April 24, 2024

Stephen Moses Quoted in Bloomberg Law – April 24, 2024

Stephen Moses

Visiting Fellow

Stephen Moses is president of the Center for Long-Term Care Reform. The Center promotes universal access to top-quality long-term care by encouraging private financing as an alternative to Medicaid dependency for most Americans. Previously, Mr. Moses was president of the Center for Long- Term Care Financing (1998-2005), Director of Research for LTC, Inc., (1989-98), a senior analyst for the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1987-89), a Medicaid state representative for the Health Care Financing Administration (1978-87), a HHS Departmental Management Intern (1975-78), and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Venezuela (1968-1970). He is widely recognized as an expert and innovator in the field of long-term care.

On April 24, 2024, Paragon’s visiting fellow Stephen Moses was quoted in Bloomberg Law article “Nursing Homes, HHS on Collision Path Over Staffing Mandate.”

From the article:

Stephen A. Moses, visiting fellow at the conservative Paragon Health Institute, said low reimbursement rates from Medicaid, the nation’s leading payer for long-term care, are driving the industry’s financial struggles.

In roughly 80% of nursing homes in 2019, Medicaid payment rates did not cover the cost of care, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

The full article can be found in Bloomberg Law.

Medicaid

Long-Term Care (LTC)