News and Bulletins
The Hilltop Institute periodically posts news items and issues electronic bulletins to disseminate information about Hilltop activities and publications. Below are the three most recent. Go to the News and Bulletin Archive, below, to view previous posts.
Bulletin: Direction of Hilltop's Hospital Community Benefit Program Changes Hands
The Hilltop Institute is pleased to announce that Martha H. Somerville, JD, MPH, is the new director of its Hospital Community Benefit Program. Somerville is a senior policy analyst at Hilltop and has devoted much of her time to the program since its inception in 2010. She is co-author of the program’s issue briefs and is actively involved in the program’s newsletter. To view the bulletin, click here.
Posted 1/04/11
Hilltop Presents at GSA's 64th Annual Scientific Meeting
Hilltop Director of Special Studies Ian Stockwell, MA, gave a poster presentation at the Gerontological Society of America's (GSA's) 64th Annual Scientific Meeting, which was held November 18 through 22, 2011, in Boston, Massachusetts. This conference brought together more than 4,000 of the brightest in the field of aging for a combined 500 symposia, paper, and poster presentations. To view Stockwell's poster, which describes Hilltop’s analysis of Maryland’s Money Follows the Person program, click here.
Posted 11/29/11
Bulletin: Hilltop Releases Report on Rebalancing Medicaid LTSS Systems
The Hilltop Institute is pleased to announce the release of a report entitled Rebalancing Long-Term Services and Supports: Progress to Date and a Research Agenda for the Future. AcademyHealth invited Hilltop to write the report for presentation at the Long-Term Care Interest Group Colloquium at the June 2011 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, Washington. This report discusses states’ progress in rebalancing their LTSS systems, how the Affordable Care Act can support states’ continued efforts to rebalance LTSS, and opportunities for future research to support continued system transformation. To view the report, click here. To view the bulletin, click here.
Posted 09/14/11