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Monson’s experience in long-term services and supports (LTSS) will support the LTQA member organizations that represent the full range of health care and social services delivery systems involved in provision, administration, innovation, policymaking, and advocacy for quality LTSS.

New report, "Options to Increase Access to Long-Term Care Financing, Services, and Supports in Minnesota," identifies three recommendations to alleviate the financial burden of long-term care costs on individuals and their families and Medicaid.

The latest HSEI briefs show that personal health care spending continues to outpace GDP growth, hospital prices jump upward as economywide inflation cools, and health care job growth makes up a greater share of economywide job increases.

The recent changes in nursing home staffing, census, and the number of nursing homes operating in the U.S. raises the question of how these changes have interacted to affect the extent of understaffing during and after the pandemic and the extent to which the proposed staffing standards from CMS are currently being met. Altarum's George Miller and Corey Rhyan address this question through a review of trends in nursing home resident census and staffing levels from before the start of the pandemic through the end of 2022.

The recent changes in nursing home staffing, census, and the number of nursing homes operating in the U.S. raises the question of how these changes have interacted to affect the extent of understaffing during and after the pandemic and the extent to which the proposed staffing standards from CMS are currently being met. Altarum's George Miller and Corey Rhyan address this question through a review of trends in nursing home resident census and staffing levels from before the start of the pandemic through the end of 2022.

Altarum’s Craig Newman has been honored with the esteemed "Award for Achievements in Public Health Informatics in Newborn Screening" by the Association of Public Health Laboratories. This recognition reflects Dr. Newman's unwavering dedication and exceptional contributions to this critical field of work.

The latest HSEI briefs show that health sector job growth slowed down somewhat after a brief surge, health care price growth stabilized, and health spending as a percent of GDP fell slightly after new BEA data revisions.

Altarum is committed to helping the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Network engage children's hospitals and their communities in providing the best possible care to children and their families in crises and reducing gaps created by global threats, national emergencies, and disasters using research-informed practices. 

The latest HSEI briefs show that health sector jobs increased by the greatest amount since the initial pandemic recovery, health care price and utilization growth fell slightly, and health spending growth continues to be led by utilization over prices.

California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) is an initiative to transform and strengthen the state’s Medicaid program to make it more equitable, coordinated, and person-centered. As a vendor in the CalAIM PATH Technical Assistance (TA) Marketplace, Altarum can provide health care providers, community-based organizations, counties, and others with expert TA in building data capacity, strengthening community supports, and supporting workforce recruitment and retention.

The latest HSEI briefs show that health spending as a percent of GDP has stabilized near 17.5%, health care price growth and economywide inflation recently converged, and the health sector added over 60,000 jobs in July.

In the August 2023 issue of Health Affairs, Altarum experts teamed up with Safe Water Engineering, LLC, and Michigan State University to provide a cost benefit analysis of Michigan’s recently revised Lead and Copper Rule requiring water utilities to inventory and replace all lead-containing water service lines. Their analysis uncovers a sizable benefit to this primary prevention-driven policy. This important article is available to read for free.