ALL ABOUT the Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP)

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DALTCP & Its Divisions

The Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy is responsible for the development of financing and service organization/delivery policy--including planning, policy and budget analysis, review of regulations and formulation of legislation--and for the development and coordination of research and evaluation on issues related to disability, aging, and long-term care policy. In these matters, the Office works closely with other offices within the Office of the Assistant Secertary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Administration on Aging, and other Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) components.

Division of Disability and Aging Policy

The Division of Disability and Aging Policy is ASPE’s lead office with responsibility for coordination, policy development, research and evaluation of HHS policies and programs focusing on persons with disabilities (including the Developmental Disabilities Act) and for older Americans. Aging activities related to the Older Americans Act are carried out in coordination with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aging. This includes measuring and evaluating the impact of all programs authorized by the Older Americans Act. The division is also responsible for supporting the development and coordination of crosscutting disability and aging data and policies within the Department and in other Federal agencies whose actions affect the health, economic and social well-being of persons with disabilities and elderly populations. The division is responsible for assessing the interaction between health, disability, and the economic well-being of persons of all ages with disabilities including the prevalence of disability and disabling conditions, socio-demographic characteristics, service use, income, employment, and program participation patterns, and for coordinating the development of disability data and policies which are responsible to the characteristics, circumstances and needs of disabled populations. The division’s responsibilities include long-range planning, budget and economic analysis, program analysis, review of regulations and reports on legislation, review and conduct of research and evaluation activities, and information dissemination.

Division of Long-Term Care Policy

The Division of Long-Term Care Policy is responsible for DALTCP’s development and coordination of a comprehensive research, information, and analytical program to gain basic information to achieve Departmental objectives in the areas of long-term care and disability services and financing. The division is the focal point for policy development and analysis related to the disability, aging, and long-term care services components of Medicare, Medicaid, including nursing facility services, community residential services, personal assistance services, home health and rehabilitation services, and the integration of acute, post-acute and long-term care services. The division’s responsibilities include coordinating and managing long-range planning, budget and economic analysis, program analysis, development of long-term care data and modeling, review of regulations and reports on legislation, review and conduct of research and evaluation activities, and information dissemination. In carrying out these responsibilities, the division coordinates closely with other ASPE and other HHS offices.

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DALTCP Staff

Below is a list of staff within the Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy and the issues they work on.

JOHN HOFF	Deputy Assistant Secretary
RUTH KATZ	Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary
WILLIAM MARTON	Director, Division of Disability and Aging Policy Disability & Aging Demography, Disability Measurement, Long-Term Care Demand Modeling, Research Methodology & Evaluation
ANDREAS FRANK	Director, Division of Long-Term Care Policy Home & Community-Based Long-Term Care & System Reform; Employment Regulation & Policies Related to People with Disabilities; Long-Term Care & Disability Policy Analysis; Review & Analysis of Medicaid & Medicare Regulation & Legislation; Long-Term Care Workforce Issues
HAKAN AYKAN	Aging & Disability Demography; Policy Analysis; Modeling, Quantitative Methods, & Statistical Programming; Family & Household Demography; Medicare Home Health Care; Assistive Technology
MARIE BELT	Administrative Support
LINDA BERGOFSKY	Survey Design & Qualitative Health Services Research; Employer-Based Health Insurance (i.e., Behavioral Health, Disability, Prescription Drugs, Long-Term Care); Medical Liability; Quality of Care; Home & Community-Based Services for Elderly & Disabled
CASEY CHANDLER	Administrative Support
PAMELA DOTY	Home & Community-Based Long-Term Services; Informal Caregiving; Assisted Living Facilities; Private Long-Term Care Insurance; Long-Term Care Policy in International Comparative Perspective; Consumer-Directed Services
JOHN DRABEK	Microsimulation Modeling; Statistical Analysis of Survey & Administrative Data
JENNIE HARVELL	Development & Analysis of Health Policy Related to Medicare & Medicaid Payment, Eligibility, Coverage, & Quality Policies for Nursing Homes Services, Home Health, Rehabilitation Hospitals, Long-Term Care Hospitals, & Hospice Services; Electronic Health Records (EHR) & Electronic Health Information Systems (EHIS) in Acute & Long-Term Care Insurance, Clinical Terminology & Messaging Standards for Inter-Operable EHIS; Medicare & Medicaid Services & EHR/EHIS Policy Research; Federal Patient Assessment Requirements; Accreditation & Certification Requirements, Patient Rights, & Abuse/Neglect Investigations
SHENELLE JACKSON	Administrative Support
CILLE KENNEDY	Classification & Conceptualization of Disabilities; Development of Research Measures to Assess Disabilities; Mental Health & Functioning/Disabilities; Research Development & Analysis; International Collaboration on Disability-Related Activities; Development of Operational Criteria & Procedures for Eligibility for Disability Programs & Benefits
GAVIN KENNEDY	Assisted Living & Other Residential Services for the Elderly & Persons with Disabilities; Home & Community-Based Services (i.e., Nursing Home Transitions, Assisted Living & Other Residential Services, 1915(c) Waivers); Children with Disabilities; Long-Term Care for Persons with HIV/AIDS
CHARLENE LIGGINS	Health Promotion & Aging; Health & Well-Being of Caregivers; Long-Term Care Workforce; Role of Physicians in Nursing Care
HUNTER McKAY	Managed Care & Disability; Integration of Acute & Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Partnerships; Long-Term Care Insurance; Long-Term Care Education of Medicare Beneficiaries; Medicare & Insurance Issues for the Elderly & Persons with Disabilities; Dual Eligibles
EMILY ROSENOFF	Direct Care Workforce Supply; Recruitment & Retention Issues
SAM SHIPLEY	Public Policy; Health Information Technologies; Developing Electronic Health Records Standards & Vocabularies; National Health Information Infrastructure
BRENDA VEAZEY	Administrative Support
ELIZABETH WRIGHT	Professional Liability/Medical Malpractice; Health Insurance; Regulatory Reform; Research Coordinating Council; Baby Boomers & Long-Term Care Planning

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Website Awards

DALTCP has received the following awards for its website.

June 1999
February 2001

Selected as a featured site in StudyWeb as one of the best educational resources on the web by its Researchers. StudyWeb is one of the Internet's premier sites for educational resources for students and teachers.

Last revised: October 15, 2003

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