Acknowledgements

The entire Alliance for Health Policy staff and our capable interns contributed to the writing, editing and production of the Sourcebook: Kelly Appenzeller, Sabah Bhatnagar, Sarah Dash, Anastasia Dent, Bianca Desai, Tenere Ekperigin, Karl Eisenhower, Samantha Feller, Ross Glasser, Danielle Guy, Monica Laufer, Beeta Rasouli, Katie Rubinger, Marilyn Serafini, Soleil Shah, and Annie Yu.

We also thank the experts from the health policy community who contributed their vast knowledge: Georges Benjamin, William Emmet, Paul Fronstin, Howard Gleckman, Paul Ginsburg, Kevin Lucia, Julie Rovner, Judith Solomon, Joann Volk, and the staff of the Program on Medicare Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation.


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Experts

Shawn Bloom, president and CEO, National PACE Association, 703/535-1565, shawnb@npaonline.org

Randall Brown, director, health research, Mathematica Policy Research, 609/275-2393, Rbrown@mathematica-mpr.com

Marc Cohen, director, Center for Long-Term Services and Supports, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, 617/287-7306, Marc.Cohen@umb.edu

Judy Feder, fellow, Urban Institute Health Policy Center, 202/261-5709, media@urban.org

Lynn Friss Feinberg, senior strategic policy advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute, 202/434-3872, lfeinberg@aarp.org

Len Fishman, director, Gerontology Institute, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, U. Mass Boston, 617/872-0099, Len.Fishman@umb.edu

Lex Frieden, director, Independent Living Research Utilization, The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, 713/520-0232 x 124, Lex.Frieden@uth.tmc.edu

Robert Friedland, director, Health Care Management and Policy Program, Georgetown University, 202/687-1287, rbf4@georgetown.edu

Lee Goldberg, project director, Improving End of Life Care, The Pew Charitable Trusts, 202/540-6677, lgoldberg@pewtrusts.org

Robyn Grant, director, public policy and advocacy, The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, 202/332-2275, rgrant@theconsumervoice.org

Genevieve Kenney, codirector, Urban Institute Health Policy Center, 202/261-5709, media@urban.org

Barbara Lyons, director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Kaiser Family Foundation, 202/347-5270, blyons@kff.org

Cindy Mann, partner, Manatt Health Solutions, 202-585-6572, cmann@manatt.com

Vincent Mor, Florence Pirce Grant professor, Dept. of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University, 401/863-3211, Vincent_Mor@brown.edu

MaryBeth Musumeci, associate director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Kaiser Family Foundation, 202/347-5270

Tricia Neuman, senior vice president, Kaiser Family Foundation, 202/347-5270, tneuman@kff.org

Susan Reinhard, senior vice president for public policy, AARP, 202/434-3841, sreinhard@aarp.org

John Rother, president and CEO, National Coalition on Health Care, 202/638-7151, jrother@nchc.org

Diane Rowland, executive vice president, Kaiser Family Foundation, 202/347-5270, drowland@kff.org

Stephen A. Somers, Center for Health Care Strategies, 609-528-8400, sasomers@chcs.org

Brenda Spillman, senior fellow, Urban Institute Health Policy Center, 202/261-5709, media@urban.org

Judith Stein, executive director, attorney, Center for Medicare Advocacy, 860/456-7790, jstein@medicareadvocacy.org

Jodi M. Sturgeon, president, PHI, 718/928-2037, JSturgeon@phinational.org

Paul Van de Water, senior fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 202/408-1080, vandewater@cbpp.org

Bruce Vladeck, former administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, 917/583-0835, vladeckb@gmail.com

Cynthia Woodcock, executive director, The Hilltop Institute at UMBC, 410/455-6274, cwoodcock@hilltop.umbc.edu

This guide was made possible with the support of the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation. This edition of the Sourcebook also had initial support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.