research Brief 1/31/2019

• COVID-19 and Affordability of Coverage and Care for Medicare Beneficiaries – Karen Davis & Amber Willink 9/23/2020 

• Catastrophic Coverage in the Medicare Part D Drug Benefit: Which Beneficiaries Need It and How Much Are They Spending? – Aditi Sen, Sonal Parasrampuria, Kelly Anderson, Gerard Anderson 

• Getting Medicare Beneficiaries the Dental, Vision, and Hearing Services They Need – Amber Willink, Nicholas Reed, Bonnielin Swenor, Leah Leinbach, Eva DuGoff, Karen Davis 2/4/2020 

• Canary in a Coal Mine? A Look at Initial Data on COVID-19’s Impact on U.S. Hospitals – John Jiang, Ge Bai, Lovisa Gustafsson, Gerard Anderson 

• Medicare Spending Trends 2010–2016: Increase in Prescription Drug Spending More Than Offsets Lower Beneficiary Costs for Other Services – Cathy Schoen, Amber Willink, Karen Davis 11/6/2019 

• How the Erosion of Employer-Sponsored Insurance Is Contributing to Medicare Beneficiaries’ Financial Burden – Karen Davis, Amber Willink, Cathy Schoen 7/25/2019 

• Targeting High-Need Beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage: Opportunities to Address Medical and Social Needs – Eva DuGoff, William Buckingham, Amy Kind, Sandra Chao, Gerard Anderson 

• The Financial Hardship Faced by Older Americans Needing Long-Term Services and Supports –Amber Willink, Karen Davis, John Mulcahy, Jennifer Wolff, Judith Kasper 1/29/2019 

• Are Older Americans Getting the Long-Term Services and Supports They Need? – Amber Willink, Judith Kasper, Maureen Skehan, Jennifer Wolff, John Mulcahy, Judith Kasper 1/24/2019 

• Medicare Benefit Redesign: Enhancing Affordability for Beneficiaries While Promoting Choice and Competition – Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, Christine Buttorff, Amber Willink 10/24/2018 

• A Policy Option to Enhance Access and Affordability for Medicare’s Low-Income Beneficiaries – Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, Christine Buttorff, Amber Willink 9/12/2018 

• Designing a Medicare Help at Home Benefit: Lessons from Maryland’s Community First Choice Program – Karen Davis, Amber Willink, Ian Stockwell, Kaitlyn Whiton, Julia Burgdorf, Cynthia Woodcock 6/27/2018 

• How Medicare Could Provide Dental, Vision, and Hearing Care for Beneficiaries – Amber Willink, Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis 1/18/2018

• Can Health Plans that Address Non-Medical Needs Lower Health Care Costs? – Research Brief, Final Report, Technical Appendix 
• The Long-Term Quality Alliance and Roger and Flo Lipitz Center to Advance Policy in Aging and Disability partnered to conducted a study comparing rates of medical utilization for members age 65 and older who need long term services and supports (LTSS) enrolled in plans integrating LTSS and medical care with rates for similar individuals in traditional (fee-for-service) Medicare. The study was highlighted in Forbes.  
• Medicare Spending on Older Adults Who Need Long-Term Services and Supports – Research Brief, Narrative Slides, Methodology & Appendix 

In Support of Family Caregivers: A Snapshot of Five States – Jennifer Aufill, Julia Burgdorf, Jennifer Wolff 6/2019